Science Fair 2008
 Birchwood
held its annual science fair on February 21st. There were almost 100
experimental science projects displayed. With the help of 25 volunteer judges
from our community each project was judged a number of times and the winners
(see below) were selected. The winners will be presenting their projects
at the district science fair at East Wiltshire School on Thursday, March 6th.
The successful projects from there will go to the Provincial Science Fair at
UPEI in April.
The winners, in no particular order, are:
- Ashley and Katherine (8-1) - Food Colouring
and Pigmentation
- Chelsea and Hannah (7-5) - Colour Perception
- Chelsea and Shayna (8-2) - Food for Thought
- Rachel Morrison (8-5) - The Sense of Time
- Teasha and Sarah (8-1) - Magic Sand
- Eve (8-5) - Strength of Structures
- Bita (8-5) - Micro-organisms in Milk
- Alanna (8-5) - The Stroop Effect
- Clare (7-5) - Idling Cars
Alternates:
- Emilia and Danisha (8-1) - Lemon Battery
- Kyla (9-7) - Egg Substitutes
- Alisha (8-3) - Warm Up
- Mark (8-5) - What type of milk molds the
fastest at room temperature?
- Alex and Chad (7-5) - How strong is an
egg shell?
There are a number of books and resources now on display and available in the
Birchwood Library Resource Center where you will also find a selection of other
resources for specific topics, once you have chosen your project ideas. The
following are sites may be useful as you are planning your Science Fair Project.
If you have any difficulty accessing any of these sites via the web address
provided, try going to www.google.com and go
to "advanced search". Type in the name of the web site (for example, Cyber Fair)
and you should be able to link to the site that way. Remember to have fun!
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An excellent resource for the steps involved in setting up a science
fair project. Check out the links included at the bottom of this
site. Cyberbee.com has some especially good information.
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Includes project ideas, web sites with more ideas, what judges are
looking for, how to set up a project, etc.
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Everything you need to know about creating a science fair project
from Discovery School.
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A simple outline of steps involved in creating a science fair
project.
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Scroll to the bottom of this page for resources for a science fair
project.
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An outline of the steps involved in a science fair project.
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A more detailed outline useful for intermediate students.
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Eighty-nine ideas for science fair projects under the headings of
physics, chemistry, engineering, meteorology, and botany.
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