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Science Projects

How to choose a topic How to do a science fair project How to do the bibliography Some ideas for a project

How to do the bibliography for a science
fair project:

• Write the author's last name, first name and middle name or initial.
• Write the name of the article or chapter from your source in quotes.
• Write the title of the book or source.
• Write the place where your source was published followed by a colon.
• Write the publisher name, date and volume followed by a colon and the page numbers.

• Here is an example for a book or magazine - Smith, John B., "Science Fair Fun" Experiment Time, New York: Sterling Pub. Co., May 1990, Vol. 2:10-25.
• Here is an example for a Web site - Bailey, Regina, About.com Biology Site, Mar. 9, 2000.
• Here is an example for a conversation - Martin, Clara, Telephone Conversation, Jan. 8, 2000.