Board Guidelines PROBLEM PURPOSE HYPOTHESIS MATERIALS METHODS TITLE DATA TABLES GRAPHS PICTURES (all pictures must have a label and description) OBSERVATIONS CONCLUSIONS There is a clear statement of what your project has proved base on the data on your board Describes the relationship between independent and dependent variable Describes how patterns, trends, or lack of trends are in the data Provides a possible explanation for validating the study Interpretation of data either supports or refutes hypothesis, If hypothesis is disproved, what new hypothesis is presented? Explains how experiment can be advised to increase their reliability Explain any sources of error and how they might be reduced (validity) What you would change and why Appropriate sample size Identify any weaknesses in your design and describe any improvement that can be made if repeated