The document outlines the steps to prepare for a science fair project, emphasizing the importance of choosing a topic and project type, along with planning and preparation timelines. It provides a week-by-week breakdown of tasks, including research, materials gathering, and presentation development. Additionally, it includes dos and don'ts for effective project presentation, highlighting the need for organization and thorough preparation.

1. What: Science Exhibit
Who:
When:
Where:
ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!

2. A science fair project
 A science fair project is best described
as a basic demonstration of how the
world of science works through
research, observation, and
experimentation

3. Getting Started
1. Choose a Project Idea
 science fairs will tend to cover these science topics: Life
Science, Earth Science, or Physical Science.
Life Science covers everything from plants and animals
to human health
Earth Science is geared to how our planet evolves and
interacts with the universe.
Physical Science is a more advanced topic and is about
how elements and matter in our world react with each
other

4. Getting Started
2. Choose a Project Type
 Science fair projects can be separated into two main groups,
investigation and invention.
 An investigation project is where the student researches a topic or
question they are interested in and solves for why and how
something happens. Investigation projects are best suited for
students who like to find things out for themselves and who will
become interested in learning about something specific.

5. Getting Started
3. Planning
 Week 1: Students should be searching for problems to solve
within the first week the project is assigned and should start
developing ideas for their presentation. Taking notes during
brainstorming sessions is a great way to get started on a
science project. After choosing a topic, the student should
start researching it and think of a hypothesis to test
 Week 2: The student should start to outline what they want
their presentation to look like. Make a list of materials needed
while testing your hypothesis and experimenting. Before going
out and buying supplies, the student should have most of their
research and data collected and they should have an outline of
what they want their presentation to look like.

6. Getting Started
3. Planning
 Week 3: Materials for the presentation should be purchased
and student should start putting it together. The student
should start going over their project’s information and get
used to talking about it instead of memorizing a speech.
 The science fair presentation should be near finished, if not
already finished. Make sure there are no spelling mistakes,
grammar errors, or anything of the sort. One of the most
important things to do is reread and double check your work
over and over. The project needs to be presentable at this
point and the student should know everything there is to know
about their project’s topic.

7. Presentation Do’s and Don’ts
Do
 Plan ahead and start weeks before the due
date.
 Start with a pencil and sketch your project’s
layout before beginning.
 Keep track of your work with notes and
pictures.
 Use rulers to space all content evenly.
 Use color schemes that go well together.
 Draw attention to the most important parts of
the project using big fonts.
 Label all graphs and charts.
 Provide descriptive captions for pictures.
 Proofread over and over and over.
 Smile and know your experiment on
presentation day.
Don’t
 Wait until the last minute.
 Use bright, unreadable colors for text.
 Cover all of the display, it’s not a
collage.
 Use liquid glue, only glue sticks.
 Dress sloppy on the day of the science
fair
 Chew gum or use your cell phone

8. Reminder:
 Documentation is a must in every group meeting.
 Week 1: Ideas/project to be presented must be
submitted during this week to avoid similar
presentation.
 Week 2: Submit the initial outline and the list of
materials you needed (especially if it will came from
the laboratory)
 Week 3: Submit a picture proof of your near finished,
if not already finished project.