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    Parents are encouraged to offer emotional support and reminders, but to let the students do the work by themselves. Your child will research, design, test, analyze, and present a project of their choosing. The majority of the science fair project is expected to be completed at home.

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    Parents are encouraged to offer emotional support and reminders, but to let the students do the work by themselves. Your child will research, design, test, analyze, and present a project of their choosing. The majority of the science fair project is expected to be completed at home.

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    DearParents,

    Anunderstandingofscience,technology,andengineeringandtheirimpactonsocietyarebasic
    skillsexpectedbyemployers.Manyimportantlifedecisionsyourchildisexpectedtomakewill
    bebasedontheirunderstandingofscienceandtechnology.

    Sciencefairsrequirestudentstoapplyskillsrelatedtoscienceandengineeringtoatopicof
    interesttothem.Doingscienceisthekeytounderstandingscience.

    MaryEllenHendersonMiddleSchoolisholdingasciencefaironJanuary21,2016.
    Completed
    projectsareduetoscienceclasseson

    January14/15,2016
    andallseventhgradestudents
    areexpectedtoparticipate.Handsonscientificinvestigationandexperimentationarethefocus
    ofoursciencefair.Overthenextfewmonths,yourchildwillresearch,design,test,analyze,
    andpresentaprojectoftheirchoosingthatusesscientificmethodstosolveaproblem.

    Themajorityofthesciencefairprojectisexpectedtobecompletedathome.Studentswillbe
    givenprojectguidelinesandshorttermgoalsthatwillneedtobemetaccordingtotheproject
    timeline.Muchoftheworkwillbeselfdirected.Parentsareencouragedtoofferemotional
    supportandreminders,buttoallowthestudentstodotheprojectsbythemselves.The
    expectationisthatyourchildwilldoaninvestigationthattheyhavecreatedthemselves.The
    internetcanbeusedforresearchandinspirationbutnottocopyanexperiment.

    Guidelinesforhelpingyourchildselecttheirsciencefairtopic.
    1. Istheselectedtopicofinteresttoyourchild?
    Yourchildwillbespendingalotoftimeonthisproject,sothinkofsomethingthatis
    alreadyofinterest.
    2. Doestheprojecthaveapracticalapplication?
    Whatpapertowelabsorbsthefastest
    willnotresultinagaininscientificknowledgeor
    aneworimprovedprocessorproduct.
    3. Arethematerialsandequipmentreadilyavailabletodothisproject?
    Wearelookingforyourchildtofindinventive,inexpensivewaystodotheirexperiment.
    Settingabudgetshouldbeanimportantstepinselectingtheirproject.Ifyourchildfinds
    anexperimentthatisofinterestbutdoesnotmeetthebudget,theymaybeableto
    changethematerialsorproceduretomaketheexperimentlessexpensiveortime
    consuming.
    Rememberinordertovalidateresultsthattheexperimentneedstohave
    atleast
    three
    repeatedtrials.
    4. Isspecialapprovalneededforthistypeofproject?
    Thefollowingtypesofprojectsneedspecialapprovalbeforetheybegintodotheir
    experiment:
    Humansubjects

    RecombinantDNA
    Controlledsubstances(i.e.tobacco,alcohol,etc.)
    Hazardoussubstancesordevices
    Nonhumanvertebrateanimals
    Humanoranimaltissue
    Pathogenicagents(i.e.bacteria,fungistronglydiscouraged)
    5.Arethevariablesclearlyidentifiedandeasilymeasureable?
    Thereshouldbeonevariablethatischanged(theindependentvariable)andonevariable
    thatismeasured(thedependentvariable).Allothervaluesshouldbeheldconstant.The
    experimentshouldbeabletoanswertheresearchquestion.
    6.Otherconsiderations:
    Istherealargeenoughsamplesize?
    Enoughmaterialsandtimeforrepeatedtrials?
    Doestheexperimentreallymeasurewhatitissupposedtomeasure?

    AScienceFairinformationfolderispostedinSchoologythatyoucanaccessformore
    information.

    Pleaseemailorcallyourchildsscienceteacherifhaveanyquestions.

    Thankyouinadvanceforsupportingyourchildduringsciencefairwearelookingforwardto
    seeingexcellentsciencefairprojectsthisyear!

    HillaryTrebels

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