SCIENCE FAIR proposal!!?

Question

How do you write a science fair proposal?

Answer 1

Write an intro paragraph about your topic. Explain what question(s) about your topic you will be answering.

Add some background information paragraphs: Explain what is known about you subject , discuss some principles you will be using to investigate. You want to quickly brief the reader so they will understand what you are trying to do and how you plan to prove/disprove it... Keep it simple think how you might explain it to your younger brother/sister for example...

Hypothesis paragraphs
State the specific questions you plan to answer here. Describe your expectations, what you think will happen. If you have done a quickie test experiment you would report the result here.\
So if you were comparing lubrication properties of materials for example. You might report on how you tested several materials have slippery properties. (oil, cooking oil , liquid soap, water)
You don't have really detailed results as to exactly how slippery now as that is for the experiment. What this does is inform the reader that you have an adequate amount of things to compare

Experiment design:

This is probably going to be the longest section, maybe a page or two. Describe exactly how you are going to perform the experiment. What are you going to measure that is testable.

So you know oil is slippery.... how would you measure slipperiness or its lubrication properties? This is where you define/describe the test you will perform . Like dragging a weight across a film of oil and measuring the force..

Describe your control experiment. "Dragging a weight with no lubrication...."

Draw some sketches of your test set up


Last include any references

Answer 2

Your teacher should have the specifics but I ask my students to tell me their topics and we work together to narrow it down. You want to explain the question you would like to answer or the problem you would like to solve. Make sure to explain why your problem it is important to science or humanity. I like students to tell me what variable they are testing (experimental) and what variable they are measuring (responding variable). Also explain about your sample size or number of trials, control groups, and how other variables will be controlled.