Steps to Success: Creating Great Science Fair Projects

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Steps to SuccessCreating Great Science Fair
Projects

• By Marge Rappe and Gloria Pogofsky
• Jordan Community School and Norwood Park School

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What is Steps to Success?

• A web-based interdisciplinary unit integrating
  technology, science, math and language arts
• Aligned to Illinois Benchmarks
• Project portal for students to use

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Components of the Portal

• Survey Studio
• On-line Calendar
• Cybrary
• Internet Book Club
• MediaSpace
• Conferencing

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Survey Studio

• Pre-survey before the students begin the project
• Post Survey after students complete the project
• Data can be viewed immediately

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On-line Calendar

• Resource for students
• Due dates
• Science fair presentation dates

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Cybrary

• List of pre-selected websites to aid students in
• Selecting a topic for a science fair project
• Researching the topic
• Steps to successfully conduct the experiment
• Ideas on presentation

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Internet Book Club

• List of printed references related to science
  concepts and science fair

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MediaSpace

• Location where students work is displayed
• In the form of text, graphics, sound and/or video
  and video

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Conferencing and Messaging

• The ability to communicate about projects
• Either email
• Or real time

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How to Get Involved

• Getting an account
• Addresses
• www.collaboratory.nunet.net
• mrappe_at_enc.k12.il.us
• gloriap_at_nps.cps.k12.il.us

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