2018-2019 Science Fair

Assess how you conducted your experiment.

● Please move this document to your s​ hared Biology folder.

● To complete this, you will need to refer to your project proposal.
● After you answer all the questions, remember to ​submit the document in Canvas​.

Sample size
1. Below, put what you planned for sample size and/or repeated measures (#9 in experimental proposal).
Test subjects Help or permission from whom?

People from different Permission from them and the school they attend
schools in Georgia

2. Below, put the actual sample size and/or repeated measures you completed by the deadline (February
5).
108 responses from galloway students and faculty.

3. If there are differences between your initial plan and what you completed by the deadline, explain
a) why they are different, and
I would stop trying to get data from other schools and focus on galloway to collect the most data.
b) what you could have done differently to reach your goal on time.
I’m not sure what more I could have done, my plan was too ambitious.

Procedure
4. Below, paste a copy of your planned steps from your project proposal (#15).

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Proposals and
signed parent
form due

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Data is due

5. Carefully look over your initial plans. In a numbered or bullet-pointed list below,
a) identify in detail things you actually did differently, and]
I didn’t stick to schedule at all, though I did correspond with Mr. Griffith within the time frame.
b) explain why you made each change.
Mostly because I was busy with immersion and Mr. Griffith was hard to get a hold of and when I finally
did he suggested only testing within galloway.

Variables
6. In your proposal, find your standardized (#8) and extraneous variables (#10) and list them in the table
below.
Standardized variables Extraneous variables

I am testing people. I have completed the ​human

Around 50 people from various schools in the atlanta subjects ethics form​ (paste the link in this table, in
area column to the right)
I’ll ask the UL principal to help get the survey to
different schools.

Complete the survey 1 time

7. Standardized variable review:

Did you successfully standardize all the variables you planned to?
If not, explain why not.
I didn’t get to test people outside of galloway because schools are very protective of their students.

8. Extraneous variable review:

Were there other factors (that you did not originally list) that you think could have affected your results?
Identify them and explain your answer.
Nope I stuck to my plan to test humans.
Impact on Results
9. Think about all the ways the implementation of your experiment differed from your initial plans (your
answers to questions above).
Discuss how these changes may make your project stronger and/or make it weaker (i.e. make your
results more reliable or less reliable).
After being told my original plan was impossible due to numerous reasons I feared only testing galloway
would make my results weaker and less conclusive. I was incorrect in that assumption many people did
things I did not expect and in doing so my project will have more variety.

Reflection on learning
In August, y’all shared your thoughts on what the point of school is. Many of your responses involved
building skills. You may recognize some of them in this list below, which has a few of my top priorities for
skills to build in this class.

10. Read over the skills and indicate with a comment where you feel you are with each, at this point in the
year.

I think I have I’m making progress. I’m struggling: I see This is a very weak
very strong I feel pretty good some improvement area for me. I don’t feel
skills in this about it. but it’s really hard. I’ve improved at all.

Design yes
experiments

Manage​ time & yes

long term work

Work​ ​well yes

independently:
with focus,
self-reliance, &
initiative

Own ​your own yes

learning: take
responsibility for
your work;
know when you
need help and
ask for it.