Science Fair Project Resource Guide

• 1. Getting Started
• 2. Choosing a Topic
• 3. Completing the Project
• 4. Displaying Your Project

Writing a Report

Learn how to write, cite, edit and format a stellar report that clearly explains the results of your project.

Chemistry.About.com: Writing a Science Project Report
http://chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aa121002d.htm

Tell yous what your report needs — a title, purpose, hypothesis, results, and conclusion — and how to do it.

Dr. Shawn's Secrets to Writing a Winning Science Fair Project Report
http://www.scifair.org/howtowriteakillerreport.html

Dr. Shawn claims, " Your science fair project report is the single most important part of your experiment. A well-written report can make a pathetic project look pretty good, and a good project look exceptional." Learn how to write an exceptional report for your project

ScI-Journal | Hints and tips - referencing
http://www.sci-journal.org/index.php?link=help/referencing.p...

"Here's how to make use of other people's work and not get accused of cheating."

Society for Science & the Public: Writing Your Abstract
http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/students/abstract.asp

Your project may need an abstract: a short, written description of what you project is all about. Here is a color-coded example which shows you the parts of an abstract and how to pack a lot of information into a small space.

USDA Agriculture in the Classroom
http://www.agclassroom.org/kids/science_biblio.htm

When you write up the report on your project, you’ll need to list the sources you read when you researched your topic (the bibliography). This site will tell you how to do this right.