Our First Monthly Project!

The Science Fair Project

The top three things to know:

1. Projects are done solely at home as month long homework 2. Families are encouraged to get involved! 3. The typed paragraph, visual, and scientific method outline/packet are due FRIDAY OCTOBER 30TH for class presentations.

Below is more information. Please feel free to email me with any questions you have along the way!

We will be starting our monthly visual presentation projects in the month of October. These projects are done solely at home and are due at the end of each month. The projects are done in order to help students’ researching, writing, and language skills. Projects are a very important part of their grade as well as developing real world presentation skills. The projects also teach the students responsibility and staying on top of due dates because they will be completing them at home throughout the month. Each month students are given a different topic. They start with paragraph projects and by the end of the year turn into remarkable research essays. They are called family projects because I encourage families to get involved! This would include helping your child pick a topic, guide with research, and helping with visuals! For the month of October, students will work at home to research, perform, and report on a science experiment of their choosing. Students will go through the scientific method steps we learned in class and report their findings and conclusions.

Students will present their projects on Friday, October 30th

Projects must include the following:

• A well – written typed paragraph about your science project, including an opening “hook” and a conclusion sentence. The body of your paragraph should state your question, hypothesis, what you did for your experiment, and your results and conclusions.

• Students should complete the scientific method outline and idea packet to turn in with their project. Students will practice presentations on 10/28-10/30 so they should be ready and memorized for then.

• A VISUAL. This can include anything ranging from a PowerPoint presentation, a poster, step-by-step pictures of your experiment, a model etc. to accompany your paragraph.

• MEMORIZATION OF PARAGRAPH- Presentations should be no more than ONE minute in order to ensure all class members can present. If needed, students can attach a small copy of their paragraph to their visual to help them present.

Rubric: The Science Fair Project

Paragraph:

___/1 Paragraph includes “hook” opening

___/5 Paragraph includes question, hypothesis, experiment, and results/conclusions.

___/1 Paragraph has a conclusion sentence

___/1 Paragraph is well written including correct spelling, grammar, and capitalization.

Visual:

___/4 Visual included and contributes to understanding of presentation.

Presentation:

___/3 Presentation is clear, memorized, and well timed

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____/ 15 TOTAL = ____% Teacher’s Comments: