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For a good science fair project first you must choose a category
for your experiment before you choose a topic.

Detective ThinkMore's Good Science Fair Project page helps you to choose a science category. When you enter your school's science fair you will register both your science category and topic.

Look for 3

on this page.

Where will the next clue lead you?

CLUE No. 3, Part A
TOPIC RESEARCH: Choose a Category
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This clue will take up to 1 hour to uncover.
Letter "M" on timeline.

Inch by inch, it's a cinch!

Great detectives follow their instincts.
So...search your own mind for the answer to these questions:

What interests me most?
What do I enjoy learning about?

What thought first popped into your mind?

If you have an answer that excites you,
then skip to Clue 3, Part B

If your response is, "I don't know," that's okay.
Somewhere inside you is the answer.
We'll stick together to find the category for your project by going through the following procedure together.

Let's read on. . .

We are going to go through an exercise to discover which subject category you really, really like the best.

#6 will lead you to solving this part of the mystery. While looking at Secret File #6, answer the following question over and over again:

Am I more interested in _____ or _____?
Write down the first thought that comes to your mind.

For example:
1) Am I more interested in... Astronomy - the stars, planets, solar system, universe or

Botany - what makes plants grow, their contribution to our environment, their cell structure?

Make your choice now.

Not solved this part of the mystery yet? Let's continue...

Let's say that you chose the category, astronomy. The next question to ask yourself is

2) Am I more interested in... Astronomy - the stars, planets, solar system universe (astronomy) or

Zoology - how animals hear and see, how they behave in their natural environment or with people, about their body and how it functions?

Make a choice now. Continue this process until you conme up with a category that excites you. Now don't go onto the next clue until you choose a categoy. 3)

CLUE No. 3, Part B
TOPIC RESEARCH (continued)
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This clue will take about 1/2 hour to 4 hours to unravel.
Letter "M" on timeline.

The more we narrow down the possibilities, the closer we get to solve the mystery of your a good science fair project topic! So, let's narrow down the category to a very specific topic that will keep you curious and interested for the next few months.

This will open the door to the science fair project topic that will be yours. Not your friends, your teachers or parents, but YOURS. And it will be something that will be fun for you to do!!!

Let's say that you chose astronomy. Ask yourself,

"What interests me most about astronomy?

Would I enjoy learning more
about the stars, planets or the solar system?"
Make a choice now.

If astronomy is not your subject, find #7. Then take out your Science Log and write down this question:

What would be more fun to learn about:
___, ____, ____ or ___?

Keep on asking this question until you know that you have chosen not just a good science fair project, but a great one that will reeeally hold your interest for a couple of months.

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A sleuth keeps accurate records. Once you decide upon your category, take out your Log for Science Projects, write down the process you just completed, and the category you are going to concentrate on for your science project.

Phew, I don't know about you, but I've got to get up and stretch.
You do the same...

OK, feel better?

You are almost done for the day. There's one more clue to find.
Let's move ahead and to see what science project topic you are going to decide upon.

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