The next step is to follow the plan you have written. Keep a journal or lab notebook to record your data and observations. Try to write detailed notes on everything you observe. You may want to take pictures, videos or make sketches of your observations. These notes are important to your project because they are needed when you write your report and make your display.

Keep in mind that if your project does not work out as expected, you should still use it. Many scientific experiments do not produce the expected outcome, but still can be successful. Tell what you have learned from the results. Explain where the results differ from what you expected. Examine what you learned and keep notes on what you might do differently to improve results. Remember, your science project still produced useful information.

Once you are finished with the experiment, organize your data and notes. You may want to put your data into a spreadsheet and your notes into word processing. Then study the results.

Ask yourself what happened... do the results agree with your hypothesis... how can you analyze the data to help others understand your project. Make charts and graphs to represent the data to help you analyze it.

Next, draw conclusions from your work. Your conclusion is a summary of the results and discussion of how the results relate to the hypothesis. Does your conclusion answer your original question?

Write a report detailing your science project. Include what you did, how you did the project, and what you discovered. Be sure to write about your plan and your experiment. Include your data, and perhaps some of your charts and graphs that help interpret your data. Use the background information earlier as references where appropriate.

As you write your report, make sure it is legible and has correct spelling and grammar. Make it interesting by writing it in your own words. Try to make it neat with an interesting cover.

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