Conducting a School Science Fair

Science Fairs:

►Are events during which students report and display information they have gathered by using the scientific method.

►Provide evidence of a school’s commitment to science education and the relevance of science to our daily lives.

►Create partnerships between parents, business leaders, and schools. Parents who offer guidance as their children prepare their projects become more actively involved with their child’s education.  Business leaders asked to be judges or who offer financial support for a science fair build stronger ties between the schools and the community.

►Provide opportunities for students to apply their science process skills and critical thinking, and to learn about science and how scientists work.  Science projects are also an important part of “performance assessment” and can be used as a portfolio type assessment to assess student knowledge and ability to apply concepts learned.

Organization

Keep it as organized and uncomplicated as possible!

►Who will be on the Science Fair committee - ask your school’s PTO or PTA to

    organize the fair

►What grade level(s) will participate?

►Will participation be mandatory or voluntary?

►Will bonus points be given in the content areas for participation?

►Are other subject areas included in the planning and scoring/grading - language arts, English, arts, math, social studies?

►Where will it be held?

►Who must be contacted in order to reserve a particular location?

►When will it be held?

►What timing conflicts must be resolved in order to accommodate the fair?

    EKSC Regional Fair date -  March 10, 2007

►Are there any particulars concerning fire regulations, electrical outlets, or other

    safety factors that need to be considered at the site?

►Who will the judges be?

►Will awards be given?

►Will recognition be given to those students who participated but did not win?

►Who will supply the awards?