Science fair projects enable students to see how the scientific method fits into the real world. These links halp walk students through the process of doing a project and sharing the project with others. Science fair projects enable students to demonstrate the processes of science by posing questions and investigating phenomena through language, methods and instruments of science. Data can be examined to find patterns and relationshipes that may suggest cause and effect or support inferences and hypothesis. The human ability to shape the future comes form a capacity for generating knowledge, developing new technologies, and for communicating ideas.