Presentation

=PRESENTATION PAGE=

As you are working on your project it is crucial that you keep detail notes. You MUST take pictures of the project throughout. The more pictures you take the easier it will be to create your display. The link below will take you to the portion of the Discovery Education page that discusses laying out your project and presentation.

@http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/Science-Fair-Presentations.html

= **Expectations for the Students’ Projects ** = · Books geared toward elementary students · Appropriate Web Resources · Encyclopedias ||
 * **Project Step ** || **Student Expectation ** ||
 * **Ask a Question ** || The Student should have chosen a question or invention he or she can answer through performing a simple experiment. ||
 * **Do Background Research ** || The student should have referred to the following sources during the research phase.
 * **Construct a Hypothesis / Test the hypothesis by doing an experiment ** || Students should be able to take measurements and collect accurate data. The student may be able to design his or her own simple experiment of add innovations to a know experiment. ||
 * **Analyze the data and draw a conclusion ** || In all grades, the students should have collected data in a table or written down observations. Students should use data and observations as evidence to answer a scientific question. The students should be able to provide a simple graph and do straightforward calculations such as finding the average. ||
 * **Communicate the Results ** || The student should provide written information describing each step of the scientific method that he or she performed. ||

On Friday, May 12th, we will hold the official Science Fair in the Jordan Creek Gym. The schedule for the day is as follows.
 * 8:15 Gym Opens to set up displays.
 * 9:50-12:50 Judging
 * 1:30 - All participants need to meet in the gym to prepare for the open displays. Overall winners will be presented at this time.
 * 2:00 -3:15 Displays are open to the public. All students will be present to answer questions about their topic.
 * 3:15 - 3:30 - Break down displays and take home. All displays must be taken home after school.

On the day of the Science Fair, students will present their project to two judges. Students are expected to give a verbal presentation of their project as well as creating the display. Below is a sample of the criteria the judges will use to evaluate the projects.

Each scientist will need to display their project on a display board. Below are examples of two different types of boards that may be used. You are not required to purchase your board from this site. It is provided as an example.

[] (Foam Display Board) or [] (Corrugated Display Board)

How will students be scored?

 * Two judges will score the student up to 70 points. Those scores are put together for a total score of 140 points.
 * A Purple Grand Prize Ribbon will be awarded to those students that score a 135 or higher.
 * A Blue Ribbon will be awarded to those students that score a 100 to 134.
 * A Green Participation Ribbon will be awarded to those students who score 99 and below.

There will also be a top winner in each category. The judges will all vote on which student should be recognized as the top project in the Invention and in the Investigation Category. The top students will receive a a trophy to be awarded before it is open to the public.