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Mitchell Elementary PTA

Every Child. One Voice – Golden, Colorado

Science & Social Studies Fair 2012

Fair Date:  Wednes­day Evening, Feb­ru­ary 1st. (Set up, project pre­sen­ta­tion and judging)

School View­ing & Awards Date:  Thurs­day, Feb­ru­ary 2nd.

Be A SCIENTIST! Be A SOCIOLOGIST! Be an INVENTOR!

 

 

Reg­is­tra­tion is now closed

If you reg­is­tered for the Fair down­load the impor­tant Final Instructions.

 

Impor­tant Forms & Guides are listed below to help you:

 

A detailed project guide, full of impor­tant and help­ful infor­ma­tion about the Sci­ence & Social Stud­ies Fair is avail­able to down­load.  You will find all the infor­ma­tion you need to get going on your project!  It also sug­gests ways to make a project more appro­pri­ate for younger stu­dents and more sci­en­tific for older students.

 

Down­load the very help­ful Four Week Project Sched­ule to help you orga­nize your project and time­line.  If you plan ahead, a lit­tle work each week can result in a great project or Fair!

 

A Catered pizza din­ner will be served the night of the Fair.  The pre-pay form is avail­able for down­load.  Form and pay­ment is due by Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 20.  Please join us so that you don’t have to worry about mak­ing din­ner for your fam­ily and so that you can relax and enjoy the dinner.

 

SEE WHAT KIT A. HAS TO SAY!!

What is a Sci­ence or Social Stud­ies Project?

A sci­ence or social stud­ies Inves­tiga­tive Project (or an Inven­tion) asks a ques­tion and then uses 5 steps called the sci­en­tific method to dis­cover an answer. The term Sci­en­tific Method sounds pretty com­pli­cated but it is actu­ally 5 sim­ple ideas that sci­en­tists use to solve problems:

  1. What I won­der (Question)
  2. What I think (Hypothesis)
  3. What I did (Experiment/Research)
  4. What I found (Results)
  5. What I learned (con­clu­sions)
    (This process is explained in much more detail in the Project Guide.)

 

Once you’re done, you orga­nize all your find­ings using a dis­play or poster board.  You may even want to include a demon­stra­tion.  Most impor­tantly, you will have the oppor­tu­nity to explain your results to the sci­ence fair judges, your friends, and your fam­ily at the Sci­ence and Social Stud­ies Fair. In addi­tion, each grade 4th – 6th com­petes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place!

2011 Sci­ence & Social Stud­ies Fair rules

  • Title of Project, Name, Grade, and Teacher should be clearly dis­played on your project.  This really helps the judges and volunteers.
  • List your resources.  Please give the title and author of books you used; list of web­sites; names of peo­ple inter­viewed, places vis­ited, and all peo­ple who helped you com­plete your project.
  • Dis­plays must be free-standing and no larger than 4 feet wide by 3 feet tall. Pur­chase dis­play boards at office sup­ply stores or craft stores, or make your own.
  • Dan­ger­ous chem­i­cals, flames, or live ani­mals are not per­mit­ted.
  • There will not be access to elec­tri­cal outlets.
  • Dis­plays that involve liq­uids or mate­ri­als that could spill or make a mess should be self-contained (in a tray or tub) and set up in the “wet project” area. Stu­dents are respon­si­ble for clean-up.
 Links & Ideas

On the inter­net, type in “sci­ence fair” and you will find more sites and lists of awe­some project ideas than you could imag­ine! The two we most rec­om­mend are:

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/Getting-Started.html

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml

 

 

 

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