EXPOSITORY ESSAY - SCIENCE FAIR PROJECTStudent details:
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Table of Contents
1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
2. FORMATIVE REQUIREMENTS COVER
3. BRAINSTORM / RESEARCH (ideas, reference paper, mind-map)
4. EXAMPLE OF PROJECT (cut/paste from reference paper.)
5. GRAPHIC ORGANIZER (flow chart)
6. ESSAY MAP
7. ORIGINAL DRAFT: (Name of peer who revised)
8. REVISED DRAFT: (Name of peer who edited)
9. PUBLISHED WORK- ORIGINAL
10. RUBRIC (self graded)
11. PUBLISHED WORK - TEACHER’S COMMENTS
Publishing Checklist
 PREVIEW PUBLISHED ON HOMEPAGE
 COMMENTS POSTED TO LEARNING GROUP’S BLOGS
 REFERENCES AND CITING COMPLETE
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Friday 26th November, 2010
Teacher: Neville
Expository Essay- Science Fair Project.(One page essay)
Students are expected to explain the process of a Science Fair Project,
as published in Teaching ESOL Through Science Fair Experiments, by Judie
Haynes.
Structure
Expository Essay, published on student’s weblog (including all prewriting).
Procedure
Students log on to class weblog/ formative page and download the following files:
EXPOSITORY SCIENCE FORMATIVE
SCIENCE PROJECT
The EXPOSITORY SCIENCE FORMATIVE file should be immediately published onto
the student’s weblog.
The above files contain all the information needed to complete this exercise.
Students’ production
By Wednesday 8th December, 2010, students will have completed their work.
Students are required to publish updates of their file,
progressively.
9. PUBLISHED WORK- ORIGINAL and email it to
for pasting to the final page of their file;11.PUBLISHED WORK - TEACHER’S COMMENTS
Teacher will then comment on individual student’s
them
Objectives
Students will display knowledge of the elements of an Expository Essay by explaining the process,
in logical order, for a science fair experiment.
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PROJECT EXAMPLE
Will it Sink or Float?
Question
Is it Possible to Float a Paper Clip on Water?
Hypothesis
My hypothesis is that the paper clip will float because the surface of the water has surface
tension.
Materials
I used clean, dry paper clips,
Tissue paper, a bowl of water, and pencil with eraser.
Variables
The variables in my experiment are the amount of water in each bottle and the size and
shape of the bottles.
Procedure
Fill the bowl with water
Rip a piece of tissue paper and put it on the water
Place a paper clip on the tissue paper
Use the eraser’s end carefully to sink the tissue paper
Results
The paperclip floats on the water, but even a little movement could sink the clip.
Conclusion
The paper clip floats because of surface tension. Water molecules have bonds that hold
them together - they attract each other. They form an invisible type of skin on the water surface that is called
surface tension
BRAINSTORMING, RESEARCH, MIND-MAP
Will it SINK
or FLOAT?
The paper
clip floats
Because
of
surface
tension
Question
Hypothesis
Conclusion
Is it Possible to
Float a Paper Clip
on Water?
The paper clip will
float because the
surface of the
water has surface
tension.
clean, dry paper
Materials
clips, Tissue
paper, a bowl of
water, and pencil
with eraser.
Variables
Presentation
Table, picture,
Procedure
graph, Chart
The amount of
water in each
bottle and the
size and shape of
the bottles.
Fill the bowl with
water, rip a piece of
tissue paper and put it
on the water, place a
paper clip on the
Result
tissue paper and use
the eraser’s end
The paperclip floats on
the water, but even a
little movement could sink
the clip.
carefully to sink the
tissue paper.
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
TOPIC:
LAST: Conclusion
Will it sink or float?
The paper clip floats
Because of surface tension
NEXT: Table, Graph, Chart
FIRST: Question
Is it Possible to Float a Paper Clip on Water?
NEXT: Result
NEXT: Hypothesis
The paperclip floats on the water, but
The paper clip will float because the surface of
even a little movement could sink the
the water has surface tension.
clip.
NEXT: Procedure
NEXT: Materials
1. Fill the bowl with water
-Clean, dry paper clips,
2. Rip a piece of tissue paper 3. Put it on the water
-Tissue paper,
4. Place a paper clip on the tissue paper
- A bowl of water,
- Pencil with eraser.
Use the eraser’s end carefully to sink the tissue
NEXT: Variable
Amount of water in each bottle, and
the size and shape of the bottle.
paper
Main idea 1
Supporting details
Question
Is it Possible to Float a Paper Clip on Water?
Introduction
Hook, Background,
Purpose of Writing,
Main ideas
Do you like experiment?
Trying to find the answer?
Why don’t you try some
Main idea 2
Supporting details
Hypothesis
The paper clip will float because the
surface of the
Main idea 3
Supporting details 3
\Materials
3.1 Clean, dry paper clips,
3.2. Tissue paper,
3.3 bowl of water,
3.4 Pencil with eraser.
science project? Science
projects can give you the
answer. Every project has
its own steps, question,
Main idea 4
Variable
3.3
Supporting details
4.1 The amount of water in each bottle
4.2 The size and shape of the bottles.
hypothesis, materials,
variable, procedure, result
and conclusion. Have you
ever wondered how can
things float? How can
Main idea 5
Procedure
things sink? Let’s explore
Supporting details 5
5.1 Fill the bowl with water
5.2 Rip a piece of tissue paper
5.3 Put it on the water
5.4 Place a paper clip on the tissue paper
together in this project “Will
it sink or float?”
Main idea 6
Result
Main idea 7
Making project is difficult
Supporting details
The paperclip floats on the water, but even a
little movement could sink the clip.
Supporting details
Table/Graph
but making perfect is more
difficult. Every step is
Main idea 8
Supporting details
important to make a
perfect project. Try some
Conclusion
new ideas, make your own
Because of surface tension
question and try to
answer. Now, I think you
understand what the steps
are and what to do. So now
Conclusion
let’s make some
QUESTION!
The paper clip floats
Summarize Main
ideas, Link to P.O.W.
Make a point
ORIGINAL DRAFT
Do you like experiment? Trying to find the answer? Why don’t you try some science project? Science projects
can give you the answer you would like to know. Every project has its own steps, question, hypothesis, materials,
variable, procedure, result and conclusion. Have you ever wondered wonder how can things float? How can things
sink? Let’s explore together in this project “Will it sink or float?”
First, make questions to find the answer. Any question you want to know. Then try to answer those questions. In
my project the question is “Is it Possible to Float a Paper Clip on Water?”
Next is hypothesis. It is the suggestion or guessing. In my project it is “The paper clip will float because the
surface of the water has surface tension”
After guessing what will happen, you have to ,then list the materials you need. In my project there are clean,
dry paper clips, Tissue paper, a bowl of water, and pencil with eraser.
In the project, something can be change, called variable. The variables in my project are “The amount of water in
each bottle and the size and shape of the bottles.”
Procedure is one of the important things you have to do. Procedure is the list of the steps what you are going to
do. In my project the procedure is Fill the bowl with water, Rip a piece of tissue paper and put it on the water, Place a
paper clip on the tissue paper and Use the eraser’s end carefully to sink the tissue paper.
Next, after you done the experiment you will see the changes, called Result. You can record what’s happened.
In my project the result is the paperclip floats on the water, but even a little movement could sink the clip.
When you observed what happened. You should present what you have got. You can present in many ways,
for example, graph, pictures, chart and table of results.
The last one is conclusion. You have to conclude your project, explain what’s the result, why you got all these.
Summarize it. In my project the conclusion is the paper clip floats because of surface tension. Water molecules have
bonds that hold them together - they attract each other. They form an invisible type of skin on the water surface that is
called surface tension.
Making project is difficult but making perfect is more difficult. Every step is important to make a perfect project.
Try some new ideas, make your own question and try to answer. Now, I think you understand what the steps are and
what to do. Let’s make some QUESTION!
REVISED DRAFT
Do you like experiment? Trying to find the answer? Why don’t you try some science project? Science projects can
give you the answer. Every project has its own steps, question, hypothesis, materials, variable, procedure, result and
conclusion. Have you ever wondered how can things float? How can things sink? Let’s explore together in this project
“Will it sink or float?”
First, make question. Any question you want to know. Then try to answer those questions. In my project the
question is “Is it Possible to Float a Paper Clip on Water?”
Next is hypothesis. It is the suggestion or guessing. In my project it is “The paper clip will float because the surface
of the water has surface tension”
After guessing, then list the materials you need. In my project there are clean, dry paper clips, Tissue paper, a
bowl of water, and pencil with eraser.
In the this project, something can be change, called variable. The variables in my project are “The amount of water
in each bottle and the size and shape of the bottles.”
Procedure is one of the important things you have to do. Procedure is the list of the steps what you are going to do.
In my project the procedure is Ffill the bowl with water, Rrip a piece of tissue paper and put it on the water, Pplace a paper
clip on the tissue paper and Uuse the eraser’s end carefully to sink the tissue paper.
Next, after you done the experiment you will see the changes, called Result. You can record what happened. In my
project the result is the paperclip floats on the water, but even a little movement could sink the clip.
When you observed what happened. You should present what you have got. You can present in many ways, for
example, graph, pictures, chart and table of results.
The last one is conclusion. You have to conclude your project, explain what’s the result, why you got all these.
Summarize it. In my project the conclusion is the paper clip floats because of surface tension. Water molecules have
bonds that hold them together - they attract each other. They form an invisible type of skin on the water surface that is
called surface tension.
Making project is difficult but making perfect is more difficult. Every step is important to make a perfect project.
Try some new ideas, make your own question and try to answer. Now, I think you understand what the steps are and what
to do. So now l Let’s make some QUESTION!
PUBLISHED WORK
Do you like experiment? Trying to find the answer? Why don’t you try some science project? Science projects can
give you the answer. Every project has its own steps, question, hypothesis, materials, variable, procedure, result and
conclusion. Have you ever wondered how can things float? How can things sink? Let’s explore together in this project
“Will it sink or float?”
First, make your questions. Any question you want to know. Then try to answer those questions. In my project the
question is “Is it Possible to Float a Paper Clip on Water?”
Next is hypothesis. It is the suggestion or guessing what will happen during the experiment. In my project it is “The
paper clip will float because the surface of the water has surface tension”
After guessing what will happen, why don’t you list the materials you need? In my project there are clean, dry
paper clips, Tissue paper, a bowl of water, and pencil with eraser.
In during the experiment something can be change. It called variable. The variables in my project are “The amount
of water in each bottle and the size and shape of the bottles.”
Procedure is one of the important things you have to do. Procedure is the list of the steps what you are going to do.
In my project the procedure is fill the bowl with water, rip a piece of tissue paper and put it on the water, place a paper
clip on the tissue paper and use the eraser’s end carefully to sink the tissue paper.
Next, after you done the experiment you will see the changes. It called Result. You can record what happened
during the experiment. In my project the result is the paperclip floats on the water, but even a little movement could sink
the clip.
When you observed what happened. You should present what you have got; show what happen during the
experiment. You can present in many ways, for example, graph, pictures, chart, power point presentation and table of
results.
The last one is conclusion. You have to conclude your project, explain what’s the result, why you got all these.
Summarize it all. In my project the conclusion is the paper clip floats because of surface tension. Water molecules have
bonds that hold them together - they attract each other. They form an invisible type of skin on the water surface that is
called surface tension.
Making project is difficult but making perfect is more difficult. Every step is important to make a perfect project. Be
careful and do it properly every step. Try some new ideas, make your own question and try to find answer. Now, I think
you understand what the steps are and what to do. So now let’s make some QUESTION!
Will it SINK or FLOAT?
Do you like experiment? Trying to find the answer? Why don’t you try some
science project? Science projects can give you the answer. Every project has its own
steps, question, hypothesis, materials, variable, procedure, result and conclusion.
Have you ever wondered how can things float? How can things sink? Let’s explore
together in this project “Will it sink or float?”
First, make your questions. Any question you want to know. Then try to answer
those questions. In my project the question is “Is it Possible to Float a Paper Clip on
Water?”
Next is hypothesis. It is the suggestion or guessing what will happen during the
experiment. In my project it is “The paper clip will float because the surface of the
water has surface tension”
After guessing what will happen, why don’t you list the materials you need? In
my project there are clean, dry paper clips, Tissue paper, a bowl of water, and pencil
with eraser.
In during the experiment something can be change. It called variable. The
variables in my project are “The amount of water in each bottle and the size and
shape of the bottles.”
Procedure is one of the important things you have to do. Procedure is the list of
the steps what you are going to do. In my project the procedure is fill the bowl with
water, rip a piece of tissue paper and put it on the water, place a paper clip on the
tissue paper and use the eraser’s end carefully to sink the tissue paper.
Next, after you done the experiment you will see the changes. It called Result.
You can record what happened during the experiment. In my project the result is the
paperclip floats on the water, but even a little movement could sink the clip.
When you observed what happened. You should present what you have got; show
what happen during the experiment. You can present in many ways, for example,
graph, pictures, chart, power point presentation and table of results.
The last one is conclusion. You have to conclude your project, explain what’s the
result, why you got all these. Summarize it all. In my project the conclusion is the
paper clip floats because of surface tension. Water molecules have bonds that hold
them together - they attract each other. They form an invisible type of skin on the
water surface that is called surface tension.
Making project is difficult but making perfect is more difficult. Every step is
important to make a perfect project. Be careful and do it properly every step. Try
some new ideas, make your own question and try to find answer. Now, I think you
understand what the steps are and what to do. So now let’s make some QUESTION!
Expository- Science Fair
Objective
PUBLISHING
(Finished look)
Emerging 1
Accomplished 3
Exemplary 4
Attention to visual
presentation elements
is strongly exhibited
with only a few minor
“lost opportunities”
Attention to visual
presentation elements
is such that the writing
has an immediate
impact and is highly
inviting to the reader.
Writing does not
Contains all elements
All elements are
display elements of
but does not meet
present and complete.
an Expository Essay criteria in one or more
Expository Structure
exceeds requirement
Basic Structure is
Structure is generally
incomplete. Display evident and mostly
little structure.
correct
Structure exceeds
standards and
enhances the writing
The writing
demonstrates little
or no attention to
visual presentation
elements and is
uninviting to the
reader.
Developing 2
Limited attention to
visual presentation is
demonstrated. The
writing creates low
desire to be read.
Reflects many “lost
opportunities”. .
Uniform spacing
Appropriate use of font
style, sizes and colors.
Appealing use of white
space
Effective integration of
text and illustrations,
photos, charts, graphs,
maps and tables.
Skillful and tasteful use
of colors in layout.
The blog reflects the
personality of the
writer.
EXPOSITORY
ESSAY ELEMENTS
Gives facts. Explains.
Steps in a process.
Present ideas in logical
order, correct
sequence.
ESSAY STRUCTURE
INTRO- contains strong
Purpose of Writing.
PARAGRAPHS-Topic
sentence, plus
supporting ideas and
examples. Transitional
words used.
CONCLUSION- links
back to P.O.W.
Structure is complete
Score
PUBLISHED WORK- TEACHER’S COMMENTS