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=**Nelson Rural Science Fair Information Site**=

District 16 Science Fair
District 16 Science Fair Hosted by Nelson Rural School March 30, 2009 School Science Fair Week - March 23-27, 2009

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Nelson Rural Science Fair
Nelson Rural School will be hosting a school based science fair, all classes k-8 are encouraged to participate. Science Fair will be held the week of March 23-27, 2009. Only the top 6 projects from the school are eligable to advance to the District Science Fair.

Science Fair Rubric
The complete sneak peek to what the judges will be looking for when they evaluate your project.

Project Format for Science Fair Project
Grade 7 students can click on the document below and save it to their memory stick and use it as a working document.

Type of Project to Create
**__ A study: __** This type of project involves the collection and analysis of data from other sources to reveal evidence of fact, situation or pattern of scientific interest. This could include a study of cause and effect relationships or theoretical investigation of scientific data. The data may be obtained from other sources rather than being collected by the student. Projects in this area must be able to demonstrate that the methods originally used to obtain the data are based on sound scientific techniques and controls and demonstrate insightful analysis.
 * __ An experiment __** **__ : __** Projects of this type should involve an original scientific experiment to test a specific hypothesis in which the student recognizes and controls all significant competing variables and demonstrates excellent collection, analysis, and presentation of data. The judges should also realize that it is not essential that the project produce a significant positive finding, It is the design rather than the results that is most important.
 * __ An innovation: __** A project of this type would involve the collection and analysis of data from sources other than the young scientist’s own work to reveal evidence of a fact, situation or pattern of scientific interest. This type of project could include a study of cause and effect relationships or theoretical investigations of scientific data. These projects should demonstrate a thorough understanding of the relevant science and an insightful analysis of the data with the confirmation that the methods used to obtain the data were based on sound scientific techniques and controls.

Research Info
Within your 3 research sites you have to extract the key peices of information that make that site worth using. There are some essential things to state when citing sources of research. 1. "in quotation marks you must state the sample of reseach that makes sense to your reseach topic" 2. you must state the URL that you got that information from. www.findinginfoonline.com/goodreaseach.html 3. you must state the date in which you found that info - Jan 8, 2009. The reason that you include the date is so you know if the information is up to date.

This is only a sample: "when the diet cola (acid) is mixed the the mentos (base) it creates a reaction." [|www.dietcolamentos.com/fakeinfo.htm] - January 8, 2009

It is important to remember that you only want to use quality/trusted sites for your reseach. Remember to use C.A.R.S. checklist (Credibility, Accuracy, Resonableness, Sources) when determining if an internet site is a good source to use.

See - http://nelsonscience.wikispaces.com/Evaluating+Web+Info for more information on evaluating web content.

Working with Variables
a) //** Independent Variable: **// This is the variable that you manipulate. This is what the scientist change on purpose b) //** Dependent Variable: **// The dependent variable is what we are measuring in the experiment. This is what the scientist has no control over. c) //** Controlled Variable: **// these are the variables that need to be constant throughout the experiment.

Online Science Fair
This year grade 8 Nelson Rural Students will be participating in an online science fair. Students will create a research paper, design an experiment, create a lab report and video their project. The science fair will be wiki based, so that everyone can view your project. This project is a joint project with EWG Middle School in Rexton.

Prizes will be awarded for the best projects.

Detais of the project to follow...

__Science Fair Links__ [|Institute of Scientific Process] [|Science East]