Step 3: Background Research
Background research is necessary so that you know how to design and understand your experiment.
To make a research plan you need to follow these steps:
To make a research plan you need to follow these steps:
1. Identify the keywords in the question for your science fair project. Brainstorm additional keywords and concepts.
2. Use a table with the "question words" (why, how, who, what, when, where) to generate research questions from your keywords. For example:
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3. Determine the area of science or science concept your experiment falls under.
Sample Background research plan for the science fair project:
Question: Does drinking milk help decrease spiciness better than water or Pepsi?
1. Keywords --
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2. Research questions --
3. Science concepts and/or areas of science - Taste buds
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