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Science Fair

• Helping Students Do Science

Revision 091908
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5 Parts of a Science Project
3. Write report
2. Do experiment keep journal
4. Make Abstract
5. Create presentation board
1. Plan experiment
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Scientific Method
An experimental way to test an idea
Plan your experiment to include variables constan
ts controls hypothesis experiment data conclusion
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Choosing a Topic
Menu Style
What is the effect of __A__
variable
on __B__
subject
measured by __C__
units
when __D__ is constant
Students fill in the blanks from lists
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Choosing a Topic
There must be something to measure

• Variables to be measured might include
• irrigation / drought
• more mass / less mass
• angle of launch
• sunlight / dark
• color of light
• pH
• type of substrate

• Kinds of measurements
• length / height
• color change
• speed / velocity
• time
• mass
• volume
• use numbers

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Constants
Are things that stay the same because
You hold them constant
So only 1 variable is tested at a time
Light speed 600 million mph Water boils at 100
F
They are physically invariant
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Variables
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Are things you manipulate
Things that change in response
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Manipulated weight on car Observed distance
traveled
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Controls

• Are things to which you compare your results
• Negative Control (untreated) In comparing which
  toothpaste works best it is
• Positive Control (treated with something known to
  work very well) In determining which color
  light makes plants grow better it is

Not brushing your teeth
Sunlight
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N

• N is the number of times you test something
• N should be 3 or more.
• Conclusions drawn from only one trial are usually
  incorrect.

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Why Repeat Experiments ?
Which Rots Faster Potatoes or Tomatoes ? If N1
itsTomatoes, If N 3 its Potatoes
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Hypothesis
An educated guess
The crystals will be smaller when evaporation is
faster
The soil temperature will not affect plant
growth
positive action - negative action - no action
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Paperwork

• Your school decides to participate in the
  Coriell Science Fair and you let Dr. Butler know.
• Students complete
• Student Checklist (1A) Research Plan
• possibly others from the Intel ISEF rulebook
• Teachers review project proposals sign
• Checklist for Adult Sponsor (1)
• Students parents must sign top part of
• Approval Form (1B)
• Teachers send forms to Coriell for review

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To find the forms go to www.coriell.org
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Science Fair Homepage
www.coriell.org
Scroll down
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Science Fair Homepage
www.coriell.org
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Link to Rules brings you to a printable copy

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Link to Student Handbook has much good info for
the students
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Link to Forms brings you all of them. Print out
and make copies for your students.

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New forms for 2009
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Include phone number and email please
Usually the teacher
Leave the actual dates blank until you really
start/finish
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Teachers may want to pre-print this form with
sponsor and school information completed
Morgan Elementary
609-123-4567
123 High Street, Camden, NJ 12345
Tyra Campbellla
856-757-9716 myemail _at_ school.k12.us
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Leave the actual dates blank until you really
start/finish
Dont forget phone numbers
The research plan is a separate page
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Projects requiring extra paperwork

• Continuation Projects (form 7)
• Projects done at a lab (form1C)
• Human subjects must have IRB pre-approval plus
  (form 4)
• Vertebrate animals must have SRC/IACUC
  pre-approval plus (form
  5A or form 5B, 2 1C (lab))
• Potential Hazardous Biological Agents must have
  IRB/SRC/IACUC/RAC pre-approval plus (form 6A, 6B)
• Hazardous substances, activities, or devices must
  have designated supervisor approval plus (form 3)
  
• DEA controlled substances will need QS (form 2)
• CHECK RULEBOOK FOR EACH OF THE ABOVE

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X X X
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Leave this space blank unless you have a human
subject topic. If you do, your principal will
sign here for the IRB.
Principal Thomas Jones, School IRB
Dr. Th. Jones
Oct. 27, 07
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Leave this space blank. If you worked on a
summer project at a lab, submit the required
papers to your teacher.
Leave this space blank. Delaware Valley SRC
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Teachers will complete this form and may need to
ask for more forms based on the research plan
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Paperwork Review

• Form 1 (Checklist for Adult Sponsor)
• Form 1A (Student Checklist)
• Research plan and attachment
• Form 1B (Student Parent signature form)
• any other forms needed (humans, animals,
  hazardous, controlled substances)
• Teachers send paperwork to Coriell for approval
  and keep a copy
• Forms will be kept on file (and not returned).
• A Green evaluation sheet will be returned to
  you, and you must correct deficient forms and
  re-send to Coriell
• Dont begin your experiment until you have
  approval from Coriell

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Do your Experiment

• Got your paperwork back from Coriell ?
• Keep all original papers with project, send only
  copies
• Repeat observations
• Take photos
• Keep notes in a journal
• engineers should build and test a prototype
• one variable at a time

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Data Collection

• Write everything down in a log book
• Use a new page per day
• Keep everything in one original book
• Make tables of numbers

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Write a Report

• Title page, table of contents
• Introduction, hypothesis
• Experiment, materials methods
• Data and discussion
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• References

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Abstract

• Short (250 words or less) one half page typed
• Purpose Why you did the
  experiment
• Procedure How you did the
  experiment
• Data What you
  found out
• Conclusions What you learned from the
  experiment
• Send 1 copy to Coriell when project completed
• Bring at least 12 to fair to place by poster
• Do not put LAST name or SCHOOL name on abstract
• Do include TITLE of experiment at top of abstract
• Mount 1copy of abstract on the backboard

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Create Backboard

• Self Standing
• Be creative
• Communicate project
• Neatness Counts
• Logical Presentation
• Use color texture
• Large type for legibility
• Credit graphs/photos

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Common Problems

• Student Checklist Form 1A
• (6) Actual start date filled in and / or
  project started before project was approved by
  Coriell SRC or a Regulated Research Institute
  (Form 1C) SRC
• Approval Form 1B
• (1) Risk rule acknowledgment not signed or
  checked
• (2a) Appropriate person has not signed SRC
  approval
• Qualified Scientist Form 2
• Adult sponsor / Designated Supervisor lacks
  qualifications to ensure safety
• Risk Assessment Form 3 Research Plan
• Insufficient Safety Facilities e.g. Once
  inoculated, bacterial plates cant be opened
  anywhere other than a BSL-2 facility due to
  potential MRSA outgrowth
• Human Subjects Form 4
• Absent For anything other than anonymously
  observing from a distance, form 4 is needed.
• Submitting informed consents with paperwork
  (Confidential on request only)
• Justification for waiver of informed consent is
  a re-statement of risk factors, not a
  justification for waiver

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TITLE
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Graphs

• need a title (and perhaps a subtitle)
• legend or key for pie graphs
• label axes, with units and regular divisions
• select colors that are easy to see

Photographs should have a caption. Photos must
have a credit line giving origin. It is better to
take your own photos, rather than copy
illustrations.
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Effect of UV Filters on Plant Growth
N 6
Plant Mass (Gm)
Time (Days)
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Display Safety

• Be considerate of others
• Keep display within size limits (30 inches
  deep, 4 feet wide, 9 feet tall from floor)
• Do not bring liquids, sharp objects
• Follow ISEF safety regulations
• Use photographs rather than objects whenever
  possible
• Save cell phone calls for outdoors, turn phone
  off indoors

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Common Problems

• Student Checklist Form 1A
• (6) Actual start date filled in and / or
  project started before project was approved by
  Coriell SRC

1 - 10 - 09
2 - 20 - 09
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Common Problems

• Approval Form 1B
• (1) Risk rule acknowledgment not signed or
  checked
• (2a) Appropriate person has not signed IRB
  approval for human subjects

IRB
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Common Problems

• Qualified Scientist Form 2
• Adult sponsor / Designated Supervisor lacks
  qualifications

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Common Problems

• Risk Assessment Form 3 Research Plan
• Insufficient Safety Facilities e.g. Once
  inoculated, bacterial plates cant be opened
  anywhere other than a BSL-2 facility due to
  potential MRSA outgrowth

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Common Problems

• Human Subjects Form 4
• Absent For anything other than anonymously
  observing from a distance, form 4 is needed.
• Submitting informed consents with paperwork
  (Confidential on request only)
• Justification for waiver of informed consent is
  a re-statement of risk factors, not a
  justification for waiver

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Project Completedon to Competitions
Coriell Science Fair March 14, 2009 Projects
judged by teams of category judges
School Science Fair selected students by February
6th up
winners
ISEF (Reno NV) May 10 - 16, 2009 Projects judged
by individual judges
DVSF (Oaks PA Expo) Mar. 31 Apr . 2,
2009 Projects judged by groups of category judges
HS winners
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Advancement to DVSF

• Individual Students 9th, 10th, 11th 12th Grades
• 1st 2nd Places
• Individual Students 6-8th Grades Combined
• 1st, 2nd 3rd Places
• Teams 9th12th Grades Combined
• Teams 6th-8th Grades Combined
• 1st 2nd Places

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Paperwork Deadlines

• Project Pre-Approval (Paperwork) Target Date
• Monday
  December 1, 2008 or before
• Abstract Target Date Friday February
  20, 2009
• (Abstract can be replaced with final abs.
  later if experiments are still in progress)
• Registration Deadline Friday February
  20, 2009
• Project Set Up Friday March 13, 2009
• Fair Saturday March 14, 2009 (CCC
  Blackwood)

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Student Research Categories

• LIFE SCIENCES PHYSICAL SCIENCES
• Behavioral Social Chemistry
• Biochemistry Computers
• Botany Consumer Science
• Environmental Earth Space
• Medicine Health Math
• Microbiology Engineering
• Zoology Physics
• Teams Life Sciences Teams Physical
  Sciences
• Consumer science is 6th-8th grade only)

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Eligibility
Requirements Burlington, Camden, or Gloucester
County students Paperwork completed
correctly signatures, SRC/IRB approvals,
other Grades (6, 7, 8) 9, 10, 11, 12
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Approvals/paperwork needed
Human subjects Vertebrate animals Potentially
hazardous Biological agents (molds, virus,
bacteria, yeast, prions, tissues, blood,
etc.) Controlled / hazardous substances
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Suggested Judging Criteria(Consult Handout or
Web Page for Details)

• Originality Creativity (New to student within
  limits)
• Utility (Engineering, Applied research opposed
  to basic)
• Clarity (Communication skill, Graphs, Tables
  etc.)
• Essential Components (Logs, controls, variables,
  N 1)
• Skill (Innate and learned ability)
• Thoughtfulness (Understands, Problem Solving,
  What Next)
• Initiative Effort (Independent, Seeks
  Resources, Work ethic)
• Teamwork (Leadership, Equal effort, Equal
  understanding)

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Awards

• Full or partial scholarships to County Colleges
• Bonds for 100 - 300
• Advancement to DVSF / ISEF

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Workshop and Fair Feedback

• Please give us feedback on the workshops and how
  the fair is run.
• Go to www.coriell.org science fair, workshop
• Log-In online your email address
• Password Coriell
• Or email comments to sciencefair_at_coriell.org

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Thank You
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