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Direct linkSeeman, Jeffrey I.; Lawrence, Tom – Science Teacher, 2011
One goal of 21st-century education is to develop mature citizens who can identify issues, solve problems, and communicate solutions. What better way for students to learn these skills than by participating in a science and engineering fair? Fair participants face the same challenges as professional scientists and engineers, even Nobel laureates.…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Science Fairs, Learning Experience, Peer Influence
Craven, John; Hogan, Tracy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2008
Spring is the season when thousands of creased cardboard pests can be found lodged under the armpits of students and teachers as they observe the educational rite of spring known as the school science fair. A recent visit to a local school's gymnasium to witness one of these events reminded the authors of why they so dislike science fairs. In this…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Science Fairs, Science Education, Student Projects
VanCleave, Janice – 1994
This book is designed to provide guidance and ideas for science projects to help students learn more about science as they search for answers to specific problems. The 20 topics on electricity in this book suggest many possible problems to solve. Each topic has one detailed experiment followed by a section that provides additional questions about…
Descriptors: Electric Batteries, Electric Circuits, Electricity, Elementary Secondary Education
Bonnet, Robert L.; Keen, G. Daniel – 1990
This book contains 49 science fair projects designed for 6th to 9th grade students. Projects are organized by the topics of soil, ecology (projects in habitat and life cycles), pests and controls (projects in weeds and insects), recycling (projects in resources and conservation), waste products (projects in decomposition), microscopic organisms,…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Download full textWatt, Shirley L., Ed. – 1984
This collection of 20 articles from "The Science Teacher" and "Science and Children" is provided to assist teachers, students, and parents in preparing for science fairs. Four major questions about science fairs are addressed in the articles. They are: (1) Who should participate in a science fair? (2) How should a fair be organized? (3) What makes…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Position Papers, Science Education
Science Service, 2006
This publication presents changes and modifications for 2006-2007 to the "International Rules for Precollege Science Research: Guidelines for Science and Engineering Fairs." It is written to guide fair directors, teachers, scientists, parents, and adult volunteers as they pursue their work of encouraging students to explore and investigate their…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Guidelines, Mentors, Laboratory Safety
