Science Fair Preparation

Lesson Procedure:
1.Play Brain Pop Science Projects Movie Movie for the class.
2.Discuss with students about what makes a good science project. And help them to identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigation.
3. Remind students that the best projects are those that the project's creator is highly interested in.
4. Provide time for students to thoroughly and carefully review the list of science and health topics covered on Brain Pop
5. Have students make a list of 10 projects they find interesting.
6. Discuss with student what makes a good science fair experiment. Expose students to key vocabulary terms and specific project guidelines.
7.Have students circle 5 topics that they believe they could develop into a complete and realistic experiment view online resources. (https://student.societyforscience.org/rules-all-projects)
A..Examples of strong science fair project questions include:
1.How does ___ affect ___?
2. What is the effect of ___ on ___?
3. Which ___ is most/least ___?
4. Which ___ does/makes ___ the best/the strongest/the weakest?
8. In small groups discuss with students as a small team to help them narrow down their options and select the best question to research for their projects.
9. Have students make a list of needed supplies and how they will be used by drawing a model.
10.Allow students to present their projects to the class.
11. Evaluate their projects by having students write a summary of
1. what worked
2. what did not work
3. what they would do different.