Due Dates:
Thursday November 7th: Page 9 of Student Packet. Purpose, Testable Question, Data Collection Monday November 11th: Re-submission for Testable Question Thursday November 14th: Page 10 of Student Packet. Hypothesis, Control, and Variables Science Fair Yellow Boards Due Monday January 13th (completed project, board layout below) - yellow paper sent home on 12/17 -email reminder sent home 12/5 and 12/17 |
Grading Policy
Grading - late projects (pts lost) 1 day late -10 pts 3 days late - 40 pts 2 days late - 20 pts 4 days late - 60 pts 5 days late - 100 pts |
Picking a Project
- https://www.education.com/science-fair/
- https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/topic-selection-wizard/background-info
This site asks about your interests & grade level then selects interesting projects. These are suggestions and some may not be appropriate for every grade level. - https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/science-fair/science-fair-project-question#topics-avoid
What projects to avoid and why
Here is a video to help get you started. (you may not use the questions from this video)
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Helpful Websites
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What is a Testable Question and how do I create one?
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/Getting-Started/Investigation.html Testable Question Examples http://wms678.weebly.com/uploads/3/1/6/0/3160592/testable-questions.pdf How to write a Hypothesis? Make sure your hypothesis is a cause and effect statement. http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_hypothesis.shtml Variable and Constant www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_variables.shtml |