Science Fair

Project Timeline 

Forms Follow this link to find the official forms. You may type directly on the forms and print them off.

                      Links to Science Fair Sites

Deubrook Area Schools, White, SD

Mrs. Buehner

 

MARCH ????, 2011 is the local Deubrook Fair.                               The Regional Science Fair is MARCH 25, 2011.

We work on science fair projects during the school year with most of the work being done as homework. The students may work on a project by themselves or with a small group. The students research a topic of their choice then ask questions about it, state a hypothesis, experiment to prove or disprove their hypothesis, write a paper, put a display together and present their project.

For more information of the regional fair click on the link below

http://www.sdstate.edu/sciencefair/

 

 

TIMELINE

Step 1    Choose a topic, purpose and partner. Search for background information from at least 5 different sources.  Summaries and citations of the information are due.

Step 2    A RESEARCH PLAN plan is due.

Step 3    Form 1, Form 1A (Research Plan), Form 1B, Parent signatures on science fair forms are due. Experimenting can begin after paperwork is OK'd by teacher. Forms can be found linked to the sdstate link above.

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Steps 4-5   Carry out experiment and collect data. Analyze the data by finding mean, median & mode and carry out a t-test. Make conclusions based on data and hypothesis. Data, Results and Conclusions are due.

Step 6     Rough draft of research paper is due.

Step 7    Final draft of research paper and the Abstract  is due.

Step 8    Displays are due.

Step 9    Classroom presentations are due. This is the week of the LOCAL SCIENCE FAIR!

                       (Winners: Applications to Regional Fair are also due this week, apply online @ the sdstate link above.)

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FORMS

Form 1 Adult Sponsor    (Your teacher is your adult sponsor. One form per project)

Form 1A Individual/Form 1A Team  (Use one or the other; there are 2 pages to each form. One form is for a team project, the other is for individual projects.) One form per project is needed.

Form 1B Parent Approval  (Must be signed and dated BEFORE research begins)  Each team member needs to have this form signed by their parents.                

Form 1C Institutional Setting  (Use this form if you do research at SDSU)

Form 2 Qualified Scientist     (Use if a scientist from SDSU helps you.)   

Form 3 Designated Supervisor  (Use if a parent or teacher has to supervise you when you use dangerous chemicals etc.) 

Form 4 Human Subjects                    

Form 5 Non-Human Vertebrate Animal      

Form 6A Hazardous Biological Agents

Form 6B  Animal Tissue

Form 7 Continuation from a previous year 

http://www.sciserv.org/isef/document/

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Here are some links to Science Fair sites.  

 http://www.supersciencefairprojects.com/  

  http://www3.sdstate.edu/Academics/ScienceandEngineeringFair/Index.cfm

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/?pID=fair