Report on School Science Fair

When teaching natural sciences and technology, teachers need to promote an understanding of seeing these subjects as activities to promote curiosity and enjoyment about the world and that what we encounter around us. The history of science and technology should also be integrated with other subjects. Science and technology should be seen as a contribution to social justice and societal development (Motshekga, 2011). A growing need of discovery in science and technology needs to be promoted in order to form interest in ourselves, society and

Science is such a unique and highly captivating subject that so many young students find interesting and yet it is also a subject that the vast majority of students get discouraged by as well as lose interest in as they get older. There are so many different areas of science it is easy to be overwhelmed and get discouraged if you easily do not understand something. For this reason, I had decided I need to research a Citizens Science Project that I could bring not only bring into my future classroom but share with my students and their families as well.

I do science fair because I love to invent. From designing, to programming and troubleshooting, I enjoy making new things. When I fix a strenuous bug, I feel accomplished. The tougher the bug is, more the satisfaction I get when I resolve it.

On Tuesday the 20th of September, a presentation was required of all students to show a video of individual experiments after a week was given on the day of the original assigning. Given the task of performing an experiment in order to become acquainted with the Scientific method, students of Biology 621A were required to record their experimentations in full - providing a question to be answered, constructing a hypothesis, designing an experiment that would aid in the proving (or disproving) of the hypothesis and collecting the data found from the experiment. These would go on to be graded based on their overall presentation quality, and content in regards to the mastery of the scientific method while proving its functionality and existence in scientific experiments no matter how small, while determining factors like independent or dependant variables.

I will be doing my science fair project on what ingredient will best activate a package of dry yeast. Dry yeast was developed by Fleischmann's company during WW11, so that people in the army did not have to get their yeast refrigerated, while still being able to easily make bread. Activating means to cause an act or function. Activating dry yeast makes the yeast makes it thick, bubbly, and foamy. It will be an off white in color and sometimes appear to be more of a light brown. Yeast is single-celled fungi. There are roughly over 600 species of yeast that we know of. Many of which can be distributed greatly in nature. Where exactly can we get yeast? This may be a common question one may have about yeast. Yeast can be exudates in plants. This includes cacti and the sap of the plants. Also, yeast can be found in the skins of fruits like grapes, apples, and peaches. You may also get yeast from the skin of berries.

During the course of the year, we learned about the Investigation-Colloquium Method (I-CM) of the teaching science which emphasizes that children learn more by interacting with their peers, sharing their thoughts and collaborate information among themselves. As the word colloquium suggests, it is an informal gathering of peers during a discussion, it is during this discussion children expand on their learning experiences. This method is similar to what Vygotsky would have considered as the “Zone of Proximal Development.” His theory suggested that during a colloquium children tend to sharpen their perception which will, in turn, promote mental growth. As a future teacher of science, my goal is to base my lesson plans on the I-CM method by using it as a benchmark for my instructional practices. Some of these approaches would include concepts, materials, investigations, use of data charts, creative dramatics, and closure to name a few. Each of these subcategories of I-CM further enhances the concept of this method which will be discussed later in further detail. However, in my opinion, the role of a teacher is the pinnacle entity for a successful colloquium among children and an even more successful pedagogy of science.

Cut out a 4-inch construction paper square of each of the following colors: white, yellow, blue, red, and black.

My science fair experiment is a homemade polygraph test. It will measure the sweat responses to different questions. Throughout the experiment I will be asking questions, first testing, then the actual experiment. It will not be as sophisticated as the polygraph tests that the government has, but it still has the same function and purpose. I will be testing Kole Rodriguez for my experiment.

With this experiment, I will test people of different ages and analyze what picture they consider to be more attractive, the edited ones or the individual photos. I will be using photoshop to edit these pictures and create composite faces with

the effects of various gases on water, to experiment if different gases would change the pH of liquid solutions. To carry out the investigation, three gases, nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide, were dissolved into 100 mL of distilled water each. While the gases were being added to the water, there were fast-paced bubbles speeding around because the gas was present in the bubbles. Once the liquid was saturated, it was, then, measured for any changes in pH. If the pH was at 7, the pH was neutral. If the pH was higher than 7, it was alkaline. Finally, if the pH was lower than 7, it was acidic. The independent variable was the type of gas and the dependent variable was

Based on the NSTA Position statement, the curriculum of science from kindergarten through 12 grades has kept changing during the century of rapid development of science. Those changes increase the complexity of teaching and learning science. Teachers are required to design the science class that provides sufficient and effective activities of science to students. In addition, students are expected to complete the task by following the instruction and to adopt the factual knowledge replacing the superficial information or isolated facts. The importance of science programs is to assist students to adapt the community of the well-developed science, and develop student’s self-assessment skills.

Bibliography, pg. 18-19 Abstract The purpose of this experiment was to find out if an adults could pass a middle school science test. My hypothesis was that the 20-39 year old age group would have the highest average test score. To determine this I had adults, in the age ranges of 20-39, 40-59, and 60+, take a 12 question middle school science test.

I think that the homemade lipstick is going to be better than the store bought lipstick because you know what you’re putting into your lipstick and there is no added chemicals that can be harmful to you.

The purpose of this research is to develop science-oriented community science module equipped science literacy assessment for 7 grade. This type of research is development research, using model of Plomp This development model consists of three phases that is preliminary research phase (preliminary research phase), the design and prototype (development and prototyping phase), and the assessment phase. The results obtained in this research is a science-oriented community technology-oriented module equipped science literacy assessment has validity module has a category very valid. The science-oriented community technology-oriented module equipped with science literacy assessment for 7 grade 2nd semester students is very

The overall purpose of the lab is to have the students practice designing an experiment, gathering data, and then analyzing that data to form a conclusion using the scientific method. It also served to understand key terms such as hypothesis, dependent variable, and independent variable. The specific objective of this lab is to determine whether certain human body parts experience allometric or isometric growth. Allometric growth defines when certain parts of an organism grow at unequal rates in comparison to its whole, while isometric growth is when all parts of an organism grow at the same rate in comparison to the entire organism. The specific purpose of the lab is to determine whether or not specific human body parts experience allometric or isometric growth by comparing the ratios of height to two specific body parts, in the students’ case the right hand length and head circumference, in students and newborns. The students formulated the tentative answer that if a team of four compared their height to right hand length ratio, as well as, their height to head circumference ratio, to those of a newborn’s, then the students will discover that the right hand and head experience allometric growth in humans.