Welcome back all you fabulous CHES scientists!
The 2013 Fair will take place beginning Wednesday March 13th and last one week until March 20th. We are requesting that you turn in a title and hypothesis for your project by February 13th so that we can plan for display space and judging and so that you can decide on a topic with ample time to conduct experiments and make your write up and display.We had such fabulous experiments last year we can't wait to see what our scientists come up with this year.
The guidelines have not changed from last year and can be found at the tab at the top of the blog entitled Science Fair Guidelines. I believe that you should be able to highlight the content you wish to print and 'print selection' from most devices. If you have trouble and need a printed version of the guidelines please let us know and we will make them available in the Media Center at CHES. We will again be awarding 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ribbons and the small science experiment prizes that were a big hit last year. The top two winners at each grade level will be entered into the Tom Matthis Council PTA district Science Fair which begins March 21st.
The above photo is an example of the type of display we are expecting. This one was last year's 2nd grade first place project. The title and hypothesis are clearly evident. The background research is summarized (here on the right), the method and experimental conditions are also summarized (here shown on the left). The experimental data is represented by graphs and photographs. A written report is included (in a folder attached to the board) and the lab notebook is included in front of the board. The scientist's name and school are NOT visible on the display, although they are written on the back of the display.
If you have questions about any of this information or about the Science Fair in general please feel free to comment on this post or email the blog owner (Eden Hunt). If you are interested in helping out with the fair in any way... at check in time on the 13th of March, coordinating judging, project transport to and from the TMC Fair in north Metro Atlanta please contact Eden. If you need ideas for projects many of the links on the right sidebar have experiment ideas and we can help you with ideas on how to turn many interesting science demonstration into a science fair worthy project in no time!
Good luck and we can not wait to see the projects in March!
I had a suggestion from a reader about explaining what a lab note book is like. I will put together a post about lab note books and post it in the near future. Thanks so much for the suggestion, Sam A!
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