The following is a list of what the judges will be looking for.
Board - visual appearance Board - presentation of knowledge Student knowledge of topic Student creativity Science based knowledge Science profeciency Student attitude Student speaking Student appearance Overall project Arrive and check in from 7:30-7:50. Everyone will be pre-sorted into categories before checking in. Once you check in you'll go find your category and get your board set up. All boards for the project need to be self standing which means you can't have a flimsy cardboard project because it won't stand on its own it needs to be a trifold board.
For clothing, the students should be dressed nice but it's not a requirement. It does however look nicer to the judges. Each project will be judged by an SUU student and the judges will be looking for overall board appearance, how well you can discuss your topic, among other things. Judging will go from 8 AM to 11:30 AM. Then all the students will go to lunch and at noon until 1 o'clock we will open the gym for visitors and parents. At 1 o'clock we will issue awards, clean up and be done for the day at 1:30. Remember this is a CCR day so we are early out . The boards should reflect the students creativy as well as their knowledge of the topic. Board should have information from their research papers as well as pictures and any other items they feel necessary. This is a chance for the boards to be creative for each individual students topic. The boards for the project are worth 100 points toward your grade and any student who arrives without a board or materials will receive a zero as well as spend the day in the library completing missing work and other assignments . During the judging each student needs to stay with their project and is allowed to bring a book to pass the time while waiting for judging. No electronics, including phones! Here are some things you can do to prepare for your presentation to the judges.
Set the Stage for Your Presentation It is natural to feel a little nervous when giving a presentation. How do you overcome that feeling? Well, the famous entertainer and singer, Bruce Springstein - The Boss - calls the feelings in his stomach and throat, sweaty hands - EXCITED. Yes, change your words and you will change your experience! Did you know that Anthony Robbins, the motivational guru, jumps up and down, claps his hands and says a mantra before going on stage? What are you going to do? Yell, get excited about doing your presentation - of course! That's easy. Jump up and down! Shout hurray! When you are excited, the audience is excited and has fun. Gestures Be natural and relaxed. Have in your mind that the outcome of this experience is FUN!!! What you are really having is a conversation with a whole bunch of friends. We naturally use gestures (movement with our hands) when we have a normal conversation without thinking about it. Using natural gestures won't distract from a presentation; however, be aware of. . .
Have you ever heard the saying: Tell them what you're going to tell them... Tell them... Then tell them what you told them! So...how do you do that?
Just a reminder that our Science Education Fair will be held on February 3rd. All students will be required to participate and display his/her information on a board, as well as be prepared to explain his/her topic to a judge. An example of what you could include is found below. Please display information neat, orderly and pleasing to the eye! This project will count as 100 points toward your 3rd Quarter grade.
Beginning this year the 8th grade science students will prepare a Science Education Fair Project. This project differs from the regular Science Fair in that the students will NOT be preparing a project, experimenting, collecting data and communicating results. This project allows each student to choose a topic of interest and find the connections to the science community. Science plays vital roles in the development of inventions, determining laws in government, and medical discoveries among other important aspects of our lives.
The students will develop a research project, find the science involved in the topic and prepare a board for presentation at our Science Education Fair (CVMS). The students will be given time during the next few months to choose a topic, prepare materials, and gather research. The students however, WILL need to prepare their boards at home to bring to the fair. This Science Education Fair is an opportunity for the students to choose a topic of interest and follow through the history and research of how science influences our decisions across the globe. Communicating their projects will give the students a chance to showcase their learning at our fair. Use the following site for resources and research: Utah Online Library Below are some possible examples of Science Education Fair Topics: Addiction (causes and treatments) Safety Features of Modern Automobiles Alternative Energy Sources San Andreas Fault Alzheimer’s Disease San Francisco Earthquake 1906 Amazon River Great Barrier Reef, Australia Animal Camouflage Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe Animations (by computer) Northern Lights, Alaska Antibiotics Grand Canyon, U.S. Artificial Organs Paricutin, Mexico Attention Deficit Disorders Mount Everest, Nepal Bio-Fuels Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt (Engineering) Brain Research Great Wall of China (Engineering) Cancer Treatments Taj Mahal, India (Engineering) Challenger Explosion Space Flight Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Sputnick & Space Race Coral Reefs Staph Infections (Drug Resistance) Deep Sea Exploration Surgical Techniques Diamonds Tornadoes Diseases Tourette’s Syndrome Dust Storms Tsunami in Southeast Asia, 2004 Dyslexia U.S. National Park (Choose one) Electric Cars Water Resources Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Renewable Energy Sources Global Warming Major Rivers of the World Hurricane Katrina Modern Farming & Agriculture Hurricanes Mudslides Invention of Artificial Heart Multiple Personality Disorder Invention of Kevlar Newton’s Laws of Motion Invention of Lasers Planets (Choose One) Invention of MRI Plate Tectonics Invention of Pasteurization Rain Forest Invention of Penicillin Microwave Ovens Invention of Polio Vaccine Nuclear Power Plants Invention of Smallpox Vaccine Computers Invention of Telephone Airplanes Invention of X-Rays Welding Machines Invention of Microscope Incandescent Electric Lamp Invention of Internal Combustion Engine Anesthesia Invention of photography/photographs Compass Invention of Turbines (Water) Internet Invention of Washing Machine (Engineering) Invention of Eco Homes Invention of Solar Cells Invention of Alexander Graham Bell Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Louis Pasteur Galileo Galilei James Clerk Maxwell (Radio) Isaac Newton Thomas Edison William Cooke & Sam Morse Charles Chamberland (Autoclave) Charles Goodyear Nikola Tesla Joseph & Louis Lumiere (1st Movie Projectors) James Russell (CD Players) Albert Einstein Niels Bohr Charles Darwin Aristotle Marie Curie Rosalind Franklin Stephen Hawking Rene Descartes Robert Hooke Carl Linnaeus Benjamin Franklin Thomas Edison Dmitri Mendeleev Sally Ride (Astronaut, Teacher, Physicist) Leonardo DaVinci Francis Cricke (Partner with Watson) Jean Piaget James Watson (Partner with Cricke) George Washington Carver Robert Hooke Edwin Hubble Jacques Cousteau |