creating a great science-o-rama project

Creating A Great Creating A Great Science-O-Rama ProjectScience-O-Rama Project

Open to all students in grades 3-5

Getting Started

•Get a display board and instructions from your teacher. Additional display boards can be requested through Mr. Curry, our school’s Science-O-Rama Coordinator in Room 31 or at 408-923-1800 ext 3831.

•Choose an idea that you wish to explore as a project. With your parents, decide if you are doing either a

–Display of something you learned

–Demonstration or model (such as an exploding volcano)

–Advanced Science Fair that uses the full Scientific Method

•Do the Project and then the display board.

Scientific MethodThe Scientific Method is the traditional

approach of investigating a scientific topic. It follows the pattern of:

1.Hypothesis: Guess what you think will happen, based on research of the problem.

2.Observations: Using your senses, what is happening?

3.Write Down what you see (Record Data).4.Graph what happens (Make a graph or

pictures)5.Conclusions: Was your hypothesis Correct?

Why or why not?See an example on line:

http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/experiments/scimethod/hypothesis.html

Science-O-RamaResources

http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/

http://www.scifair.org/articles/reports/hints.shtml

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/

Display Your

Project

YOUR TOPIC GOES HERE

Photo Source: http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/elementary-science-fair-projects.html

YOUR TOPIC GOES HERE

•March 17-24: Project Kickoff – Get Display Board

•March 24-April 19: Work on Project at home

•April 11: Science Fair Workshop for students and Parents 2:45-3:30

•April 20-21: Bring Projects –Set up in Multi-Purpose Room

What You Get for Participating

•The satisfaction of accomplishment

•A certificate

•The chance of a grade level ribbon as determined by a panel of judges

•A Kudos Candy Bar

The Science-O-Rama is made possible through a generous grant from Synopsys-Outreach.

For More Information

•Ask Your teacher

•Use the Resource Links

•Contact Vinci Park Science-O-Rama Coordinator Mr. Curry at:

rdcurry@sjteach.org

408-923-1800 ext 3831 (Classroom/Voice Mail)