The topic that you have selected, is one that interests you and that you can feel good about putting time into. Since you have some knowledge of your topic already, you should be able to make an educated guess as to what may happen at the end of the experiment. It is important to do this guess before you investigate anything, so that it can be compared to the factual information in your conclusion. You can then determine if your hypothesis was correct or not. This does not affect the value of your work and experiment.

Links  Sites to help you in your project

1. ScienzFair Projects:  What is the Scientific Method & Experimental Science Fair Projects http://members.aol.c om/ScienzFair/tips.htm Hosted at AOL but available to anyone on the Web.  These two articles explain the steps and define the kinds of information to be collected in doing a Science Fair Project.   Each idea listed also includes a link to supporting information Web sites.

2. Cyber-Fair: See the Steps Involved in Doing a Project http://www.i sd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/steps.html K-12 Science fair steps and guidelines.  Hosted in Minnesota but applicable to all students.

3. Science Fair Central: Students Getting Started:  Science Fair HandBook:  Scientific Method:  Hypothesis http://school.discovery.com/sc iencefaircentral/scifairstudio/handbook/scientificmethod.html#hypothes is Discovery Channel's Discovery School site description of deciding and stating a good science fair project hypothesis.

4.  Scientific Methods: Biology4Kids:  Questions and Answers & Experimental Proof http://www .kapili.com/biology4kids/study/method.html Simple clear description of the process of stating a hypothesis (asking a question) and testing a hypothesis (experimenting and observing the results of the experiment).

5. Science Fair Primer:  Designing an Experiment http://www.capecod.n et/~trowan/Design.html Science teacher, Ted Rowan of Falmouth, MA schools writes this primer for K-12 science projects.  Designing an experiment describes how to state an hypothesis which is testable.

Jenna's Diary
January 16th