Science Fair Unit Study

Name of Unit-Safari Unit: Science Fair

 

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Description:    Science Fair   is a Unit-Safari Unit that is a New Unit of   July 2009 . Compiled by Kimberly Bondeson. Because the information here is for a wide range of ages, please check yourself first to make sure books, videos and links appropriate for your own family. If there are blank sections, no information had been shared about that section.

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Learning Objectives :

Many Parents and teachers will need to create their own goals you can compare the goals at these sites to create your own depending on how stringent your requirements need to be. All links have several suggested activities for different ages.

• http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?curriculum  Basic Course structure
• http://www.state.me.us/education/lres/lres.htm  Maine as an example of state level requirements
• http://www.mcrel.org/standards%2Dbenchmarks  National Level
• http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/8314/currgrid.htm  Ontario Canada K-8 Expectations
• The series of books called “What your “nth” Grader needs to know” May also be helpful nth representing the grade your child is in. This series only Goes to grade 8

 

Bible References:

Look up and Compare Scriptures at the sites below. In your Journal note how the different translations and versions help you to have a fuller understanding of the text.

• http://ebible.org/bible/ASV/  American Standard Version
• http://www.audiotreasure.com/webindex.htm  World English Bible in Mp3
• http://www.ccel.org/wwsb/  World Wide Study Bible
• http://www.watchtower.org/bible/index.htm  New World Translation
• http://www.audiotreasure.com/indexKJV.htm  King James Bible in Mp3
• http://www.e-sword.net  is free software that will allow you to compare many translations at the same time

 

Timeline :

http://www.accessexcellence.org/LC/TL/scifair/sftimeline.php

http://www.fair.science-resources.org/timeline.htm

http://www.parklandsd.org/wp-content/uploads/sciencefair_timeline.pdf

 

Vocabulary :

Dependent Variable	the part of the experiment that changes, what you measure
Problem	a research question
Constant	the part of the experiment that stays the same
Abstract	a summery of the entire experiment
Experiment	a step by step procedure used to test the hypothesis
Research	information gathered about the topic you are studying
Conclusion	a summery of the entire experiment
Independent Variable	the part of the experiment that “I” the scientist change
Hypothesis	an if….then prediction about the experiment you are testing
Inference	an explanation of why you think you got the results that you did based on your observations

 

http://wordweb.info/free/  free downloadable software to look up words.

http://dictionary.reference.com  online Dictionary

 

Book Resources :

• Janice VanCleave’s A+ Science Fair Projects by Janice Pratt VanCleave
• The Complete Handbook of Science Fair Projects by Julianne Blair Bochinski
• Prize-Winning Science Fair Projects for Curious Kids by Joe Rhatigan and Rain Newcomb
• The Everything Kids’ Science Experiments Book: Boil Ice, Float Water, Measure Gravity-Challenge the World Around You! (Everything Kids Series) by Tom Robinson
• 100 Amazing First-Prize Science Fair Projects by Glen Vecchione
• Teaching The Scientific Method: Instructional Strategies To Boost Student Understanding (Kids’ Stuff) by millie Blanford, Millie Blandford, and Patience Camplair
• How to Think Like a Scientist: Answering Questions by the Scientific Method by Stephen P. Kramer and Felicia Bond
• Science Action Labs – Sciencing: Learning About the Scientific Method by Edward Shevick

 

Poetry & Music :

• Scientific Method Song: http://www.songsforteaching.com/hood/scientificmethod.htm

 

 

Video Resources :

• http://www.vpw.com  this site changes regularly and you will need to be a support group leader or classroom teacher to get the videos. If your support group doesn’t have the video already order it as the Technology coordinator for your group. If you’re not in a group form your own!
• http://video.kidzui.com/videos/1271188?related%5Bchannel%5D=discoveries
• http://www.shakealegmiami.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=kkLUJbMQKpH&b=2640279&content_id=%7B310EAA40-FE71-433B-9707-E3C26DF898CD%7D&notoc=1
• http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/27452-how-to-prepare-a-science-fair-project-seven-steps-video.htm

 

 

Software Resources :

• http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/science-fair-software.html
• http://www.juliantrubin.com/fairprojects/computers/software.html

 

 

Games :

• http://www.uga.edu/srel/kidsdoscience/kidsdoscience-fun.htm
• http://www.brainpop.com/science/thenatureofscience/scientificmethod/preview.weml
• http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/sciencefair-mix.htm
• http://education.jlab.org/vocabhangman/

 

Clip Art :

• http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/category/scie0.html

 

Activities & Lesson Plans :

• http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classgen.html
• http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/teacher_resources.shtml
• http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ScienceLACISciFairPreparation68.htm
• http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classgenlsn.html
• http://www.cln.org/themes/science_fair.html

 

Worksheets :

• http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/teacher_resources.shtml
• http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?HS5%20WORKSHEETS
• http://www.accessexcellence.org/LC/TL/scifair/sfnotebkguide.php

Complete Units :

•  http://www.shambles.net/pages/students/scfair/
• http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/experi.html
• http://www.fvsd.ab.ca/stm/science_fair_sites.htm
• http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/activity/act-summ.html

 

Information and General Resources :

• http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_display_board.shtml
• http://chemistry.about.com/od/sciencefairprojects/a/scienceposter.htm
• http://www.riveredgeschools.org/Practicum/displayboard.html
• http://www.ehow.com/how_5129651_organize-science-fair.html
• http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/random/how-to-organize-a-science-competition/

 

Web Information :

• http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/
• http://www.sciencefairadventure.com/
• http://www.photobasement.com/41-hilarious-science-fair-experiments/
• http://www.juliantrubin.com/fairprojects.html

• http://www.accessexcellence.org/LC/TL/scifair/sfjudge.php
• http://www.accessexcellence.org/LC/TL/scifair/sfpapergrade.php