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Science Office
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Parts of a Science Fair Project.......................................................................................... 3
Parts of Science Fair Project Overheads ......................................................................... 5
Understanding Variables .................................................................................................. 11
Demonstration for Variables ............................................................................................ 12
Science Fair Practice Activities using AIMS (K-3) ............................................................ 13
Science Fair Practice Activities using AIMS (4-6) ............................................................. 16
Science Fair Project Ideas................................................................................................ 20
Strategy for Generating Science Fair Topics .................................................................... 22
Teacher and Student Resources ...................................................................................... 25
Science Fair Project Display Information............................................................................ 27
SECTION II - STUDENT ACTIVITY PAGES
Identifying a Good Question ......................................................................................... 29
Know Your Variables...................................................................................................... 31
Writing A Hypothesis..................................................................................................... 33
Writing a Procedure........................................................................................................ 34
Designing a Data Collection