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**Science Fair Information**
**1/15** Update: ** The display boards have arrived. ** Students will pay $3 for their display board and all displays will be created during their Science class time leading up to the fair. ** ALL ** work needs to be completed by ** Friday, Jan. 25th!!! ** Experiments should be completed prior to this weekend and students should be working on their data tables (or observations) before returning to class on Tuesday. The analysis and conclusion sections will require only a few paragraphs and these will be completed in class on Wednesday and Thursday.

All work is to be completed by the students...it is their project...but photos of their experiment may be printed out at home and brought to school. I would prefer to have all flash drives reserved for backing up the work completed at school. I discourage work being typed up at home and then downloaded to the students' computers at school. This is a learning process for them to complete at school.

Thank you for your understanding, Denice Fogel

SCIENCE FAIR IS FEBRUARY 1ST, 2013. We will conclude Catholic Schools Week by having the St. A's science fair. Students in grades 5 - 8 will prepare projects following the guidelines for investigations.

All students will receive handouts to guide them through an eight step process leading to the completion of their projects.

Our Timeline is as follows: (The item in yellow is the stage at which all students should be as of Jan. 8th) for conducting background research. || PLAN ON COMPLETING THE EXPERIMENT BEFORE THE MIDYEAR EXAMS || For ideas and examples of "testable" questions, click on this link:.
 * < **Activity**  ||<  **Minimum Time required**   **(before the science fair)**  ||
 * < Decide on topic and develop question or solution ||< 6 weeks - We will be deciding topics by **November 13th** ||
 * < Background research on topic ||< 6 weeks - Time will be given during the November double period science classes. For directions for conducting your background research, [[file:Conducting Background Research_Handout.docx|click here]].
 * < Determine procedure and required materials (& purchasing them) ||< 5 weeks prior - students should be developing this portion around the Thanksgiving time frame ||
 * < S et up project and begin to collect data || 4 - 5 weeks (depending on project)
 * <  || ** ALL PROJECTS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY FRIDAY, JAN. 25TH ** ||
 * < Prepare project display ||< 1-2 weeks prior - right after Midterm Exams ||
 * < Deliver presentation display to school ||< 1 day ||
 * < Science Fair Day ||<  ||