Picking a Topic

Select a topic that interests you! Look for a topic in books, magazines, experiment books, museums, newspapers, TV, etc. Try these Internet sites:

Plymouth Public Schools Science Fair Guide
http://physics1.usc.edu/~gould/ScienceFairs/
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/Curriculum.Support/
http://www.capecod.net/~trowan/primer.html     http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~jbarron/jh.html

http://www.scifair.com/

Keep your topic narrow enough so that you can finish it and do a good job on it.

Example:

"Plants" is a poor topic. You will not be able to learn everything about plants. Be specific. Pick a particular plant and choose one variable to test.

A better topic would be:

 How does the distance from a fluorescent light source affect the growth rate of hydroponically grown ivy plants? How will varying the distance by 5cm in each group affect the growth of the leaves and roots?

• Notice that the title is in the form of a question.
• Also, remember that you must be able to take daily measurements of your results 

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