Landrum Science Fair Participants,

Please read these instructions for the week of the science fair carefully:

Thursday, November 19th- Students taking part in Landrum’s Science Fair will bring their display boards (NOT their binderand journal) to Mr. Anzelmo’s room (355) when they arrive at school.

Please have the following information clearly markedin black marker on the back, right-hand flap of your backboard (when closed):

Friday, November 20th - Students will report to the multi-purpose room at the end of morning announcements. Students should be prepared to introduce yourself and to explain your project in a 2-3 minute presentation to different judges. Be prepared to answer questions on all aspects of your project. See commonly asked judging questions next page. PRACTICE WITH YOU PARENTS AT HOME!

Students competing in the Science Fair should dress professionally. Boys should wear khaki or dress pants and a collared polo shirt or button down. Boys may dress in a suit and wear ties if they wish. No jeans or shorts. Girls should wear nice slacks, blouses, skirts, or dresses. No yoga pants,leggings, jeans or shorts. The Landrum dress code will be strictly enforced.

On Friday, you should report to first period for attendance. You will be called to the multi-purpose after the announcements. The judging will begin first period and will last between 1-2 hours.Bringyour project binder and data journal to the multi-purpose room, along with reading material/homework to keep you busy during the wait times.You will take your binder and journal with you after the judging.

NO playing cards and NO electronics. Cell phones, iPods, iPads, Kindles, Nooks, laptops, earplugs, headphones or any other electronic devices are not allowed during the science fair unless approved as part of the project presentation.

Participants need to stay with their project, even if it has been judged. The project binder and data journal should stay withyou at all times and never be left unattended. MAKE SURE YOUR BINDER AND JOURNAL ARE CLEARLY MARKED WITH YOUR NAME.

Students will eat lunch at their normal lunch time (it will be a “B” day). If you normally bring your lunch, you should bring it with you to the multi-purpose room. There is NO EATING OR DRINKING in the multipurpose room. A bottle of water is OK.

AWARDS WILL BE ANNOUNCED DURING 4AB ON FRIDAY. PROJECTS CAN BE VIEWED AFTER SCHOOL ON FIRDAY.

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Commonly Asked Science Fair Judging Questions

  • Where did you get this idea?
  • How did you come up with this title?
  • What background research did you do?
  • What was your hypothesis?
  • Why did you think that would happen?
  • What were your independent and dependent variables?
  • Did you have a control group? What was it?
  • How did you measure your variables?
  • Why did you choose to measure your variables that way?
  • How many trials did you conduct? Was this enough to give you valid results?
  • What does your graph tell you?
  • Were your results variable? What might explain the variability?
  • What did you conclude? What do you base our conclusion on?
  • Why/How are your findings important?
  • Who might want to know this information?
  • What would be the next experiment you would do?
  • What was the hardest part (or most fun, or most exciting, or most surprising, etc.)?
  • Who helped you? What did they do?
  • If you had to do it all over again, is there anything you would do differently?