Science Fair

Castle South Middle School: December 1 - 3, 2010

The Castle South Middle School Science Fair is an opportunity for you to do a long term project, to schedule your time, to develop your own ideas, and to build many other important academic skills. We hope that many of the projects will also be entered in the Potts Foundation Science and Engineering Fair, March 10-11, 2011 at the University of Southern Indiana.

Projects may be from any of the following six categories:
Aero, Earth, and Space Science
Behavioral and Social Science
Biology (Botany & Zoology)
Chemistry
Medicine and Health
Physics and Technology (Engineering, Computer, and Math)

Students may work in a team (3-4 students) and create a project from any of the above categories.

Completion of a Science Fair Project satisfies 20 Indiana State Standards.

Basic requirements:

1. Students may work alone, with a partner, or form a team of 3-4 students, all in the same class period.

2. Project must be experimental not just a report or demonstration. There must be an independent and dependent variable. For best results these variables should be measurable and compared to a control.

3. Scientific method must be followed.

4. Must have a report. Any project without a report will not be eligible for awards.

5. Must have a display board. Displays must be on tri-fold cardboard backdrops. Use rubber cement in attaching items to the display board. This allows items to be repositioned or modified between the two Science Fairs if needed.

6. Space in front of display boards is very limited. No liquids or food items to be displayed. Any projects with foods or liquids displayed will not be eligible for awards. Any item in front of your display must be able to remain at school until the Science Fair at USI.

7. Student names may not appear anywhere on the scientific paper or display. Any project with names appearing will not be eligible for awards.

8. Photographs may not contain faces of experimenters or people tested. Any paper or project with photos of peoples faces will not be eligible for awards.

9. Only invertebrate animals can be tested. NO VERTEBRATE ANIMALS. The only exceptions are experiments observing and recording vertebrate animal behavior.

10. Failure to meet any basic requirements will result in a lower grade. If for any reason you are not in attendance at school the day projects are set up, you are still required to get your project and report here to school and set up on time. Someone else may set it up for you if you are not able to.

Due Dates
Project Selection
Report
Display
Project Set Up
Evaluation
Awards