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Science & Engineering Fair

2019-2020

School District Requirements

Grades 4-6

Students must complete a project for the

Science & Engineering Fair.

3 Divisions from students to choose from:

Science, Engineering, & Computer Science.

Students may only complete one project for the Fair.

Science & Engineering Fair

Divisions

Science Division – 6 Categories

Engineering Division – 2 Categories

Computer Science Division – 2

Categories

Science Division Categories

Animal Sciences – The study of all aspects of human and animal life.

Plant Sciences – Any project dealing with plants and how they live.

Microbiology – The study of microorganisms and antimicrobial

substances.

Earth & Environmental Science – The study of Earth and the

environment. This category also includes meteorology and climate

science.

Chemistry – The study of structure, properties and reactions of

matter not involving plants or animals.

Physics and Astronomy – The study of matter and energy, as well as

energy productions and efficiency.

Engineering Division Categories

Environmental Engineering – Engineering or developing

processes and tools to solve environmental problems.

Different from Environmental Sciences which deals with

why and how events are occurring – Environmental

Engineering deals with developing solutions to the

problems.

Engineering Mechanics – Engineering that involves the

movement of structures.

Computer Science Categories

Robotics and Intelligent Machines – Projects

will use machine intelligence to complete a task

or reduce the reliance of human intervention.

Coding – Projects will focus on the study or

development of software or information

processes to demonstrate, analyze, or control a

process or solution.

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Requirements For All Projects

1. Students should complete Approval Form with family, and then bring for to be approved by their teacher before any testing begins. Additional forms may be needed for projects in Science Division.

2. Projects must be completed this school year.

3. Students must be present on Judging Day for interview.

Projects That Are NEVER Allowed

1. Testing that involves any items that could be considered weapons.

2. Testing that involves fireworks or explosives.

3. Testing using controlled substances such as alcohol, tobacco or

prescription medicine.

4. Microbial experimentation using samples collected from the

environment.

5. Projects that produce mold either intentionally or unintentionally.

6. Any project that could cause pain, distress or death to a vertebrate.

Science Fair Ideas Last year’s project-make it better!

Sciencebuddies.org

Library Books

Topics that interest the student.

Ask What If ? Questions.

Daily LogbookStudents will need a composition book.

Do not tear out pages, even if you make a mistake.

If you do make a mistake, just put a line through it and rewrite.

Students need to write in pen, not pencil.

Students should write down all things they do or think every day in

their journal, like a diary.

Give lots of details.

Sometimes judges only look at the logbook, and not the board.

Remember, no names on the daily log journal.

ResearchBecome an expert on your project!

Places to go for research:

Library

Media Center

Internet

Experts in the Field

3 Sources are required.

Science Division Project1. Ask What If questions to decide on project.

2. Complete Project Approval Form.

3. Set up your logbook.

4. State the problem in a form of a question, for example:

How will salt affect the boiling point of liquids?

5. Research and record your sources.

6. Design the experiment: write out the procedure and materials.

7. Conduct the experiment at least 10 times.

8. Record your data in charts and graphs.

9. Analyze the data.

10. Make conclusions about what happened.

12. Design your display.

Science Division Display Board

Problem (Title)

The question that asks what you

want to find out

Hypothesis

Materials

•_____

•_____

•_____

Procedure

1. _____

2. _____

3.______

Research/Data

pictures, charts, graphs or

drawings

Results

Conclusion

I found out

that ______

Pictures

Take lots of pictures to document

the process and progress of your

project.

Engineering Division Project

1. Look for a real-world problem you can fix, change or improve.

2. Start an Engineer’s Logbook.

3. Complete the Project Approval Form.

4. Research to become an expert in your problem.

5. State the problem in a question form, for example:

How can runoff be cleaned before it goes into the Indian River?

6. Use your research to get ideas for prototypes.

7. Brainstorm several designs and record them in your logbook.

8. Choose the design you think is best and design how you can test it.

9. Build a prototype.

10. Test the prototype, analyze what worked and what didn’t and modify your design.

11. Final Prototype – detailed diagram in your logbook.

12. Construct your display.

Engineering Division Board

Problem (Title)

The question that asks what you

want to find out

Engineering

Goal

Initial

Design

Testing

Procedure

1. _____

2. _____

Final Prototype

pictures, charts, graphs or

drawings

Modification/

Testing

Analysis

Design for Prototype

Take lots of pictures to document

the process and progress of your

project.

Computer Science Project

1. Robotics or coding.

2. Start a Programmer’s Logbook.

3. Complete the Project Approval Form.

4. Research – become an expert in your problem.

5. Develop a project goal.

6. List materials and programs.

7. Write an algorithm (step by step procedure).

8. Develop & test program.

9. Modify the program.

10. Final Reflection – tells what you have learned.

11. Construct your display.

Computer Science Board

Project Problem

The question that asks what you

want to find out

Project Goal

Materials/

Programs

Algorithm

Procedure

Data

Final

Reflections

Images/Graphics

Take lots of pictures to document

the process and progress of your

project.

Bibliography

This is an alphabetical listing of all

books, articles, people, interviews,

websites, etc. used as resources during

the investigation.

Examples of how to write

bibliographies can be found at the

following website:

https://www.thoughtco.com/write-bibliography-for-science-fair-project-

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