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How does my child select a project?

 

Start by taking a look at some of the links on our project ideas page. For younger kids, Pinterest might be the best way to inspire them.  Another great resource is our town library. They have a wonderful section of books all about science, experiments and science fair projects. If you know that your child already has as interest in something such as butterflies, dinosaurs, potions, rocks, bones, glow in the dark stuff, robots.... sit down with them and google for projects about their interest. You should be able to find ideas, inspirations and even step by step instructions. If you want to help your child take things a step further, once you have found the perfect project, help them to think a little deeper by coming up with their own question and hypothesis. For example, if they choose to make the potato battery, probe them with questions that will ultimately lead them to wanting to test several different fruits and vegetables to see which one produces the strongest output, and then encourage them to make a chart or graph to display the results. Be sure to have them guess which will be the best.    

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Frequently Asked Questions

 

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Can I help my child with their project?

 

We encourage parents to guide their child with their project, especially in using the Scientific Method. However, all work should be done by students. We do not want parents making the display board, designing experiments, pulling all nighters or analyzing data. 

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Is one project better than another?

 

NO! One project is not better than another. At this age we only want to encourage our kids to get excited about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Sure you might want them to grow bacteria and run tests on mice to see if you can cure the common cold, but all they want to do is make slime. THAT'S OK! Let them make slime, because if they can get excited about slime now, they have a super great chance of getting excited about bacteria and mice in a few years! The Science Experts will talk to the students about the execution of the whole package; they will focus on effort that each child puts into their project. If your child wants to make slime, guide him or her to make the best slime ever in their eyes. Brainstorm with them about what that might be. Then figure out how they want to present their project to the Science Experts.  

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How will the projects be reviewed?

 

A team of Science Experts (expert scientists, teachers, and engineers from our community) will ask each student to present their project and will then follow up with questions to gets the kids thinking and even more excited about their projects. At the end each participant will receive feedback from the Science Experts with things they learned or noted about the project, maybe even ways the student can take the experiment a bit further. Projects are not reviewed for a rank or placement.

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What is a display board?

 

Science posters for school science fairs should be tri-fold so they can stand up for easier viewing. In our fair, we recommend yo use a standard tri-fold presentation board size of 48 x 36 inches. You can find tri-fold science fair project boards available at craft stores, office supply stores, Dollar Tree, etc.

 

What is on the Board?

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There are several ways to organize a science poster. A good guide for what the Science Experts will be looking for at our science fair is the following:

 

  • Title - This could be your question—or something to make your audience interested in your topic.

  • Question - State your question clearly and explain how you got interested in this question

  • Hypothesis - This is your guess of the answer to your question. Tell why you think this will be the result.

  • Procedures - The plan for testing your question and why you chose this plan.

  • Materials and Equipment - a list of what you will need for your experiment.

  • Results and Data - Your description of what happened when you did your experiment. You should include any graphs or charts which help show your results.

  • Conclusion - Explain what happened, and tell whether your guess was correct or not. This is also where you can explain why you got the results you did. If you did your experiment again, would you change anything?

  • Resources Who helped you? What books or websites gave you ideas?

  • Personal Information: Your name, grade and teacher

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