January 12th UPDATE FOR SCIENCE FAIR

At this point, you should be working on running your experiment to collect data, or building what you have engineered and running tests to see if it works.  The data collected should be recorded in your notebook.
You should take pictures of what you do for use on your display board.  
This is assignment #6 and should be completed by January 17th.  If you need more data collection time please notify Ms. Brunning.

We are not going to do assignment # 7.

The next assignment is #8 the “Results and Discussion”.  You can go to the science fair project guide “Data Analysis and Graphs” section on science buddies.org and it has lots of information on what to do with your data, including an example.  This assignment is due January 23rd.

Your goal is to look at your data and see if there is a pattern or trend. This is usually easier to see if you make a graph of your data.  You can use a spreadsheet program like EXCEL or do it on graph paper.  You will have your independent variable(what you changed) on the x axis and your dependent variable(what you measured) on the y axis.  

If you don’t understand how to graph your data, please let me know so I can help you learn.
I will meet with each class this week to see how everyone is doing and answer questions.  
You may also come by after school Monday or Tuesday to ask questions, get help or work with your partners.  Make sure your parent knows if you are planning on staying after school.

Future Assignments and Due Dates:

Assignment	Due
assignment #8 Results and Discussion (also known as Data Analysis and Graphs on sciencebuddies.org)	January 23rd
assignment #9 Conclusions	January 30th
assignment #10 Abstract and Draft Final Paper	February 5th
assignment #11 Final Research Paper	February 12th
assignment #12 Poster Presentation in class(also Known as Display Board and Science Fair Judging  on science buddies.org)	February 13th