science projects
Classroom research assignments
Science projects are educational assignments where students investigate a question or demonstrate a principle through hands-on experimentation.
The classic format involves a hypothesis, procedure, results, and conclusion displayed on a tri-fold poster board: Her volcano won third place at the science fair.
The term sometimes implies busywork or elaborate effort with dubious payoff: The reorganization was just another one of management's science projects.
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- research questionQuery guiding systematic investigation
- control groupUntreated subjects for comparison
- dependent variableOutcome being measured
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