Choose a topic that will interest and challenge you.
Do not be afraid to try something new—you will learn about it along the way.
Remember that complicated-looking projects do not guarantee a win!
Learn Cool Theories
After picking a topic, spend a lot of time gathering background research.
Look for important concepts and equations that will explain how and why your experimental results turn out the way they do.
Find equations that will help you predict the outcome of your
experiment. Learn all the important math, physics, chemistry etc. in
order to fully understand your project.
Be a True Scientist
Keep a detailed and up-to-date lab notebook with you regularly.
It will help you organize your thoughts and if you ever need to go back to see how you did something, you can find out.
Judges will want to see a lab notebook during the judging period.
Trudge Onward!
During the experiment, do not get discouraged if you run into a lot of problems.
Do not stop if your experiment does not turn out the way you think it should.
It's okay if your hypothesis is proved incorrect.
Judges like to see persistence, so keep at it! Ask for advice if
you need help. Judges love to talk about the problems you ran into and
how you solved/tried to solve them.
Use Your Brain (it's not as hard as it seems!)
Look at your results and ask yourself why they do/do not make sense.
Apply your background research to your results to help you figure out what happened during the experiment.
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