Marine Science

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Coriell Science Fair Teacher Student
Guide
Rev Q 100509 Office 2007
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Table of Contents
Part 1 Who may Participate (slide 3) Part 2
How to Participate (slide 4 -5) Part 3 The
Science (slides 6-17) Part 4 Doing the Project
(slides 18-26) Part 5 ISEF Forms Rules
(slides 27-32) Part 6 Common Problems Basic
Forms (slides 33-38) Part 7 Common Problems
Risk Forms (slides 39-57) Part 8 Judging,
Awards, Advancement (slides 58-60) We
recommend you refer to these slides (Ppt or pdf)
when completing forms as well as to ISEF rules
and the ISEF Rules Wizard at http//www.societyfo
rscience.org/isef/students/wizard/index.asp
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Part 1 Who May Participate

• Students in 6th through 12th grades
• 2. Attend school in Burlington, Camden or
  Gloucester Co.
• 3. Regular or Home-school students
• If your school does not participate
• Students with adult sponsors may participate
• If your school or organization has a science
  fair.
• Your school or organization decides who may
  participate
• 6. Individual projects or team, projects
• Teams are limited to 3 students

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Part 2 How to Participate

• Download ISEF Rules and Forms from Coriell Web
• http//www.coriell.org
• (select science fair from list on left)
• 2. Read and understand the rules and requirements
  and paperwork thoroughly before beginning. See
  presentation parts 4 5 below
• 3. All projects must be approved BEFORE starting
  by SRC
• By Coriell Scientific Review Committee (SRC)
  OR
• also if appropriate by a Regulated Institute
  or Industry SRC
• 4. Plan a project submit with ISEF forms
  Coriell Student ContactForm
• (Send COPIES, Keep ORIGINALS)
• A To Coriell
• G Butler, Coriell Inst. 403 Haddon Ave, Camden
  08103
• Email gbutler_at_coriell .org or
  sciencefair_at_coriell.org
• Fax [phone] attn Science Fair
• B To Coriell AND the Regulated
  Institute/Industry
• (If done at RI/I, in summer, Coriell can
  approve or reject defacto)

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• 5. Coriell or Reg Inst SRC reviews projects and
  emails back
• Approved (You may then begin project)
• Revisions Required (You must resubmit
  corrected paperwork )
• Coriell will determine, based on type of
  correction if you
• May NOT begin work before resubmitting
• May begin work before
  resubmitting
• If revised paperwork is approved you may begin
• If work done at a Regulated Institute, Coriell
  must also approve)
• 6. Submit Registration form and abstract of
  completed research to Coriell between Feb 1 and
  Feb 19.
• Set up is Friday March 12, Fair day is Saturday
  March 13
• Winners may advance to DVSF on April 6-8, Oaks PA
• DVSF sends select winners to ISEF May 9, San Jose
  CA.

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Part 3 The Science
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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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5 Parts of a Science Project
3. Write report
2. Do the experiment keep journal
4. Make Abstract
1. Plan Experiment submit forms
5. Create presentation board
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Scientific Method Experimentally Testing a
Hypothesis
Plan your experiment to Ask a question
Include a hypothesis of what will happen
A method to test the hypothesis To recognize
constants To recognize variables To manipulate
some variables To include positive and negative
controls To repeat tests 3 times (N 3) To
present results in tables and charts
To analyze data and draw conclusions To discuss
the conclusions Was hypothesis correct ? To know
what could be done next
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Hypothesis
An educated guess
Should be reasonable, but not necessarily correct
Crystals will be larger when evaporation is
slower. (Positive action)
Red classroom wall color will make student test
scores lower. (Negative action)
Soil temperature will not affect plant growth.
(No action)
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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 Liquid Nitrogen is
-196 ?C
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

Brushing your teeth with water
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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Part 4 Doing The Project
Doing the Experiment Collecting Data Writing a
Report Writing the Abstract Making a Poster
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Do the Experiment Dont Start until you have
SRC (Coriell Or Reg, Inst.Approval Repeat
observations Take photos Engineers should build
and test a prototype Test one variable at a time
Collect Data Write everything down in a log
book Use a new page per day Keep everything in
one original book Make tables of numbers
Write a Report Title page, table of
contents Introduction with some background,
hypothesis Experiment, materials methods Data
(charts graphs) Discussion and
Conclusion Acknowledgments and References

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Write an Abstract The abstract is the most
important part because it tells judges what your
project is about before going deeper Keep it
Short (250 words or less) Purpose
Why you did the experiment Procedure
How you did the experiment Result
What you found out Conclusions What you
learned from the experiment Where to Put
Abstracts Put full name, school and project
title on one copy and send copy to Coriell when
project completed Put First name only and title
on display copies (No last name or school) Mount
one copy to your poster Place 12 additional
copies on bench for judges to take
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Create Poster

• Self Standing Poster Board
• Be creative, artful (color and texture)
• Neatness demonstrates effort and care
• Use large font (16-20) for easy judge reading
• Credit graphs/photos
• Use flow charts or outlines for methods
• (leave extensive details in your reports)
• Typical order
• Left Abstract and Introduction
• Middle Data and Charts
• Right Discussion and Conclusions, Form 1C

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Display Safety

• Keep display within size limits
• (30 inches deep, 4 feet wide, 9 feet tall
  from floor)
• No liquids (except water integral to a sealed
  apparatus)
• No sharps
• Do not have anything or parts of anything alive
  or that has ever been alive Use Photos
• No human or animal food
• No chemicals or drugs
• No flames
• No photographs of surgeries
• No awards, medals, endorsements or advertisements

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TITLE
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Graphs and Photos

• Your abstract and graphs, and photos communicate
  the most about your project to the judges !
• Key Graph and Photograph Flaws Absent Title
• Unlabeled Axes (Titles or units of measurement)
• Absent Legends
• Absent credits for who took photos or source
• Helpful Graph Components
• N
• Error bars

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Effect of UV Filters on Plant Growth
N 6
Plant Mass (Gm)
Time (Days)
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Presentation

• Students present their work as a poster
• Judges preview poster without students, then
• Interview / Oral presentation, QA
• 80 of professional presentations are posters
• Science Fairs are excellent preparation
  professional presentations

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Part 5 ISEF Forms, Rules, Handbook
Where to get them ? www.coriell.org
select science fair from list on left
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Paperwork Review
BASIC FORMS FOR ALL PROJECTS Coriell Student
Contact Information Form (New this year) Form 1
Adult Sponsor Checklist Form 1A Student
Checklist Form 1B SRC Approval
Checklist Research Plan
REQUIRED FOR RISK, ANIMAL OR HUMAN PROJECTS Form
1C For work done at a regulated
organization Form 2 Qualified Scientist Form 3
Physical and chemical risks, protists,
Archaea Form 4 Human Subjects Informed Consent
Human Subject acknowledgement Form 5A or B
Animal work at non or regulated org. Form 6A
All Biohazard sources Form 6B Human and Animal
Tissue Form 7 Continuing Projects
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Basic Paperwork for All Projects

• Coriell Student Contact Form
• Teachers ensure student address and phone are
  filled in, and student names are LEGIBLE . This
  is needed for Coriells program book and
  advancement to DVSF.

Student Checklist (1A) Research Plan
Students complete
Checklist for Adult Sponsor (1) Teachers
review proposals carefully, ensure boxes for
additional forms are checked in section 4
6, sign
Approval Form (1B) Students parents must
sign top part of and check acknowledgement
boxes for risks and rules School IRB signs box
2A only if human subjects involved Regulated
Institute SRC signs box 2B is work done there
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Projects Requiring Extra Paperwork
Form 1C Work done in a Regulated Lab or
Industry (Submitted after project
is complete and put on student poster) Form 2
Needed when risk, human, controlled drugs or
animals require a qualified scientist
/ supervisor Form 3 Needed for physical and
chemical risks and for non- pathogenic
microorganisms . Protists (Paramecia etc.)
Archae (non-pathogenic
extremophiles often also in soil or oceans)
Not needed for exempt microorganisms unless put
into culture Form 4 Needed whenever humans are
the subject of experiments
(excluding strangers in a non-modified
environment or review of anonymous
records) Informed Consent / Assent Needed for
all projects when human subjects are the subject
of experiments. Explains risks and benefits.

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Form 5A Needed for all non-human vertebrates
studies done at a non-regulated
institute. Coriell SRC approval required. Form
5B Needed for all non-human vertebrates studies
done at a regulated institute.
Reg. Institute SRC approval required. Form 6A
Needed for potentially pathogenic bacteria or
sources of bacteria, rDNA,
tissue, blood, and body fluids Form 6B Also
required for human or vertebrate tissue, cell
cultures, blood and body fluids
in addition to form 6B. Form 7 Required for
projects continued from previous years Check
ISEF Rule Book For Requirements For Each Extra
Form !!!
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Paperwork Accuracy Completeness
1. The Coriell SRC requires and assumes that
teachers and adult sponsors are capable of
completing most aspects of the 4 to 14 ISEF
forms that may be required. 2. It is
important that the student(s) names and project
title are repeated on every form 3.
Incorrectly completed forms or absent forms
may delay approval of your project 4. There
are, however, some areas on most forms that may
require some instruction to complete correctly.

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Part 6 Common Problems with Basic Forms that
May Get Project Approval Delayed
If the following pages are not enough
[phone]
gbutler_at_coriell.org Sciencefair_at_coriell.org
ISEF Rules Wizard http//www.societyforscience.
org/isef/students/wizard/index.asp
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Why do we want this ? ISEF forms only
request student address, phone, and email for
projects done at home Teams often leave the
names of all members off some ISEF
forms Students sometime use initials or
nicknames. Students names are very often
illegible, and we want to get it right for our
program book , certificates of participation,
awards database, and DVSF/ISEF
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Name(s) Not Legible, Team Members Names Missing
Boxes not Checked
Date after start
Missing information
Boxes not checked Wrong boxes Checked Forms for
checked boxes missing
Very Common Errors
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Missing or illegible name
Missing
Missing or illegible name
Missing or illegible name
Missing
Start Precedes Approval
Very, Very Common Rules are that projects must be
approved before begining
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Need Separate form for each team member
Dates must be before actual start date on form
1A line 6
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School IRB chair signs if human subjects
involved. Coriell SRC signs for everything
else (Forms 2, 3,4,5, /or 6 and informeed
consent may be also needed)
Coriell signs here if project done over Summer
break (form 1C also needed)
Section Reserved for DVSF
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Very Common Error Absent full name and project
title on plan submitted to Coriell. Leave last
name off plan posted on your board

• The basic components of Research Plan are
• State the question being asked or the problem to
  be solved
• B. Hypothesis What do you thing the outcome
  may be
• C. Methods
• Clearly and completely describe all
  procedures
• Flow diagrams linking details of methods
  work well
• Include methods of data analysis
• (Simple statistics such as
  averages and errors are a plus)
• Bibliography
• Five references are needed.
• Scientific articles, internet pages, books
  , etc.
• If vertebrate animals are used an
  animal care ref. Is needed
• Humans, animals and risks Consult the detailed
  instructions on the research plan instructions
  and in the ISEF rule book pages
• Humans (pg 13), Animals (pg 17), Biohazards
  (pg 21), Physical and Chemical hazards (pg 25)

Submit a research plan you create, not a copy
of this instruction page
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Part 7 Common Problems with Risk Forms that May
Get Project Approval Delayed
If the following pages are not enough
[phone]
gbutler_at_coriell.org sciencefair_at_coriell.org
ISEF Rules Wizard http//www.societyforscience.
org/isef/students/wizard/index.asp
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Form 6A or 6B needed for potential pathogens Form
3 is only for protists and extremeophiles (Archaea
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Be conservative , we will. When in doubt, fill
it out.
If you put ANY microorganisms on a culture
plate, use form 6A and get a (form 2) qualified
scientist/designated supervisor because culture
plates can be contaminated with pathogens (like
MRSA or VRE)
This includes exempt (rules page 21 13A
microorganisms such as yeast, Bacillus
thurgensis, N2 fixing and oil-eating bacteria,
algae-eating bacteria, and slime mold
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Continued
Make sure all fields are completed
Form 2 (Qualified Scientist/Designated
Supervisor Is also required if form 3 or 6 is
needed)
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Human Subjects
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Form 4 can NO LONGER be used as the Informed
Consent/Assent form. That is now a new form
on next slide
IRB can be a school nurse, administrator, and a
science teacher
But, YOU (the adult sponsor-teacher ) CANT be
the teacher on the IRB
NOT YOU
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Please use Coriells form rather than the ISEF
form
Because
We added information to identify the student
researcher
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Fill bottom out on only the consents your keep
for each subject. Send Coriell ONE consent
only, with top complete and bottom blank.
Otherwise you violate HIPAA Have all subject s
consents available upon Coriells request at
the fair as proof they were done but do NOT put
them with your poster (HIPAA violation)
Fill top out on ALL consents
Blank bottom to Coriell Keep others
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Animals
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Studies Exempt from SRC review (No forms needed)
No interaction with animals or manipulation
of environment. everything else needs form 5A or
5B
Form 5A for work at non-reg. site is allowed
only for Animals observed in their natural
environment Animals in Zoos Livestock using only
standard agricultural practices Work is
non-invasive and non-intrusive Animals (except
fish)are not captured or released into wild
without authorized wildlife official
approval Everything else requires working at a
regulated Institute form 5B
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Continued
Decisions made by Coriell SRC
DS needed if Coriell SRC requires above
Vet needed if Coriell SRC requires above
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PROHIBITED Research Causes more than momentary
pain Be designed to kill vertebrate
animals Toxicity studies Pain studies
Behavioral studies with aversive stimuli
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Continued
Common Error
REQUIRED
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Biohazards
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A summary of rules from ISEF guide Pgs 21-23
Unknown Microorganisms and sources Culture media
may be inoculated anywhere if sealed
immediately Incubation of inoculated media may
only be done as BSL-1 at school Incubated media
may only be opened in a BSL-2 laboratory (i.e.
in a biosafety hood) due to risk of
contamination and outgrowth with pathogens
Recombinant BSL-1 microorganism research Must
be supervised by a Qual. Scientist /orTrained
Desig.Super. e.g. of BSL-1 B. subtilus, S.
cerevisceae, E. coli K12
BSL-2 Microorganisms and recombinants Must be
conducted in a regulated institute BSL-2
lab Human or animal blood are considered sources
of BSL-2 microbes
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A summary of rules from ISEF guide Pgs
21-23 Continued
Prohibited Research BSL-3 4 organisms, MRSA,
VRE Genetically modified organisms with multiple
antibiotic resistance
Conditionally-Exempt Microorganisms (No forms
or SRC required ONLY if they are not cultured)
B. Thurgensis, non-recomb. S. cerevisceae,
Lactobacillus, N2 Fixers Oil or algae eaters,
slime mold .
Microorganisms or sources requiring Form 3
instead of Form 6 Protists (e.g. paramecia),
Archaes (e.g. extremophiles) Manure for
composting Color change commercial coliform test
kits that remain sealed
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Envir. Source, ATCC culture, BSL-1 or -2 CDC risk
group
Restricted area ? Biosafety Cabinets, BSL-1 or
BSL-2 facility, etc.
121 C 20min, 10 bleach, incineration, commercial
pickup, etc.
Gloves, lab coats, face shields, hoods etc.
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Continued
If done at a regulated org before review, you
must supply
Coriell Fills Out
Coriell Fills Out
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Because tissue is a potential source of
pathogens and must be handled at BSL-2 (Except
human milk certified as HIV/HepC free And
pasteurized animal milk which are4 BSL-1)
IACUC approval documents are required for animal
tissue that does not come from a grocery store
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Form 7 is needed when students expand upon a
previous years or years project(s) to
demonstrate it is significantly advanced
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Part 8 Suggested Judging Criteria

• 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 gt 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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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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Thanks, and we hope to see you at the fair
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