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Invention Convention
Monte Vista
5th
Grade
Mrs. Coca, Ms. Haan, Mrs. Garcia
Mrs. Pincomb
Invention
Convention

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Objectives
 Students will design and create their own invention using simple
machines
 Your machine will have practical applications: there will be a good
use for your machine
 You will read about simple machines with the class
 You will research the internet to learn about simple machines
 You will take notes about simple machines
 You will discuss ideas with your classmates
 You will begin your experiment

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Your Science Experiment
 Your Invention should show and expanded
knowledge of simple machines.
 All work on a project must be done by YOU. Your
parents and teachers may advise you and help, but
they cannot design or build any part of the
invention.
 Dangerous chemicals, open flames, explosives and
poisonous animals may not be exhibited. No
projects may deal with or include vertebrate
animals, meat, mold fungus, or mushrooms.

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Important Dates
 Inventions should be started the weekend of November 26th
(the brainstorming and planning).
 Your science project is a HOME PROJECT. You are
required to bring a completed project to school on
Thursday, December 16th
.
 We are tentatively planning our invention convention for the
morning of Friday, December 17th
.
 We will invite your families and our Monte Vista Wolf Pack
friends to our convention to see all of your exhibits.

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Steps In the Scientific Method
StepStep What It IsWhat It Is
Asking a QuestionAsking a Question AskingAsking What, How, When, Where,What, How, When, Where, oror WhyWhy
Making a HypothesisMaking a Hypothesis Making a smart guess about the answer toMaking a smart guess about the answer to
a questiona question
Planning the InvestigationPlanning the Investigation Deciding how to gather evidence toDeciding how to gather evidence to
answer the questionanswer the question
Collecting and Recording DataCollecting and Recording Data Gathering and recording information toGathering and recording information to
test the hypothesistest the hypothesis
Organizing the DataOrganizing the Data Making graphs and tables to betterMaking graphs and tables to better
understand the information that has beenunderstand the information that has been
gatheredgathered
Explaining ResultsExplaining Results Figuring out what the information meansFiguring out what the information means
Thinking of New QuestionsThinking of New Questions Using the information that you gatheredUsing the information that you gathered
to identify new questionsto identify new questions
Sharing ResultsSharing Results Sharing your information with otherSharing your information with other
investigatorsinvestigators

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Sample Science Experiment Board
III. MaterialsIII. Materials
(list what you(list what you
use)use)
IV.IV.
Procedures/SteProcedures/Ste
psps
(list steps(list steps
I. TitleI. Title
(a question)(a question)
II. HypothesisII. Hypothesis
(What do you(What do you
think willthink will
happen?)happen?)
V. ResultsV. Results
(What(What
happened?happened?
Graphs, Photos,Graphs, Photos,
Charts)Charts)
VI. ConclusionVI. Conclusion
(answer to your(answer to your
question) (Whatquestion) (What

7. +Title: Invention Convention (create
your own title, remember it needs to
be a QUESTION)
Presented By:
Monte Vista
Wolf Pack
Fifth Grade
Monte Vista
11/21/10

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Hypothesis
 This is what you THINK will happen: remember this
hypothesis may be incorrect, that is part of the scientific
method
 Your statement needs to be an educated assumption, use all
you know to make a good and strong hypothesis

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Materials
 This will be a list of what you will need to create your invention
 List everything that you will need to build and operate your invention
 You may number your materials or bullet them
 Everyone will have different materials

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Procedures/Steps
 These will be all the steps you took in creating your invention
 These steps should be numbered in the correct order (sequence) that you
followed when you were building your invention

11. +Results:
This will be what actually happened
with you invention: how did it work?
 You can use a graph to show your data that is collected as
you work on your invention
 Make sure that you also add a narrative piece so that your
results are clearly understandable

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Conclusion
 What did you learn from creating this invention?
 What worked very well in this experiment?
 What would you do differently next time?
 What is your next question?
 MAKE SURE THAT YOU ADDRESS EACH OF THESE AREAS IN
YOUR CONCLUSION

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What your project board should
look like…
 Students, you do not need to use this template unless you
want to, it will be posted on our littlewolves wikki site
 You may create your own power point slides if you would like
 You may also use clear xerox paper and write your own
slides if you wish
 ONE RULE: MAKE SURE YOUR WORK IS NICE AND NEAT!
 REMEMBER,THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW
AND HOW GREAT YOU ARE!
 HAVE FUN!