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Seeman, 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
Science Service, 2008
Research is a process by which people discover or create new knowledge about the world in which they live. The International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) and Affiliated Fairs are research (data) driven. Students design research projects that provide quantitative data through experimentation followed by analysis and application of that data.…
Descriptors: Research Papers (Students), Student Projects, Science Fairs, Science Education
McQueen, David R. – Science Probe, 1991
Summarizes the experiences of a former science fair participant and judge in an attempt to make the typical rules for science fairs more understandable to any prospective participant. Includes categories of judging, items prohibited from display, a list of most difficult projects, and the source for more information on science fair rules. (JJK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Extracurricular Activities, Judges
Dashefsky, H. Steven – 1995
This book for high school students presents 20 different science fair projects that provide an opportunity to learn how plants are affected by natural and man-made influences on their environments. Many experiments in the book were adapted from original International Science and Engineering Fair projects. Each project includes in-depth background…
Descriptors: Botany, Extracurricular Activities, High Schools, Science Activities
Carter, Constance, Comp. – 1988
This bibliography assists junior and senior high school students and teachers in planning, preparing, executing, and evaluating science fair projects. A few books with experiments suitable for elementary grade students are listed. This publication is not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography but is designed to put the reader "on target."…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Reference Materials, Science Activities, Science Fairs
McQueen, David R. – Science PROBE!, 1991
Advice on how to transform a practical idea into a first-class science fair project is provided. How to do scientific research, what to include in a science fair report, how to pick a topic, when to begin, writing the report, and making the display are topics of discussion. (KR)
Descriptors: Science Activities, Science Education, Science Fairs, Science Projects
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
Watt, 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
Crane, H. Richard – 1995
This book contains construction plans of exhibits that have been collected during more than 10 years, and notes for their maintenance, at the Ann Arbor (Michigan) Hands-On museum. It is a useful source of hard-to-find information for exhibit builders, science fair participants, science teachers, students, and home tinkerers. This collection…
Descriptors: Construction (Process), Demonstrations (Science), Elementary Secondary Education, Exhibits
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
Dependents Schools (DOD), Washington, DC. Pacific Region. – 1989
Each year, beginning in the early spring, Department of Defense Dependent Schools, Pacific Region conducts a Junior Science and Humanities Symposium program. The information for putting together such a program is contained in this document. Students are invited to conduct original research in the sciences, mathematics, the humanities, and computer…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Dependents Schools, Humanities, Mathematics Instruction
Science Service, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1986
A science and engineering fair is a competition based on the quality of projects done by students, the results of which are reported through exhibits and oral presentations at the fair. Fairs operate on a step basis. Students who win in small, local fairs, move to a city fair, then to a regional fair, and may be chosen to represent that fair in…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Awards, Engineering Education
Science Service, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1983
A science and engineering fair is a competition based on the quality of projects done by students, the results of which are reported through exhibits and oral presentations at the fair. Fairs operate on a step basis. Students who win in small fairs such as a local fair, move to a city fair, then to a regional fair, and may be chosen to represent…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Awards, Engineering Education
Science Service, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1984
A science and engineering fair is a competition based on the quality of projects done by students, the results of which are reported through exhibits and oral presentations at the fair. Fairs operate on a step basis. Students who win in small fairs such as a local fair, move to a city fair, then to a regional fair, and may be chosen to represent…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Awards, Engineering Education
Science Service, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1985
A science and engineering fair is a competition based on the quality of projects done by students, the results of which are reported through exhibits and oral presentations at the fair. Fairs operate on a step basis. Students who win in small fairs such as a local fair, move to a city fair, then to a regional fair, and may be chosen to represent…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Achievement, Awards, Engineering Education
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