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Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
The main ISEF website

General
Science Buddies Site
Lots of information on all topics. Some areas will be highlighted in section below.
Elmer's Science Fair Central
Good site. check out the drop down menu for "More Science Fair Studio"
Experimental Science Projects
Breakdown of the steps from beginning to end
About.com
Description of how to design a science fair project
Science Fair Manual
Good detail for each step.
USDA Ag Research Service
Scroll past the beginning part to a general description of the different steps.
Elements of a Successful Project
Intel's view on a good project. Scroll down about half way.

Project Ideas
Environmental Inquiry
Click on bioassays - there are some good experiment ideas.
Super Science Fair Projects
This site wants you to buy kits, but there are some decent ideas for experiments that you could do without buying kits - we may already have a lot of the materials.
Science Experiments/ Projects
Scroll down the page to see the high school projects
Ask a Scientist
There aren't any direct ideas here, but there is some interesting information that could lead you to an original project idea.
Science Project Ideas
You must pay for full access to experiments on this site, however, the site does allow you to browse project ideas and short introductions to the experiments for free. *Don't pay for a project.*
Leadership Program
This teacher site has some great experiments around which you can build a project. Each year contains a different collection of experiments.
Hundreds of Science Fair Projects
There are some good ideas on this site.
USDA Ag Research Service
Follow the links to topics in many different areas centered around plants.

Procedure and Hypothesis Writing
See some of the general links above
Science Buddies
Specific info on hypothesis writing

Conducting Experiments
Science Buddies
Good tips on preparing to experiement
Experimental Designs
A discussion of variables and error
Designing Experiments
Good detail of doing an experiment.

Data Analysis, Results
Handling Data
What to do next?
Statistics
Statistics for analyzing data
Data Analysis and Graphs
Detailed discussion of analyzing data
Statistics Discussion
Excellent discussion for using statistics to analyze your data.

Board Design
Creating a display board
Excellent resource

Style Writing
APA Citation Format
Help with the APA Citation format from Lesley University.
NoodleBib 6
Help create citations andbibliography in APA format.

Final Report
Writing the Report
Excellent discussion of writing your report
Final Report
Good checklist for final report
Sample Report
Science Buddies sample

Abstract
Writing an abstract
Good resource
Sample Abstract
Science Buddies sample