A collection is just what it says. You have made a collection of items
that you are interested in. A collection is usually of the same kind of
things, like leaves, rifle cartridges, shells from the beach, fishing lures
etc. Your collection should be orderly and show your interest in the items
collected.
Demonstration
A demonstration shows how something is done. It shows that you have
explored a topic, have tried it and know how it works. A demonstration
might include making deadfall traps, fish spears, or doing canning techniques,
beading patterns etc.
Scientific principles involved in the demonstration should be identified.
In a demonstration there is no hypothesis and no conclusion.
Experiment
When doing an experiment you compare two or more different materials
or methods. You might compare the warmth of gloves vs. mittens,
or different ways of making donuts.
In an experiment you use the scientific method.
Start with a big question.
Guess what the answer is. This is called an hypothesis.
Develop a plan and follow it. Testing to see if your guess is correct.
Record the data.
Come to a conclusion whether your guess was right or not.
Find out what your big question is first. What are you interested in? Then
think about how you will do the project.
Before you decide whether you want to do a collection, demonstration or
experiment, find out what your interest is. Then decide how you can do
the project the best.
A demonstration shows how something works. A demonstration shows that
you have explored a topic, have tried it and know how it works. A demonstration
might include deadfall traps, fish spears, canning techniques, beading
patterns etc.
Scientific principles involved in the demonstration should be identified.
In a demonstration there is no hypothesis and no conclusion.
Experiment
When doing an experiment you compare two or more different things or
methods. You might compare the warmth of gloves vs. mittens,
or different methods of making donuts.
In an experiment you use the scientific method.
Start with a big question.
Guess what the answer is. This is called an hypothesis.
Develop a plan and follow it, testing to see if your hypothesis is correct.
Record the data.
Come to a conclusion whether your hypothesis was right or not.
Find out what your big question is first. What are you interested in? Then
think about how you will do the project.
Before you decide whether you want to do a collection, demonstration or
experiment, find out what your interest is. Then decide how you can do
the project the best.
You must do an experiment. An experiment is
following organized curiosity. If your are curious, and you are willing
to be organized, doing an experiment is easy.
When doing an experiment you compare two or more different things or
methods. You might compare the warmth of gloves vs. mittens,
different styles of snowshoes, or different fuels in a snowmachine.
In an experiment you use the scientific method.
Start with a big question.
Guess what the answer is. This is called an hypothesis.
Develop a plan and follow it, testing to see if your hypothesis is correct.
Record the data.
Come to a conclusion whether your hypothesis was right or not.
Find out what your big question is first. What are you interested in? Then
think about how you will do the project.