The science project process

Science projects are a requirement of all of the district's advanced and Gifted students. Check your school planner and you will see a calendar that will help you organize for doing a project. The first due date is September 9.  All parts of the project must be kept in your portfolio in the box beneath class period baskets.

There are a number of ways you can approach the science project process. First, you can talk it over with your family then check the website www.sciencebuddies.org/ or check with the website http://www.nefrsef.org/ under the "Student" section.  Mrs. Poe needs to approve your topic idea before the experimental procedures can be written.

Your experimental procedures must contain a step-by-step "recipe" of how the experiment is to be done (note this is written in future tense because you cannot start until the paperwork is done). The experimental procedures must also list the safety procedures....everything you do in life has an element of risk thus common sense safety issues must be addressed as part of your procedures.

Bibliographies: every book, magazine, or Internet site is a source of information and should be recorded as a bibliography entry. Talking to people does not count as bibliography source.  I have put on a small poster on the classroom wall between the two windows, the one source that is required in your list of 5 bibliographical entries. This same bibliographical entry is also in the notebooks next to the student computers.  Wikipedia does not count as a bibliographical entry.

Science project paperwork: http://www.nefrsef.org/ has the Forms 1, 1A, 1B, and 2. Fill them out, print them out, and then bring them to school.  If the classroom's student computers #1,2,3, or 4 are available, you may use them to fill out your forms.  The notebooks next to the computers will show you what goes on each line on each page including the school's address and phone number.  On October 14, I will check the student portfolios for the following: Student safety agreement, project topic and my approval; the experimental procedures; 5 bibliographical entries as well as the required project paperwork (Forms 1, 1A, 1B, 2)