Science Fair: A Home/School Connection A Science Project To Be Completed At Home Grade 2 Division !

! Dear Parents: "o# are invited to Division !$s Science Fair on air, water and soil on Frida%& Decem'er () Please help %o#r child carr% their science *air project to school on T#es) Dec) + as Division ! st#dents ,ill 'e -ivin- a . min#te oral report on their project to their classmates) /hen: T#es) Dec) + All science *air presentations are d#e) St#dents ,ill 'e presentin- to classmates over the ne0t three da%s) A science ,or1shop '% 23PS is sched#led d#rin- this time as ,ell) 4ore on 23PS at a later #pdate) St#dents ,ill present project to Bi- B#ddies) :!. to 2:2+ p)m) science *air is open to parents)

Fri) Dec) ( Fri) Dec) ( Topic: Air& /ater& or Soil

2earnin- 5#tcomes: 6 7 St#dents descri'e interactions o* air& ,ater and soil& and their importance *or livin- thin-s) 627 St#dents investi-ate and descri'e characteristics o* air and ,ater in their dail% lives) 6(7 St#dents descri'e the components and #ses o* soil)

T%pes o* Projects: "o#r child ma% choose an% one o* the *ollo,in- representations to demonstrate their learnin-)
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Collection: Collections are a -ro#p o* related o'jects: *or e0ample& a roc1 collection) Demonstration: A demonstration project is a displa% o* a device or somethin- that is alread% 1no,n: *or e0ample& a model o* a ,ind vane) 30periments: 30periments are investi-ations in ,hich a h%pothesis is tested) A h%pothesis is an ed#cated -#ess 'ased on research and %o#r o,n 1no,led-e)

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/here to *ind in*ormation9 2ocal li'rar%& 'oo1s& ma-a:ines& ne,spapers& internet& ,e' sites& videos) Please remember not to copy written information from the internet. In the past when students copied and pasted written information from the internet, they usually have a hard time presenting [and reading] information to the audience. 6 7 627 6(7 6!7 Decide on a topic) 6;t m#st 'e a'o#t either air& ,ater or soil)7 8esearch %o#r topic) Fi-#re o#t ,hat %o#r scienti*ic <#estion ,ill 'e9 Tell 4rs) S=> ,hat %o#r project ,ill 'e a'o#t) Complete the tear o**

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sheet and -ive it to 4rs) S=> '% T#es) ?ov) @) Decide ho, %o# ,ill sho, %o#r in*ormation) 6/ill %o# 'e demonstratinan e0periment9 ;* %o# choose to sho, an e0periment& remem'er %o# ,ill need in-redients *or three presentationsAone *or classmates& one *or Bi- B#ddies& one *or parents)7 There are three choices a'ove on ho, to sho, %o#r project: see T%pes o* Projects section) Test %o#r e0periment& or '#ild a model& or collect data *or %o#r project) As1 %o#r parents *or help ,ith this part) Decide ho, %o# ,ill e0plain ,hat %o# learned to %o#r classmates) "o# m#st have some ,ritten ,or1& and either a model or pict#res& *or the a#dience to loo1 at) 8emem'er the project m#st *it on %o#r des1) Practice %o#r oral presentation) 8emem'er %o#r presentation is onl% *ive min#tes lon-) Have *#n investi-atin- %o#r scienti*ic <#estion) Brin- %o#r science *air project to school on T#esda%& Dec) +)

Ho, to present the ,ritten part o* %o#r science *air projectE 6 7 Title: Choose a catch% title that descri'es %o#r project) The title sho#ld 'e interestin- and -ra' the attention o* the a#dience) 627 State %o#r scienti*ic <#estions) 6(7 ;ntrod#ction: Give reasons ,h% it is important to learn a'o#t this topic) 6!7 30planation: Give in*ormation a'o#t the materials %o# #sed and ,hat %o# did ,ith them) "o# ma% ,ish to incl#de photo-raphs or dra,in-s o* %o#r materials i* the% are not s#ita'le *or displa% at the *air) 6.7 Connections: 4a1e s#re %o#r a#dience can #nderstand the connection 'et,een %o#r project and real li*e) For e0ample: Ho, does the in*ormation in %o#r project a**ect li*e on planet 3arth9 A *inal noteE 4rs) S=> has a 'inder o* (@ Science Fair projects s#ita'le *or primar% children and ; ,o#ld 'e happ% to help %o# -et started) Please *ill o#t the tear=o** sheet and tell me ,hat %o#r plan is *or the science *air) See m% list o* projects attached to this sheet)

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