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The Standards Based Science Fair: Parent Workshop

The Standards Based Science Fair: Parent Workshop. Science Fair November 10, 2010. Due dates: All entries are due by 7:50 am. 3 rd due November 3 rd 4 th due November 4 th 5 th & Teams due November 7 th. Projects should. Promote inquiry Be experiments Communicate results. Inquiry.

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The Standards Based Science Fair: Parent Workshop

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  1. The Standards Based Science Fair:Parent Workshop Science Fair November 10, 2010 Due dates: All entries are due by 7:50 am. 3rddue November 3rd 4th due November 4th 5th& Teams due November 7th

  2. Projects should • Promote inquiry • Be experiments • Communicate results

  3. Inquiry • “Inquiry is an approach to learning that involves a process of exploring the natural or material world, that leads to asking questions and making discoveries in the search for new understandings.” • Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry (1996)

  4. Inquiry Ideal • Students come up with their own problem based upon their own interests • Students design investigations to answer their problem

  5. Inquiry Ladder: With assistance • Students come up with a problem and design investigation. • Students select a problem from a source (such as books or WWW) and then design investigation. • Students select a problem that comes with a procedure Move Up

  6. Projects Should be Experiments • Children naturally experiment • In experiments we change something to see what happens • Science Language: We manipulate a variable

  7. Activities that are not experiments • Building a • Model of a volcano • Robot • Doing library research on skin cancer

  8. Problems that lend themselves to experiments • How do coffee grounds affect the growth of plants? • Which type of surface can my robot walk on best? • Which sunscreen blocks UV light the best?

  9. The biggest problem… is choosing a problem. Most challenging and creative aspect of science: Choosing a problem that can be solved “The formulation of a problem is often more essential than its solution.” • --Albert Einstein

  10. Which are good problems for a science fair? • Why is the sky blue? • What food do mealworms like best? • Can I make a filter to clean water? • How long will a candle burn before it goes out? • How does the mass of a car influence its speed down a pine wood derby track?

  11. 602000000000000000000000 Quantitative Data • Quantitative Data is data with a number • Measurements: height, mass, voltage, time • Count: 20 birds

  12. Communicate Results • Science Display Board • Presentation

  13. The Science Fairtrifold reports only

  14. To Volunteer Mrs. Karen Wright Karen2.wright@cobbk12.org Mrs. Green Lisa.green@cobbk12.org

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