SCIENCE PROJECT TIMELINE AND INFORMATION
This is the timeline that the class will follow. I do this to ensure that this is not a project on which the students can procrastinate. Some of you will be manipulating things (testing) that may take weeks (ex. plant growth). Therefore, this allows for plenty of time for all steps to be done correctly. You will turn the packet in as a whole when each part is due. The information contained in the prongs of this workbook is for information purposes only. Please do not write on it. I realize that students will get help from family on this project. However, the students will need to conduct the experiment and take the measurements. Experiments must include a variable that can be tested. Students’ presentations will also be graded on the knowledge of their project as it is presented in class.
December 6th: Packet and workbook go home to students.
December 11th: Research question due
December 16th: Fifth Grade Approval form is due.
January 7th: Phase 1 Due (Research on my topic).
January 19th: Phase 2 Due (Research plan, materials, and procedure)
January 21st-February 4th: Phase 3 Conduct Experiment and log data (you might not need all forms provided)
February 10th: Phases 3 and 4 Due (Analysis and Reflection)
February 1th-February 23rd: (Put Display board together)
February 24th : ALL PROJECTS DUE. NO EXCEPTIONS
Phase 1: Students need to research their topics as they relate to science. Example, if they are studying plant growth using different types of water or light, they need to look up the process of photosynthesis. They also need to state why their project is important to the community.
Phase 2: For this phase, students need to identify how they plan to test their hypothesis, the materials that they will need to conduct the experiment, what they will need to control in the experiment, and the step by step procedure that they will use to conduct the experiment. If they are doing plant growth, they need to start the project earlier so this should be turned in earlier.
Phase 3: Students will use this time to conduct their experiment and collect and log their data appropriately while controlling all the necessary variables.
Phase 4: Students will write down what happened in their experiment and whether or not their hypothesis was correct. They will draw conclusions and tell me what they would do differently if they did it again. They will again write down how their experiment relates to the real world. Who could use this information?
The final step is to put the display board together and turn in the project.
December 6th: Packet and workbook go home to students.
December 11th: Research question due
December 16th: Fifth Grade Approval form is due.
January 7th: Phase 1 Due (Research on my topic).
January 19th: Phase 2 Due (Research plan, materials, and procedure)
January 21st-February 4th: Phase 3 Conduct Experiment and log data (you might not need all forms provided)
February 10th: Phases 3 and 4 Due (Analysis and Reflection)
February 1th-February 23rd: (Put Display board together)
February 24th : ALL PROJECTS DUE. NO EXCEPTIONS
Phase 1: Students need to research their topics as they relate to science. Example, if they are studying plant growth using different types of water or light, they need to look up the process of photosynthesis. They also need to state why their project is important to the community.
Phase 2: For this phase, students need to identify how they plan to test their hypothesis, the materials that they will need to conduct the experiment, what they will need to control in the experiment, and the step by step procedure that they will use to conduct the experiment. If they are doing plant growth, they need to start the project earlier so this should be turned in earlier.
Phase 3: Students will use this time to conduct their experiment and collect and log their data appropriately while controlling all the necessary variables.
Phase 4: Students will write down what happened in their experiment and whether or not their hypothesis was correct. They will draw conclusions and tell me what they would do differently if they did it again. They will again write down how their experiment relates to the real world. Who could use this information?
The final step is to put the display board together and turn in the project.