Secondary Science Fair Handbook

Research Once you have decided what topic you’d like to research, you can begin to do research on your topic. Find out everything you possibly can on the topic, and as you’re researching, write down any ideas you might have for what specific question you’d like to do your experiment on. You are expected to find information from at least 5 sources. Make sure to gather all information that will be required to create a bibliography as you are researching. Seek out advice from professionals, go to the library, read books, find magazine articles, look through published studies, etc. Pioneer library, which can be accessed through uen.org is a great place to find published literature on many topics. Write a background summary in your log book which includes: ✓ historical background - important people and their findings ✓ factual summary - major terms and definitions, and an explanation of any science concepts needed to understand your experiment ✓ summary of importance - what is important or significant to mankind about this topic? Why is this experiment worth doing? Record information for each source that you will need when writing a bibliography in your Log Book.