Topic
session
November
3rd
Submit
proposal
November
16th
Acceptance
letter
December
14th
Mentoring
Sessions
January,
February,
March
Science
Fair
March 14,
2013
TOPIC IDEAS
QUESTION
APPLICATION
I wonder what
kind of paper
would make a
paper airplane
fly the farthest?
Now that I
understand how
different materials
fly through the air, I
should be able to
pick out the perfect
kite!
-different
weights of paper
-different folding
methods
HYPOTHESIS
CONCLUSIONS
-Printer paper
worked the best
because….
-My hypothesis was
NOT correct
because….
RESEARCH
TOPIC
paper
airplanes
DATA
-gather results from
experiment
- Create a bar chart
showing each
paper type and the
distance it traveled.
I think that tissue
paper will work the
best BECAUSE it is
the lightest of all
paper and gravity
won’t pull it down
too fast.
EXPERIMENT
-gather different types of
paper, pencil, scientific
journal, tape measure
- write your procedure
- test at least 5 times
• A display board
which displays
the scientific
method.
• Science
experiment
• Must meet safety
standards.
• Contains all the
components of the
scientific method.
• Pictures of the
experiment
throughout the
process.
• Everything must be
attached to the board
Project Step
Helping at the Right Level
Going too Far
Discussing with your child
and guiding them to a topic
of interest
Picking an idea and a
project for your child
Background research
Taking your child to the
library and helping with
internet research.
Doing an internet search
and printing it yourself
Construct hypothesis
Asking how the hypothesis
relates to an experiments
the child can do
Writing the hypothesis
yourself
Test the
hypothesis/experiment
Assisting with materials and
monitoring safety
Doing the experiment or
just telling your child what
to do
Analyze data and draw
conclusion
Asking how your child will
record the data.
Populating a spreadsheet.
Telling your child the
conclusion.
Present the results
Act as an audience. Assist
with display/model. BE
PRESENT THE NIGHT OF
FAIR WITH CHILD.
Writing the text on the
board or building the
model. PRESENTING FOR
CHILD.
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