Science Fair Vocabulary

1. Science Fair Vocabulary

2. Introduction • Introduces people to our project • Plants and Orange Juice

3. Control Group • The normal way • Feed plants water

4. Independent Variable • What I want to measure • Plant height

5. Dependent Variable • What am I doing Differently • Feeding plants Orange Juice

6. Research • Gathering of knowledge • Reading books, websites or talking to professionals

7. Bibliography • List of where you got your information • Plants.com , “Green Thumb” by Jeff Lebowski, Ms. Georgia Peach Home Depot Garden Manager

8. Hypothesis • Educated guess with support • If Plants are fed orange juice then they will grow taller. I know this because I read a book about plants and I talked to a plant professional.

9. Materials • Items needed to perform experiment • 2 plants, 2 L. water, 2 L. orange juice, ruler

10. Procedure • Steps to follow • Gather materials • Label one plant “a” and the other “B”, put 10 mL Orange juice, etc.

11. Data • Information Gathered • After 14 days plant a= 17cm plant b=13 cm

12. Analysis • Describe your data in words • Which is tallest? Which is shortest?

13. Conclusion • Restate your Hypothesis. Were you correct? Support • My hypothesis Plant will grow taller with orange juice was correct. The orange juice plant was 4 cm taller

14. Abstract • Brief explanation of your project • What I wanted to find out? • What I read? • What I did? • What I found out? • What will I do next time?

15. Display • Visual Representation of my project • Board • Title • Purpose • Hypothesis • Materials • Procedure • Data • Analysis • Conclusion

16. Lab Report • 1-2 page document that contains all of your work • Organized document of : • Title • Purpose • Hypothesis • Materials • Procedure • Data • Analysis • Conclusion