Tech fair ideas

Ideas for both classes

• Vocabulary PowerPoint
• iMovie of a lab
• inspirations concept map
• turn your science fair project into a technology fair
  • use your photos in a powerpoint slide show and explain what happened
  • make an iMovie of your project
  • use inspirations to make a flow chart of what you did for your science fair.
• Concept map of all vocabulary words
• iMovie about a topic

8th Grade

• Crystal samples
• Motion
• Chemical vs physical changes
• Energy transfers in animals

Earth Systems

• Water quality samples
• Use the ProScope to analyze soil samples
• flame tests
• star pictures
• biome types

Winning Projects

• have used and followed the grading rubric
• use more than one application
• include video (created by students)
• are well narrated when they are presented
  • not rehearsed or memorized
• have sources cited
• worked in teams of 2 or more

On a final note...
      I cannot emphasize too much to follow the grading rubric mentioned above.  Try to "score" your own project to see how you will do in the fair.  Everything you are graded on is on that rubric.