Science Fair Project Boards provide an effective means for communicating research to judges at science fairs. Students often utilize tri-fold display boards to organize their work and include pictures or diagrams of their experiments on them.
Prepare your board so that it is read from left to right and top to bottom by your audience. Your introduction section should come first, followed by literature to justify your experiment and then experimental procedures, materials, data analysis, results and conclusions.
Choosing a Layout
At any science fair experiment, a project display board is necessary. These boards help communicate results of an experiment while providing spectators with an avenue for engagement with your project.
Layout of the project display board is essential to its appearance and functionality. Utilizing vibrant colors, eye-catching pictures, charts and graphs can all add visual interest while giving the board a professional aesthetic.
Science fair projects typically follow this format: background research and hypothesis on the left panel; materials and procedures on the center; results and conclusions on the right. When creating your board layout, keep in mind how your audience will read it – content should ideally flow top to bottom and left to right for optimal reading experience. Doing this ensures the information presented remains easy for viewers to follow and comprehend.
Choosing a Design
Your science fair board should serve as the heart and soul of your project and communicate its goals to judges. This should provide them with an “overview” of your research project that includes its main scientific question(s), hypothesis proposed and experiment undertaken along with results.
Creative layout and graphics can also allow you to show off your creativity; just remember not to go overboard – fancy fonts that are hard for judges to read can become distracting, making your point lost altogether.
Be wary when selecting colors for text and visual elements in your project, especially charts and graphs, to keep all colors within one family (or at least hue). Mismatched hues are easily noticeable and make your presentation seem unprofessional.
Adding Text
Your project board for science fair should contain as little text as possible; that way judges can read your board without asking any follow up questions.
A standard science fair project display board comprises five main sections: its title at the top center; your problem and question on the left side of the board; hypothesis and method (including any diagrams or graphs); results and conclusion at right end of board.
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Adding Images
Visual aids help your project stand out from others. A visual is often more interesting to judges than text alone and can quickly communicate your idea to judges.
Use graphs and charts to display non-numerical data and propose models or conclusions. Be sure to clearly label any charts and graphs, arrange them logically and ensure your display can be seen from left to right and top to bottom by those viewing your display.
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