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Willard Science Fair
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Willard Science Fair 2010
Sunday, April 11, 2010 - 2:00 to 4:00pm
Registration forms are due by Monday, March 22nd

Science Fair References and Resources

ALL STUDENTS are invited to celebrate science and share their observations at the Willard School Science Fair to be held Sunday, April 11, 2010 from 2 to 4 p.m. At this event, students display what they have learned through their own investigations and discovery. This wonderful event truly showcases students’ efforts and creativity in a fun, noncompetitive forum.

Students are already scientists, the ultimate detectives! Without even trying, you experiment and observe to make discoveries. Here are some questions
you may have already asked:

  • What do your plant seeds need to grow?
  • What happens when you mix baking soda and vinegar?
  • What liquids float on water?
  • What shape car goes down your ramp fastest?
  • Does anything live in a tree stump?
  • How does a tornado form?

YOU decide how to do/show your own science project. Pick something that interests you! You can answer questions like these by using a simple scientific method (explained in the confirmation kit sent to participants). You may also explore your science topic using other approaches such as:

  • collect and record information (data) that you measure or observe
  • make a model or draw a diagram depicting a scientific phenomenon
  • build an apparatus that demonstrates scientific principles
  • research, illustrate (or photograph) and explain a scientific wonder

Create a cool science project by yourself or with a friend or sibling. Feel free to work with parents or other adults, but make this project your own. When planning a project, keep in mind:

  • Each student or team will have a 3' by 3' display space on half of a 3' by 6' table.
  • Projects may not use open or concealed flames, gases, non-contained microbial cultures, flammable liquids, or anything else that could be considered dangerous.
  • HAVE FUN!!

During the afternoon of the fair, as student projects are displayed in the cafeteria, there will be a return of last year’s MAD SCIENCE educational performers with a new show called “Up, Up & Away” in the Willard gym, ribbons for participants, as well as a raffle.

 

Please contact the science fair coordinators if you have any questions: sciencefair@willardptg.org
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