Science Fair - examples of methods:

Week 4 - Science Fair Homework

Science Fair – Week 4:
Continue to research the science behind your topic:
Remember to collect information from a range of sources:
 Websites (note down the name and address of the website in your logbook)
 Books – the library has a whole reference section (note down title, author, publisher and published date in your logbook.)
 Clickview – assessed on the school computers
 Interviews with experts – interviews can help you gather information which you find hard to find somewhere else. It could help you fill the gaps in your knowledge and understanding.
Method:
Plan and write your method for your investigation/experiment. Write down all the materials and equipment you will need. Write this as a list.
Next, write your method. This involves step by step of how you are conducting your experiment. Remember the steps must be in order. Your method must be clear enough for someone else to pick up your method and copy your experiment perfectly.
Draft of my method:



Fair Testing:
Fair testing finds relationships between variables. A single variable is changed while keeping other variables the same.
Identify what the variable (the one thing you are changing) and then observe or measure the change to your results.
Example: Crazy Canisters: we changed one variable, the amount of water used, but kept the amount of baking soda and tartaric acid the same. We then recorded the difference it made to our results.
Fair testing also involves repeating the experiment 3 times (if possible). This allows for you to check if you can get the same results each time and prove the validity of your experiment.
Record: What are your variables:
Which variable are you changing?
Why?
Which variables are you keeping the same? Why?

Week 4 -Student Reports:

Nigel Brown.
I have been developing a piece of art based on Nigel Brown. I have been doing a face that is half Captain Cook and half tiki. I have been mixing different shades of green to create interest. I have been enjoying this. This is part way through the process. Look for the photo of the finished work soon.
Corbun

Week 3 - Student reports

This week in Room 3 we have been doing science experiments. First we made butter then we did Crazy Canisters. I can't wait for more science experiments!
India

On Friday the 13th of May Mrs Garthwaite read to us a story of the 3 little pigs. But it was a twisted story. Then after we had to write a fairytale story and twist it. The story writing had to do with narrative writing.
Losena

Armchair descritive writing

The rosy red armchair sat abandoned in the dark corner. The bottom sagged so low it almost touched the ground. For such an old chair I was surprised that it had no holes in it. As I sit down the chair puffs up around me so much that I think it will pop like a balloon. Dust wafts up around me in a choking grey cloud. I rest my arm on the arm of the chair and stroke it. When it was new it would have felt nice and velvety but now it feels crusty, like bits of food were stuck on it, the longer you sit in the chair the further down you sink until you feel the springs poking into you. The old light bulb flickers as I stand up, the chair sighs as if in relief.

Georgia

Week 3

We have finished our armchair drawings and descriptive writing and it is on display. It is great to see the splashes of colour around the room but also to be able to share each others' writing.

Science Fair Examples and Ideas... Aim & Hypothesis....

Check out some of these examples of previous Science Fair Works showing how an Aim and Hypothesis can be written.

Week 2

We have been very busy with developing science fair questions this week. Hopefully by the end of the week most of the class should have a pretty good idea of their question and can begin researching to find the science behind their question.
We have also begin some experiments in class.
The first experiment was looking at an irreversible change - changing a liquid to a solid ie making butter.
Yesterday we did crazy canisters! Luckily the weather stayed fine for us to do this outside as this is definitely an outside experiment. This experiment was looking at the chemical reaction caused by combining a base with an acid. There were canisters flying everywhere!

Term 2 - Week 1

We begin our exciting Term 2!
Hard to believe that we have reached Term 2 already. This term the main focus is Science Fair. It is always amazing to see the end results of each students Science Fair each year.

I will send home updates on the Science Fair and homework this term revolves around completing a Science Fair investigation.

Room 3 has unfortunately had to say good-bye to Mason, who has left us at the end of Term 1. We were all a bit sad to say good bye but he is excited about his new school and the opportunities on offer for him. Hopefully we will see him again at some stage to hear how he is going.

We also welcome Lachlan who has joined us today.

Week 11

It's the last week of school already!! It seems that as if it was the first day yesterday! For the past 2 weeks Room 3 has been doing ASPIRE. ASPIRE is when you have to write about something that has happened throughout your family history. I have had a lot of fun doing it and I have found things out that I didn't know!

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