Science Fair Projects are due to the science room on 30th July between 8 and 9 a.m.

Hi there (please share with anyone you know doing a science fair project ... THANKS) ................. I hope you are having an enjoyable holiday. I am confirming that the date to complete science projects by is the 30th July, all ready for judging. The top 5 year 7 projects, and the top 5 year 8 projects, go on to the HB Fair, which is on the 20th August. If this is going to be too difficult for you PLEASE let me know and I will make sure that I accommodate you and your project. I am so pleased that you are doing one and want you to be able to do your best, not run out of time. You will earn several academic gold points, depending how your project goes. ................................. Thank-you for being the fabulous communicative students that you are. I love to hear how you are getting along. Many thanks and have FUN from Miss Hawtin ........................ P.S. I have received this from the HB Fair organisers. You may like to check what they have to say. ......................... WHAT JUDGES ARE LOOKING FOR IN A PROJECT ........ * INNOVATIVE IDEAS – Judges love students to think outside the box and give them the WOW experiment or something a little different * A CLEAR Scientific idea ... with a testable question * A DESIGN that is suitable for the experiment ... step by step description * REPETITIONS to verify experimental results ... e.g. 6 times * A LOG BOOK to verify what you have done ... a diary of what you did, dated, data etc * GOOD DATA ANALYSIS that CORRECTLY interprets results ... graphs, photos etc * CLEAR, ACCURATE EXPLANATIONS of the experimental results ... plus 'what next ?' .......................... In Summary: A project needs to clearly demonstrate the Scientific Method ie a logical process from an idea to the solution that presents results, then discusses the results and evaluates the experiment and explains why your results either support or disagree with your hypothesis or prediction. ....................... Your display and your discussion with the Judges needs to show YOU understand THIS PROCESS and WHAT YOUR PROJECT IS TELLING YOU. ........................ Similarly for TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS – they need to closely follow the steps of the Technological Process from CONCEPT to COMPLETION and be able to accurately explain the CHALLENGES and PROBLEMS along the way and how they were SOLVED.

Exploring limestone in the SCIENCE IN ART elective

HNI SCIENCE FAIR : PROJECTS DUE ... by Friday 30th July to the science room.

After making models of some common molecules, we had fun creating the impossible. Can't wait to get to High School to learn some more about how atoms bond to form molecules.