Science Fair

            Today learning experiences with my host teacher and her students were creating a science fair project, it is important to make sure that certain elements are included, and that they are organized in a way that is clear and easy to understand. Planning Your Project: The children were brainstorming on what kind of project did they wanted to do. First the teacher had to student to sit down and write out on paper what you plan to do. They had questions *What are you testing? *What are your variables? *What do you expect to prove? *What will you need for your project and how will you get those things? There teacher last remarks to students were to remember to time your project accordingly for your deadline.

Their report should include the following:

*A title page: This page has your name, contact information (teacher’s name and your grade for example) and the title of your project.

*Table of contents: This page lets readers know what’s in your report and how to find it with ease.

*Introduction: This page should include your hypothesis (your idea), what you expected to happen, what you hoped to achieve, what you planned to do, and why you did it.

*Experiment: This page is a detailed explanation of your experiment, invention or demonstration.

*Discussion: On this page you describe the process and how it went. Challenges you met, achievements, data, etc.

*Conclusion: This is where you sum it all up. What did you find? What did you create? Etc.

*Acknowledgements and References: This is where you give credit to any helpers (for instance your parents) and cite any references you used in your work.

They were using guided inquiry, such as magnetic poles, modeling an ecosystem, making a fossil and the sense of touch and modeling a flood. There were many great ideals. Some were prepared with their materials. I observed one of the students making a chart for her project. The project she selected was modeling a flood. The material she used was aluminum pan, plastic bag, plastic gloves, soil, water, toothpick and beaker. Her questions; what can people do to be prepare for severe weather? 2. What cause a flood? The students have two weeks to prepare their projects. November 22 is District Sciences Fair. I look forward to hearing them explain what is happening and what to expect.  As they come up with theories and ideas of how it could be prevented. This is what science is all about, understanding what happens and how it can either be controlled or utilized!