Dear Parents, I know that some of you are very overwhelmed about the science fair project. Don't be! How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Focus on what is due next, turn that in, then start on the next piece of information. Find something you are interested in. Purchase borders, labels, and headers from library- It will come with premade labels, you will know you have the right size, etc. Don't get boards from Walmart- wrong size! Every student will receive a free logbook- everything is written in this book! Do not lose it. Every time they do anything with their project they need to record date, time, and what they did under "raw data" pages. Layout of board in the book- they will not start board part of project until November. FOLLOW RUBRIC in the back of the logbook. Make sure they don't lose points for wrong font, not centered, etc. Do not write the title of the project on the front of your logbook until December! Put dates in planner immediately- put copy on refrigerator. This counts multiple grades in multiple classes. If you do not do one, you will fail 3rd quarter. Check out my photo album on the school website. It has an album labeled award winning projects. This will give you an idea on how to do the board. Take pictures throughout the project. Do not take pictures of your child's face. Example- take pictures of plants as they grow. Data must be measurable and you must be able to graph it!!!! Everything has to be in metric units. You CANNOT do a project on bacteria, mold, or vertebrates. You can do a project on vertebrates if you are observing only! go to school website- library- science fair for more information and great websites.
Dear Parents, I know that some of you are very overwhelmed about the science fair project. Don't be! How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Focus on what is due next, turn that in, then start on the next piece of information. Find something you are interested in. Purchase borders, labels, and headers from library- It will come with premade labels, you will know you have the right size, etc. Don't get boards from Walmart- wrong size! Every student will receive a free logbook- everything is written in this book! Do not lose it. Every time they do anything with their project they need to record date, time, and what they did under "raw data" pages. Layout of board in the book- they will not start board part of project until November. FOLLOW RUBRIC in the back of the logbook. Make sure they don't lose points for wrong font, not centered, etc. Do not write the title of the project on the front of your logbook until December! Put dates in planner immediately- put copy on refrigerator. This counts multiple grades in multiple classes. If you do not do one, you will fail 3rd quarter. Check out my photo album on the school website. It has an album labeled award winning projects. This will give you an idea on how to do the board. Take pictures throughout the project. Do not take pictures of your child's face. Example- take pictures of plants as they grow. Data must be measurable and you must be able to graph it!!!! Everything has to be in metric units. You CANNOT do a project on bacteria, mold, or vertebrates. You can do a project on vertebrates if you are observing only! go to school website- library- science fair for more information and great websites.
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