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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:

  1. Ashley and Katherine (8-1) - Food Colouring and Pigmentation
  2. Chelsea and Hannah (7-5) - Colour Perception
  3. Chelsea and Shayna (8-2) - Food for Thought
  4. Rachel Morrison (8-5) - The Sense of Time
  5. Teasha and Sarah (8-1) - Magic Sand
  6. Eve (8-5) - Strength of Structures
  7. Bita (8-5) - Micro-organisms in Milk
  8. Alanna (8-5) - The Stroop Effect
  9. 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?

Science Fair Project Info & Ideas....

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!

Successful Science Fair Projects
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/fair.html

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.

 

Bunsen Bob's Science Hunt
http://www.sciencehunt.com

Includes project ideas, web sites with more ideas, what judges are looking for, how to set up a project, etc.

 

Science Fair Central
http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/

Everything you need to know about creating a science fair project from Discovery School.

 

Cyber Fair
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/steps.html

A simple outline of steps involved in creating a science fair project.

 

Preparing a Science Fair Project
http://olp.swlauriersb.qc.ca/webquest/sciwq.htm

Scroll to the bottom of this page for resources for a science fair project.

 

Experimental Science Projects: An Introductory Level Guide
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjIntro.html

An outline of the steps involved in a science fair project.

 

Experimental Science Fair Projects: An Intermediate Guide
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjInter.html

A more detailed outline useful for intermediate students.

 

Intermediate Project Ideas
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/sciencefairs/intermed.html

Eighty-nine ideas for science fair projects under the headings of physics, chemistry, engineering, meteorology, and botany.

 

Math Projects for Science Fairs
http://camel.math.ca/Education/mpsf/

 

How to do a Science Fair Project
http://www.gdlewis.ednet.ns.ca/gartland/scifair.html

 

 


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