Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Thursday, Feb. 25 - Science Fair Schedule

5:00-5:30pm Project Check-In and Set-up (Cherry Tree Cafetorium)
5:30-6:30pm Public Viewing of Science Fair
6:30-8:00pm Judging (Parents may go home or the Pit will have refreshments.)
8:00-8:30pm Awards

Oral Presentation

Your oral presentation is a very important part of your science fair project. Three different judges will evaluate your science fair project based mostly on the information that is presented to them in the oral presentation. If you are working with a partner, you have the choice as to how to divide up your presentation. The more practice put into the presentation and the enthusiasm that is shown by the students will make a better impression on the judges. Good luck to everyone!

***The school library is available to the science fair students/parents to use the letter cutters if you would like to make your display board title. Mrs. Hettlinger just asks that you ask for help if you have not used them before. You are welcome either during or after school.***

Friday, February 5, 2010

Display Boards

You can purchase the tri-fold cardboard display boards at Michaels. The layout of the display board is in the Science Fair packet and should be laid out as stated so that the judges can quickly look through and understand your experiment. At the Cherry Tree Science Fair, we do not have "extra credit"; however, the following are a good idea and are helpful at the Regional level:

1) A lab notebook showing data collected
2) Acknowledgements
3) Bibliography

***As a side note, the Science Fair is considered a fun, extracurricular activity. Each student may have different reasons for participating: some just for fun, others to "hang out" with a friend (their partner), and others are hoping to win. If they are enjoying science in whatever aspect then I would call it a success! Certainly, those who do strive to win should have that chance and is why this information is made available! ***

Monday, February 1, 2010