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Each year our students in grades five through seven are required to submit a “Science Fair Project”. **Due to the length of time (65 days) and multiple requirements needed to complete a Science Fair Project the overall grade counts for 25% of your child’s grade in Science for the second marking period and 25% in the third marking period.** Please read the following information carefully and remember to ask questions early on in the process so we can support you.
 * Welcome to the 2013-2014 Science Fair!**

A science fair project is a staple in education for good reason. It requires students to independently complete a project requiring long term planning, problem solving, and higher order thinking in the fields of science, technology, and engineering. These skills will support our students in the new and evolving job market of the twenty-first century, while also focusing on some of the most current career fields. And, even if a child never enters those fields, they will still learn how to breakdown, understand, and solve any problem they may encounter in life. Therefore, we take this project seriously and will do our best to support your children during this experience. However, it is essential that you support them at home, because they really cannot do it without you. Whether taking them to buy materials, helping them with activities they cannot do alone (fire, chemicals, etc.), or listening to their presentation, they need you!

__Just remember not to do the project for them__ **:o)**

1. Must be an experiment (Scientific Method / Cause & Effect / Comparison). No research projects, models, etc. 2. Must contain written evidence of their entire project in their "Jake" notebooks (Title, Purpose, Hypothesis, Procedure, Results, Analysis, Conclusion, Bibliography). There are weekly and bi-monthly due dates to keep students actively up to date. See the deadline schedule for specific due dates. 3. The entire cost of the project should be no more than $40 dollars. (Unless approved by teacher in writing.) 4**. Students cannot include their name, class, or pictures of __themselves__ on the front of the board. (In order to make judging fair.) PLEASE include name and class on the __back__ of your board.** 5. Please do not include anything on the front of board that children may want to take or possibly break. The boards may be unsupervised at times and we want to prevent any incidents.
 * __ Basic Rules __**


 * __ Schedule __** - Students //will have approximately 65 days to complete this project. Therefore excellence is expected by all.// Here is a basic timeline to help keep your child on track. Holidays have been taken into account. If you plan to travel during this time, remember to plan accordingly. Speak to your child’s teacher if you have any issues with timing. ** Exceptions will only be made with __advanced notice__. **


 * Science Fair Schedule 2013-2014
 * =Science Fair Ideas=
 * [[file:science fair help packet.pdf]]
 * [[file:SCIENCE FAIR RUBRIC.doc]]
 * [[file:mock up worksheet.doc]]
 * [[file:SF_Reading_ScientificMethod.pdf]]
 * [[file:SF_Reading_CreateAWinningDisplay.pdf]]
 * [[file:SF_Bibliography_Format.pdf]]
 * [[file:project_bibliography_worksheet.pdf]]

** Web Resources: **
 * [|LAMS Science Fair site] **


 * [|Science Buddies] - AWESOME RESOURCE!!! **


 * [|Science Made Simple] **

=**[|Discovery Education]**=


 * [|LAMS Porta Portal - Thanks Ms. Baker] **


 * [|Science Fair Central] **


 * [|Science Fair Adventure] **


 * [|All Science Fair Projects] **


 * [|Science Fair Central - Discovery Education] **


 * [|Science Fair Search Engine] **


 * January 2nd, 2014 Assignment **