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Painless science projects / Faith Hickman Brynie ; illustrated by Hank Morehouse.

By: Brynie, Faith Hickman, 1946-.
Contributor(s): Morehouse, Hank [ill.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hauppauge, NY : Barron's Educational Series, 1998General Notes: Includes index.Description: 1 online resource (276 p.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780764180767 .Other title: Science projects.Subject(s): Science projects -- MethodologyGenre/Form: Electronic books DDC classification: 507.8 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge.
Contents:
Hit the Ground Running -- Idea Hunt -- Narrow the Field -- Kinds of Projects -- What's a Hypothesis? -- Ten Surefire Ways to Ruin Your Science Project -- Fact Finding -- Prospecting for Information -- Citing Your Sources -- How Useful Is It? -- Record Keeping -- Getting Help -- Traps and Trip Wires: Common Problems to Avoid -- The Fair Test -- Variables and Controls -- Bias -- Ways to Measure -- Ways to Sample: How Many Are Enough? -- Collect and Analyze Data -- Writing a Procedure -- Data Tables -- Number Crunching I: For Beginners -- Number Crunching II: Advanced Techniques -- Graphs -- Advice from Kids Who've Been There, Done That -- Tell the World What You've Found -- Your Written Report -- Your Display -- Your Oral Presentation -- What Teachers and Judges Look For -- A Dozen Dandy Checklists to Move Your Project Along -- Do-It-Yourself Plan and Schedule -- What Am I Learning? Watch Your Knowledge and Skills Grow -- Safety First -- Simple Substitutes -- Supplies and Materials You Thought You Couldn't Get -- The Metric System -- Looking for Help? Have You Considered These Experts? -- Checklist for Tables and Graphs -- Do Not Display -- How Can I Help? A Checklist for Parents, Teachers, and Mentors -- Organizations and Agencies -- Scientific Supply Houses.
Summary: Provides guidelines for preparing a science project, including choosing a topic, doing research, collecting and testing data, and presenting the final product.
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Includes index.

Hit the Ground Running -- Idea Hunt -- Narrow the Field -- Kinds of Projects -- What's a Hypothesis? -- Ten Surefire Ways to Ruin Your Science Project -- Fact Finding -- Prospecting for Information -- Citing Your Sources -- How Useful Is It? -- Record Keeping -- Getting Help -- Traps and Trip Wires: Common Problems to Avoid -- The Fair Test -- Variables and Controls -- Bias -- Ways to Measure -- Ways to Sample: How Many Are Enough? -- Collect and Analyze Data -- Writing a Procedure -- Data Tables -- Number Crunching I: For Beginners -- Number Crunching II: Advanced Techniques -- Graphs -- Advice from Kids Who've Been There, Done That -- Tell the World What You've Found -- Your Written Report -- Your Display -- Your Oral Presentation -- What Teachers and Judges Look For -- A Dozen Dandy Checklists to Move Your Project Along -- Do-It-Yourself Plan and Schedule -- What Am I Learning? Watch Your Knowledge and Skills Grow -- Safety First -- Simple Substitutes -- Supplies and Materials You Thought You Couldn't Get -- The Metric System -- Looking for Help? Have You Considered These Experts? -- Checklist for Tables and Graphs -- Do Not Display -- How Can I Help? A Checklist for Parents, Teachers, and Mentors -- Organizations and Agencies -- Scientific Supply Houses.

Provides guidelines for preparing a science project, including choosing a topic, doing research, collecting and testing data, and presenting the final product.

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