Science Buddies: "Ask an Expert"

Okay, so I have a really great project about human behavior and I needed test subjects. I set it up so I could test people at my high school, but unfortunately very few of them came through. . .
I still have an original project and theory about human behavior and unfortunately the project is due within three days. So, would I be able to present my scientific theory in an elaborate and creative yet thought-provoking way, and still score well with the judges??

PLEASE SAY YES!!!!!

Thanks in advance for your time

Hi,

Yes you should definitely proceed with your plan to present your project as it is. The science fair judges will be interested in your project idea and understanding of the topic. You will be able to present your question, hypothesis, background, materials, methods, results, conclusion, and bibliography section. Be sure to present the scientific principle that you were investigating in your project. And, you can present whatever results you were able to obtain, even if it includes just one or two test subjects. Here’s an outline for a science board from the Science Buddies website:

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... oard.shtml

In your conclusion section, you can make tentative conclusions and also make comments about how you had difficulty in getting your classmates to participate and what may have caused the lack of participation. You can include a statement about what you might do to change the participation rate in the future.

Obviously, it would be better to have some results, but you have a complete project here to report. Having no results is fairly common in science fair projects. You will have to turn in your project tomorrow as it is, but you could plan to redo the project next year with definitive data.

I hope this helps.

Donna Hardy