RESEARCH AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

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TIP 2 Science Fair

• RESEARCH AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Science Fair Research

• At this point you should have completed
• the following with your Science Teacher
• 1. Topic approval
• And working on your
• 2. Problem statement.
• 3. Hypothesis.
• NOW its time to RESEARCH!!

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What do I need to research??

• Your research will be related to the topic of
  your experiment.
• Look at your problem statement and hypothesis to
  get ideas.
• Use key scientific vocabulary to direct your
  search.
• Use Scientific Concepts to also direct
  your
• search.

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Here is an example!

• PROBLEM STATEMENT
• How many times does a balloon need to be rubbed
  to create enough static electricity to stick to a
  wall?
• HYPOTHESIS
• If a balloon is rubbed 10 times then it will
  stick to a wall.

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What do you think should be the research
sub-topics?
Use the hypothesis and problem statement for
Ideas.
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What would you research?
What is static electricity?
What causes the balloon to stick to a wall?
Why does the balloon need to be rubbed?
Do some materials work better than Others for
making static electricity? If so, what are they?
How is static electricity Similar to /different
from electricity from an electrical outlet?
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Example 2

• PROBLEM STATEMENT
• Which metals are better conductors of heat?
• HYPOTHESIS
• If copper, iron and aluminum wire are heated,
  then the iron wire will conduct the heat faster
  than the copper or aluminum wire.

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What do you think should be the research
sub-topics?
Use the hypothesis and problem statement for
Ideas.
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• What are possible Research Sub-Topics?

• What is a conductor?

• What are physical properties of a good heat
  conductor?

• What are physical and chemical properties of a
  good heat conductor?

• What is heat?

• What materials make affective
• conductors of heat?

• How does heat move through an object?

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Research using various resources to find
information related to your sub-topics.
Textbooks
Encyclopedias
Scientific Magazines
Non-fiction books
Credible Internet web-sites
Expert testimony
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Wikipedia may not be used as a source.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Skim a passage to see if you can use the
information.
2. Analyze the source to determine if the source
if credible. No Wikipedia sources. Google is
a search engine NOT a source. look
for .gov, .edu, .org
3. When you find a passage that you can use,
document the bibliography information.

• Designate the last 2 pages of your
• logbook to document Bibliography
• information.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY(continued)

• What information do I need to cite my sources??
• Use STADDUP
• S Site or database name
• T Title of the webpage or book
• A Author (if not available must include a
  publisher in order to be a credible source.)
• D Date of publication (found at the bottom of
  the a website and on the title page of a book)
• D Date of access (Website only the date you
  went to the site.
• U URL (Website only) Look for .edu, .org,.gov
  for more credible sources.
• P Publishing information (located at bottom of
  a website or title page of a book)

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You must have 3 different sources cited in the
bibliography.
Always write down the BIBLIOGRAPHY information
from the SITE/BOOK/ENCYLOPEDIA you are using,
on the last 2 pages of your logbook, before you
write down the research information.
Each Source should be Numbered.
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LETS LOOK AT A RESEARCH ORGANIZER
NEW YOU WILL DRAW A Research ORGANIZER IN YOUR
LOGBOOK.
You will complete the research organizer in your
LOGBOOK.. An example is in your TIP packet.
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Research Organizer
Source Number(write in the margin) Sub-topic Bulleted Details





All research should be written in the logbook in
this Research organizer format
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READ the passage needed for your research.
Bullet the details from your research on the
Research Organizer draw In your logbook
WRITE the information in your own words. This
decreases the possibility of plagiarism.
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Lets Look at a Completed Example using the
Conductors of Heat Experiment.
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Research Organizer (in logbook)
Source Number Sub-topic Bulleted Details
1 What is heat? Transfers from warmer object or area to cooler object or area Heat and temperature are not the same thing. The measure of energy in a substance.
2 What is conduction? Transfer of heat between two touching materials. the better the conductor the faster the heat transfer
3 Properties of conductors Atoms are loosely arranged Atoms have room to move around Metals
3 Examples of good conductors silver copper gold aluminum iron steel

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Lets Look at a Completed Example using the
Static Electricity of a Balloon Experiment
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Research Organizer
Source Sub-topic Bulleted Details
2 What is static electricity? Charges in an object are not balanced. Either have more negative than positive charges or positive than negative. Items with opposite charges attract. Items with like charges repel
1 Where do these charges come from? the protons and electrons of an atom.
3 How do protons and electrons cause the static charge of an object? Electrons are negatively charged. Protons positive Usually same amount of both so no charge. Removal of electrons leaves more protons so positive charged item Addition of electrons negative charge. Only electrons move
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Now you are ready to RESEARCH for your Science
Fair Research Report!!!
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Lets Review
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When you find a source you want to use, what
should you do first?
Write down the source information
Where is the source/bibliography information
written?
The last 2 pages of your logbook.
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What do the letters in the acronym STADDUP stand
for?
S Site or database name T Title of the
webpage or book A Author (if not available must
include a publisher in order to be a credible
source.) D Date of publication (found at the
bottom of the a website and on the title page of
a book) D Date of access (Website only the
date you went to the site. U URL (Website
only) Look for .edu, .org,.gov for more credible
sources. P Publishing information (located at
bottom of a website or title page of a book)
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What sources can you use to research your topic?
Science Textbook Non fiction library
books Journals Encyclopedias Internet websites
Remember GOOGLE is NOT a website, but is a
Search engine and should not be used in the
bibliography. No Wikipedia
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How should details related to the SUB-TOPICS be
written?

• Details should be
• bulleted.
• Verb phrases
• Paraphrased
• In the LOGBOOK

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HAPPY RESEARCHING!!