Flex Class: Science Fair Success: Make Your Project Shine!

Does you child want to participate in a science fair? This course will help them learn all the necessary components, steps, and procedures to creating a unique and successful science project. 

Class Topic Overview:
During this four week flex course, students will work through all the requirements for completing a science fair project. The breakdown of topics covered each week is as follows:
Week 1:  A.) Engineering Design vs. Scientific Method
               B.) Brainstorming Ideas for Your Project
Week 2:  A.) Writing a Proposal: Things to Think About in Advance
               B.) How to Organize Your Project, and Complete Background Research
Week 3:  A.) Methods, Plans, Materials, and Conducting Experiments
               B.)  Gathering and Recording Data, Communicating Results, and Drawing Conclusions
Week 4:  A.)  Board Decoration/ Presentation
               B.) The Interview

Class Procedures:
Each week, two video presentations will be posted on each topic. Students will be provided with notes on the presentations. Students will work in stages on their own science fair project independently at home. They will create the assigned section of the project following each week's presentation. Videos or pictures of their work will be posted in the classroom for teacher and peer feedback. Students are expected to interact with their peers by offering feedback or asking questions about each stage of their project.  This interaction is highly effective in helping students work through the steps of the project and edit and revise their work. The bulk of the class will be taught by the teacher providing information in video lecture form, but there will be a great deal of time for questions and whole group discussion of topics via the classroom chat/ posting platform. 

Goal:
By the end of the course, students should have worked all the way through the planning, designing, and carrying out of either a scientific method or engineering design project.