Dayspring Science Fair 2019-2020
It is time for students in grades 6-12 (12th graders are exempt if they participated in the Humanities Fair last year; 11th graders may be exempt if they will participate in next year’s humanities fair) to begin working on their projects for the bi-annual Dayspring Science Fair to be held January 23, 2020. It is always exciting to see the variety of interests and ideas the students come up with. Who knows, there might be a budding Einstein among us.
The purpose of the science fair is to challenge students to explore a topic of interest, to grow in their understanding and appreciation of the sciences, and to learn from other students’ projects. How exciting to explore and celebrate God’s amazing creation together! Parental support is encouraged but please make sure students do the work themselves.
How to get started:
Consider general areas of interest
http://sciencefair.asp.radford.edu/pages/rules.html
Talk over ideas with teachers and parents
Permission Forms:
www.all-science-fair-projects.com/
www.homeworkspot.com
http://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/
faculty.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html
www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/index.htm
When to get started: Right away! The project design, experimentation,
documentation, and display board take time to do and to do well.
When are parts of the project due? See timeline for specific due dates.
What if I have more questions? Contact your science teacher if you have any questions regarding this assignment.
It is time for students in grades 6-12 (12th graders are exempt if they participated in the Humanities Fair last year; 11th graders may be exempt if they will participate in next year’s humanities fair) to begin working on their projects for the bi-annual Dayspring Science Fair to be held January 23, 2020. It is always exciting to see the variety of interests and ideas the students come up with. Who knows, there might be a budding Einstein among us.
The purpose of the science fair is to challenge students to explore a topic of interest, to grow in their understanding and appreciation of the sciences, and to learn from other students’ projects. How exciting to explore and celebrate God’s amazing creation together! Parental support is encouraged but please make sure students do the work themselves.
How to get started:
Consider general areas of interest
http://sciencefair.asp.radford.edu/pages/rules.html
Talk over ideas with teachers and parents
Permission Forms:
- All students must receive approval from their science teacher before beginning projects.
- Science teacher will sign permission form when details of the project are discussed and approved.
- If your project involves humans or animals, the student must receive permission from Mrs. Booth to check safety, legality, and to assure the guidelines, rules, and laws will not be violated.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com/
www.homeworkspot.com
http://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/
faculty.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html
www.sciencebuddies.org/mentoring/index.htm
When to get started: Right away! The project design, experimentation,
documentation, and display board take time to do and to do well.
When are parts of the project due? See timeline for specific due dates.
What if I have more questions? Contact your science teacher if you have any questions regarding this assignment.
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Science Fair Due Dates 2019-2020
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Science Fair Report Guidelines
These are the General guidelines for completing the science fair report
Section 1: Title Page
Center your title several inches below the top of the page.
In the lower right-hand corner, list your name, grade, and the date of report.
Section 2: Abstract
Write this section after you have completed the rest of the paper.
An abstract is a brief summary of the entire paper. The abstract should be a half or full page in length, but never more.
The abstract should include:
Section 3: Table of Contents
List each section and the page number where each section begins. Complete the table of Contents after writing your final draft. Be sure to include the abstract.
Section 4: Statement of the Problem and Hypothesis
The project should be described in the form of a question that will be answered by the student’s research and experimentation
Example Problem: “How does nitrogen in soils affect plant growth?”
Example Hypothesis: “Limited amounts of nitrogen added to soils will stimulate plant growth”.
Section 5: Introduction
Explain how and why you chose this project. Include any pertinent background information that relates to your topic or research. The background research on you topic belongs in this section. The introduction should be 1 to 2 pages in length
Section 6: Materials and Methods
List materials vertically and be as specific and as accurate as possible. This is because other may wish to duplicate your study and cannot do that unless you are precise.
Explain your procedure’s step by step, Include drawings, pictures, diagrams, graphs, or photos as needed to help explain your methods. If you constructed any materials or equipment, be sure to put the discussion of it in this section. If a part of your study, experiments completed need to be carefully and precisely described.
Section 7: Results
Present your results neatly in text, tables and graphs. Graphs should be presented on standard, graduated graph paper or done using computer software programs or similar applications. Many can be found on the Internet, and many are free.
Include a detailed explanation on how you interpreted your data and results. This will allow the reader to follow your line of thinking through to the conclusions.
Section 8: Conclusion
Write this section after you have finisher preparing the Results section. Briefly summarize your results using the past tense. Re-state your hypothesis (from Section 4) in the present tense, and describe how your data supported or did not support your hypothesis. Give your interpretation of your results and describe their significance. Do not hesitate to mention difficulties or problems you experienced, or mistakes you made or may have made. Include other information, such as findings of other similar studies, reports, articles, or website data that relate to your project. This is why conducting thorough background research is so important. Give one or two suggestions for what the next experiment might need to improve or change the results to better support your hypothesis. Give examples of procedures you might change to achieve more supportive results.
Section 9: Acknowledgments
Rarely does scientific experimentation follow through, or even get started without some help. Thank the people, groups, or businesses who helped you with your project, being sure to describe what they did to help you.
Section 10: Bibliography
List any books, articles, papers, websites, or other sources, including unpublished works and interviews that you used for information.
Permission Forms
All forms are going to be located on the RenWeb website in the event of lost forms. Please keep looking to the site for updates of information as well as information going home.
Environmental Science and Chemistry students click HERE.
These are the General guidelines for completing the science fair report
Section 1: Title Page
Center your title several inches below the top of the page.
In the lower right-hand corner, list your name, grade, and the date of report.
Section 2: Abstract
Write this section after you have completed the rest of the paper.
An abstract is a brief summary of the entire paper. The abstract should be a half or full page in length, but never more.
The abstract should include:
- What the project was about.
- a summary of the procedures used.
- A short paragraph on your results and conclusions.
Section 3: Table of Contents
List each section and the page number where each section begins. Complete the table of Contents after writing your final draft. Be sure to include the abstract.
Section 4: Statement of the Problem and Hypothesis
The project should be described in the form of a question that will be answered by the student’s research and experimentation
Example Problem: “How does nitrogen in soils affect plant growth?”
Example Hypothesis: “Limited amounts of nitrogen added to soils will stimulate plant growth”.
Section 5: Introduction
Explain how and why you chose this project. Include any pertinent background information that relates to your topic or research. The background research on you topic belongs in this section. The introduction should be 1 to 2 pages in length
Section 6: Materials and Methods
List materials vertically and be as specific and as accurate as possible. This is because other may wish to duplicate your study and cannot do that unless you are precise.
Explain your procedure’s step by step, Include drawings, pictures, diagrams, graphs, or photos as needed to help explain your methods. If you constructed any materials or equipment, be sure to put the discussion of it in this section. If a part of your study, experiments completed need to be carefully and precisely described.
Section 7: Results
Present your results neatly in text, tables and graphs. Graphs should be presented on standard, graduated graph paper or done using computer software programs or similar applications. Many can be found on the Internet, and many are free.
Include a detailed explanation on how you interpreted your data and results. This will allow the reader to follow your line of thinking through to the conclusions.
Section 8: Conclusion
Write this section after you have finisher preparing the Results section. Briefly summarize your results using the past tense. Re-state your hypothesis (from Section 4) in the present tense, and describe how your data supported or did not support your hypothesis. Give your interpretation of your results and describe their significance. Do not hesitate to mention difficulties or problems you experienced, or mistakes you made or may have made. Include other information, such as findings of other similar studies, reports, articles, or website data that relate to your project. This is why conducting thorough background research is so important. Give one or two suggestions for what the next experiment might need to improve or change the results to better support your hypothesis. Give examples of procedures you might change to achieve more supportive results.
Section 9: Acknowledgments
Rarely does scientific experimentation follow through, or even get started without some help. Thank the people, groups, or businesses who helped you with your project, being sure to describe what they did to help you.
Section 10: Bibliography
List any books, articles, papers, websites, or other sources, including unpublished works and interviews that you used for information.
Permission Forms
- All students must be interviewed by their classroom teacher sponsor before projects begin.
- Parents will sign a permission form (approval Form 1B) when details of the project are discussed and approved.
- If your project involves humans or animals, the student MUST receive permission from the Scientific review Committee of the Blue Ridge Highlands Regional Science Fair to check safety, legality, and to assure that guidelines, rules, and laws will not be violated. (you can contact your teacher on how to go about getting the correct forms and establishing the correct connections)
- Special forms are presented to the Scientific Review Committee for all projects involving humans or animals. These will be sent back to the teacher with approval, conditional approval with modifications, or rejection prior to the start of the project.
All forms are going to be located on the RenWeb website in the event of lost forms. Please keep looking to the site for updates of information as well as information going home.
Environmental Science and Chemistry students click HERE.