What categories should be on a science fair board?

Answer 1

Original answer, deleted by next contributer:

Here I'm assuming you are referring to the poster board that accompanies a science project (not a board of directors!).

The purpose of the board is to have something to refer to while explaining to someone (like a judge) why you got into this project and what you learned.

You should have at minimum:

- A title that is easily read from 10 feet away.

- Hypothesis

- Data

- Conclusions

If you want to put details/description/photos of the steps of the experiment you can, but they are in your written report and I would say they are optional for the board. Plus the equipment itself will be there for you to refer to while explaining the steps. However, if you significantly changed your experiment based on what you learned from earlier experiments, such valuable information should probably be on the board.

The Data should be in graphic form as we are looking for trends, and trends are more easily seen graphically.

The board should be neat and readable as a priority over artistic.

Contributer who deleted the above answer:

• Title
• Question
• Hypothesis
• Hardware
• Progress
• Results
• Conclusion