Science+Day

Science Day Concerns
May 23-27th One day

1. Facilities: Depends on the expectations for outcomes. Posters/ Displays/Demonstrations/Videos/Speech/Presentation maybe room to room moreso than hall

8.30 - 10.30 Friday 27th June

To use individual classes and the school hall. students create posters, displays, demonstrations and possibly be prepared to make a presentation.

2. Number of Participants: How many students will participate and where? All classes a rota to be determined allowing classes to see each others.

3. To Judge or Not to Judge?: Will you judge the fair or will it be an exposition? If you decide to judge, who will judge.

Not judged or assessed

4. Presentation :Display boards, poster, models, inventions do they need to prepare a speech? (space)

5. Supplies: Depends on where they are doing the work.

6. TO TEAM OR NOT TO TEAM: Can work well or lead to problems. Would this be inter or intra classroom (cooperative groups), very difficult when done outside of class, not sure who is doing work versus doing nothing.

homeroom teacher to decide.

7. WHERE TO CONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS: Have students do their experiments at school or will they be completed at home. Parent involvement or teacher guided. These will affect the timetable, independent work may need more time.

Choosing a specific for each class

PYP 1 and 2 - review insect and bug unit. use manipulatives to create and insect. making styrofoam insects and life cycles. PYP 3 changing materials, baking cookies, changing quantities of ingredients? volcanoes? PYP 4 - weather, record weather data over time (rainfall, temperature) predict weather PYP 5 - machines, take 3 of students change one thing and see what will happen PYP 6 - preserving food PYP 7 - water, students create own question arising from water unit. Eg. Aurora "if a penny sinks how come a cruise ship floats?" PYP 8 - oceans - working in groups make a documentary about the coral reefs, model of a tsunami,

First step: Choose the date/dates One day during week of May 23rd Timetable backwards to see when students get on board discrete due dates for things a. list of possible ideas

**Stages of Project Development**
For example: From the [|water primary science fair project idea...] What is water used for? How can we get it? How is all water the same?
 * First**, choose an interesting topic.
 * Second**, talk about the topic with someone. Ask lots of simple questions.

For example: From the [|evaporation science fair project idea...]
 * Third**, develop an **important** question. This one is will be what your project is all about. Your whole project should have this idea in it. You should come up with a question that you can test. Write down this question because you'll need it later.


 * //Which will dry faster, a wadded cloth, one that is laid flat or a cloth hung on a clothesline?//**


 * Fourth**, guess the answer to the question. This is called the **hypothesis**. It only means the answer that you guessed about your important question. In fact you should write it down next to your important question. Don't change it! Even if during the experiment you think it's wrong, don't change it!

First, you will use it later when you make a display. Second, it helps make sure you don't forget something when you do the next steps. For example: From the [|water primary science fair project...]
 * Fifth**, list the things you need to test the question you have chosen. You will want to write this list. It serves two purposes...


 * //1. Freezer//**
 * //2. Cups//**
 * //3. Two types of water (salt and fresh water work great!)//**
 * //4. Measuring cup//**
 * //5. Camera//**
 * Sixth**, gather the items on your list. If you think the project is too hard, this is where to stop and find another. Pretty much, you won't be able to look back from here.


 * Seventh**, Test that important question. Do as much as safely possible having someone older help with anything that may be hard to do. Take lots of photos.


 * Eighth**, write the results. You will use them later as well.
 * Ninth**, write the report. Do this the way your school requires. Pay special attention to the science fair guidelines you received. If you were not given specific requirements, write one or two paragraphs per grade level. If you need help, use some of these sentence starters.
 * //My science fair project is about__.__//**

I wanted to find out.

I guessed __.__

__I tested it by___.

My guess was___.__

__**//I learned//**___. Make sure to include at least one graph or chart if your project lets you do that. Judges love to see graphs and charts. So try to include one if at all possible. For layout ideas and display information [|click here.] That's about it.
 * Tenth**, prepare the science fair project display. Now, gather everything you wrote down. Type or neatly copy the things you wrote. You will want to buy or make a display board that fits the dimensions your school requires. Make labels with the words "question," "hypothesis," "supplies," "test," "results," and "report" on them.fair project display. Prepare any samples to set on the table in front of your display. If your school requires a speech, practice telling what you did several times.

Click on the links below for some examples of primary science fair projects [|Water science fair project] [|Evaporation science fair project] [|Food science fair project] [|Magnet science fair project]