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Title: Online Resources to Help You and Your Students Achieve Science Fair Success


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Online Resources to Help You and Your Students
Achieve Science Fair Success
The Presenting Sponsor of Science Buddies is
Seagate Technology.
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Overview
  • Science Buddies (www.sciencebuddies.org) provides
    free online resources for K-12 students and
    teachers doing science fair projects.
  • We have resources for fair administrators,
    teachers, parents, and students.
  • Resources are designed not only to help you and
    your students have a successful science fair
    experience, but also to improve project quality.

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Overview (contd)
  • Science Buddies is recommended by and linked to
    by many partners and advocates, such as the
    SciLinks program of the National Science Teachers
    Association.
  • All of our resources and programs are free.
  • We are a 501(c)3 non-profit, supported mainly by
    corporate grants. Seagate Technology is the
    Presenting Sponsor of Science Buddies.

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The Home Page
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Finding a Topic
  • Finding a topic is often the biggest hurdle for
    students.
  • The Topic Selection Wizard asks students
    questions about their everyday interests and
    activities, and then recommends an area of
    science and science fair project ideas matched to
    their specific interests.

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The Topic Selection Wizard
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Topic Selection Wizard (contd)
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Finding a Topic (contd)
  • We have a library of over 900 Project Ideas,
    graded by difficulty, in more than 30 areas of
    science.
  • Project Ideas can be used as is, or they can
    serve as examples that students can creatively
    and uniquely modify to make their own.

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Project Ideas
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Project Ideas (contd)
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Project Ideas (contd)
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Project Ideas (contd)
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Project Ideas (contd)
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Tools and Techniques
  • Detailed guides to specific areas of science
    provide basic tools and methods that can be
    utilized to complete a project.
  • They allow teachers greater ability to help
    students with projects outside their immediate
    subject area.
  • Combined with Project Ideas, Tools and Techniques
    become powerful, modular components that can be
    combined to help students develop unique and
    original projects.

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Tools and Techniques (contd)
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Doing the Project
  • The Project Guide outlines the scientific method
    and steps of the science fair process and
    contains information on doing engineering, math,
    and computer programming projects, too.
  • Printable versions of the Project Guide are
    invaluable as classroom handouts.
  • Advanced topics (e.g. writing an abstract) are
    included, in addition to more basic topics (e.g.
    formulating a question).

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The Project Guide
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The Project Guide (contd)
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The Project Guide (contd)
  • Articles explain key concepts in language that
    students can understand.

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The Project Guide (contd)
  • Examples help students understand what makes a
    quality assignment.

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The Project Guide (contd)
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The Project Guide (contd)
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The Project Guide (contd)
  • Checklists allow students to self-evaluate their
    own work.

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The Project Guide (contd)
  • Printable worksheets guide students through
    critical steps of the science fair process.

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Ask an Expert
  • Ask an Expert is an online mentoring program that
    allows students who are working on science fair
    projects to get individual support from talented
    high school students and science professionals
    from industry and academia.
  • It provides a safe forum for finding answers to
    those tough questions that go beyond a teachers
    expertise.

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Ask an Expert (contd)
  • Students can ask questions throughout the entire
    project or just about a specific problem.
  • Forums are arranged by grade level to offer
    grade- and age-appropriate support to students.
  • Mentoring by science professionals dramatically
    improves project quality.

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Ask an Expert (contd)
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Science Fair Time
  • A variety of resources are designed specifically
    to prepare students for a science fair.
  • We have tricks for preparing display boards, tips
    to help students prepare for judging, and advice
    for preparing for top competitions.
  • Resources are available through the Project
    Guide and the Competitions tabs on the Science
    Buddies homepage.

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Teacher Resources
  • Resources were created to support teachers who
    have their students participate in science fairs.
  • Resources include
  • Teachers Guide to Science Projects
  • Guide to Planning a Science Fair
  • Grading Rubrics
  • Teacher and student timelines
  • Scientific Method Classroom Poster
  • Science Project Enrichment Tools

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Teacher Resources (contd)
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Parent Resources
  • These resources will increase parents' confidence
    and motivation to help their children with
    science fair projects.
  • Topics include
  • Why Are Science Fairs Important?
  • Science Fair Project Overview
  • Explaining Plagiarism
  • Internet Safety Tips

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Parent Resources (contd)
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Careers in Science
  • Working with our partners in industry and
    academia, we profile real-life scientists and
    engineers. 
  • The Career Profiles feature
  • Details about the nature of the work,
  • Mini case studies and/or video interviews of
    professionals in the area,
  • Advice on what students interested in the
    field should study in high school, and in junior
    college or college,
  • Salaries, potential employers, and more! 
  • By the end of 2009, science career
    information will be featured on most of our
    900 Project Ideas.

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Careers in Science (contd)
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Scientific Review Committee (SRC) and Rules Advice
  • Science Buddies offers an easy-to-understand
    outline of the international rules for
    pre-college science competitions, as well as
    general safety guidelines.
  • Always check with your local fairs SRC or fair
    director with questions about any rules.
  • An overview helps students, parents, and teachers
    understand why compliance is so important.

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SRC and Rules Advice (contd)
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Engineering Projects
  • Engineering and computer science projects dont
    follow the scientific methodthey follow the
    engineering design processbut they are still
    valid science fair projects.
  • Engineering and Programming Project Tips explain
    the steps of the engineering process and how the
    engineering design process differs from the
    scientific method.

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Engineering Projects (contd)
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Extra Help
  • Additional resources include
  • Guide to science fair project photography
  • Guide to keeping a lab notebook
  • Listing of supplies and materials sources
  • Student blogs
  • And much more

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www.sciencebuddies.org
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