synopses/synopsis how to prepare

[r.vignesh]

most of the science fair in india are asking synopses/synopsis how can i prepare it please mail me at [e-mail deleted by moderator].

[donnahardy2]

Hi Vignesh,

Welcome to Science Buddies! Please do not post any personal information the Science Buddies website. We will respond to your questions and provide advice for your project through this forum.

A synopsis is a summary of your science fair project and this is usually written after you have completed your project. It usually includes a brief description of the purpose of the project, the experiments you did the results, and the conclusions. In other words, it's a summary of what happened in your project.

Here is an example of an abstract from the ISEF handbook:

"Effects of Marine Engine Exhaust Water on Algae
Jones, Mary E.
Hometown High School, Hometown, PA
This project in its present form is the result of bioassay
experimentation on the effects of two-cycle marine engine exhaust
water on certain green algae. The initial idea was to determine the
toxicity of outboard engine lubricant. Some success with lubricants
eventually led to the formulation of “synthetic” exhaust water which,
in turn, led to the use of actual two-cycle engine exhaust water as the
test substance.
Toxicity was determined by means of the standard bottle or
“batch” bioassay technique. Scenedesmus quadricauda and
Ankistrodesmus sp. were used as the test organisms. Toxicity was
measured in terms of a decrease in the maximum standing crop. The
effective concentration - 50% (EC50) for Scenedesmus quadricauda
was found to be 3.75% exhaust water; for Ankistrodesmus sp. 3.1%
exhaust water using the bottle technique.
Anomalies in growth curves raised the suspicion that evaporation
was affecting the results; therefore, a flow-through system was
improvised utilizing the characteristics of a device called a
Biomonitor. Use of a Biomonitor lessened the influence of evaporation,
and the EC 50 was found to be 1.4% exhaust water using
Ankistrodesmus sp. as the test organism. Mixed populations of
various algae gave an EC 50 of 1.28% exhaust water.
The contributions of this project are twofold. First, the toxicity
of two-cycle marine engine exhaust was found to be considerably
greater than reported in the literature (1.4% vs. 4.2%). Secondly, the
benefits of a flow-through bioassay technique utilizing the
Biomonitor was demonstrated."

If you are writing a synopsis before your project is done, then you would write a summary of what you plan to do.

Have you started your science project? Please let us know if you need more information.


Donna Hardy

[r.vignesh]

sorry i posted my email id i wont do it again
Ok mam i understand how many words is a ideal synopsis and also mam my idea is a heart attack detector and basically im graphing the ecg from a wearable vest and analyzing it for any abnormalities(using pattern recognition software embedded in a cicuit which will be in my vest after filtering it if it finds a heart attack it sends it to the nearest hospital who can track and provide help to the patient by tracking him using GPS

[donnahardy2]

Hi,

Your project is very original and ambitious. Have you built the vest yet and tested it yet?

A synopsis is usually no more than 250 words and it’s OK if it’s less than this. For this project, you would want to summarize the purpose of doing the project, explain how results would determine a heart attack, describe how you made the heart attack-monitoring vest, describe your results, including any difficulties encountered in the construction of the vest, and state the benefit of your project.

Science fairs always have written rules, so you should read the rules of the science fair that you will be entering and follow them exactly. There may be a word limit on the synopsis section so that will be your best guideline. Also, this project could be an engineering project or an experimental project. If your science fair requires an experiment, make sure that you compare results on more than one person, preferably someone who is healthy and someone who has known heart disease so would be at risk of a heart attack. Also, since you will be working with humans, you need to fill out forms and get permission in advance to conduct your experiment.

I hope this is helpful. Let me know if you have any other questions about your science fair project.

Donna Hardy