2017
STEM Fair Results!
Western Reserve District
5
(Link above)
This Year's District 5 Science Day:
Saturday, March 18, 2017
The Western Reserve District 5 Science
Day is one of the 16 District Science
Fairs held in Ohio each spring under the
Ohio Junior Academy on Science. This
year's event was held on March 19th at
The University of Akron.
Students in grades 5-12 prepared
projects in one of the following areas:
behavioral and social sciences,
biochemistry, botany, chemistry,
computers, earth and space sciences,
engineering, environmental sciences,
mathematics, medicine, microbiology,
physics, or zoology.
2017 West Geauga Stem Fair Information
Below
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SCHEDULE Saturday, February 4,
2017:
Doors open at
8:00 am for
Individual Project Setup
Math
Competition begins at 8:00 (Math
competition is a 30 minute timed
test. You can show up to take
the test anytime between 8 and 11:30
as your schedule permits".)
YOU WILL NEED TO REGISTER
ON-LINE TO PARTICIPATE.
Junk Box War
begins at 9:30 am
Judging of
Individual Projects begins at 8:30
am
Judging
of Individual Projects should end by
approximately 12:30 pm
Awards will be
presented post judging
The
West Geauga Kiwanis Club is now
underway in preparing for the
2017 STEM Fair on February
4th. STEM Fair is an
acronym for
science/technology/engineering
& math. Students from
West Geauga High School, Middle
School, Home Schooled in the WG
School District, and invited
students, will be conducting
individual research projects of
their own choice as well as
problem solving competitions.
Students will also be competing
with individual technical
research projects of their own
interest. In addition,
students may choose to compete
in math, and the popular
Junk Box War. Kiwanis
members will be visiting the
schools to answer questions of
students who wish to
participate. As you may
recall, West Geauga was one of
only three high schools in the
country to receive Intel's
prestigious Technology Award.
If
you are interested in the
success of our high school in
technology, be sure to attend
the STEM Fair on Saturday,
February 4th, 2017 at 8:00 AM to
find out more.
For further information call / email
Rich Levine, Chairman
440-729-6554
ralbjp@gmail.com
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The STEM Science
/Technology/Engineering/Mathematics -
FAIR
SPONSORED BY THE WEST GEAUGA
KIWANIS
RULES, REGULATIONS
AND PROCEDURES
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the STEM FAIR is to
provide a venue for students
to
engage
in a competition which will help them
focus on the scientific
process
and reward them for their efforts.
WHEN:
,
Saturday,February 4 , 2017
at 8:00 am
WHERE:
West Geauga
Middle
School
Gymnasium
SCHEDULE:
Doors open at 8:00 am
for Individual Project Setup
Math Competition begins at 8:00 (Math
competition is a 30 minute timed
test. You can show up to
take the test anytime
between 8 and 11:00 as your schedule
permits".)
Junk Box War
begins at 9:30 am
Judging of
Individual Projects begins at 8:30
am
Judging of
Individual Projects should end by
approximately 11:30 am
Awards will be
presented post judging
WHO:
Students from:
West Geauga
High
School
West Geauga
Middle
School
Home
Schooled in the WG School District
INDIVIDUAL
PROJECTS: Students must register their
entry forms with a
description
of their project by Friday, January 6, 2017.
All projects must be signed by their
Science Teacher, parent or
guardian (if home
schooled).
Only one student per entry please. Group
projects will be
considered for judging post discussion
with science teacher.
Student Project Exhibits must be setup
before 8:30 am,
Saturday
and ready
for judging. Students must be
present during judging.
PROJECT
DISPLAY: Exhibits may not exceed 24
deep, 36 wide, and 96
from the
floor.
The
exhibit must be sturdy enough to stand
on its own. Assume
drafts and
possible bumps during display.
SAFETY
CONSIDERATIONS: Do not display
anything that could injure a small
child or
could harm anyone who might touch it.
Do not display food of any type use
pictures.
DISQUALIFICATION:
The violation of any rule may mean
disqualification.
JUDGING:
Two judges will review and evaluate
your Research Project. The
judges
are professionals and teachers in the
field of Science,
Engineering,
and Technology.
CRITERIA
FOR JUDGING: The following is a brief
description of the criteria
that will be used in evaluating and
scoring your Research Project
AWARDS:
First, Second and Third Place Winners
will receive Cash Awards, and
a Certificate.
AWARDS:
For First,
Second and Third Place Winners First
time High School STEM Fair Participant
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Rules
and Regulations
JUNK BOX
WAR INSTRUCTIONS
W.G. Kiwanis
2017 STEM FAIR
Saturday,
February 4, 2017 9:30
at the Middle School Cafeteria
The JUNK
BOX WAR is for Junior and Senior
High School Students only
Two or three students
only make up a team, (not less than
two and no more than three students)
The competition will
begin at 09:30 sharp. If you are
late, you will lose valuable time, Your
Team Leader must register your team
before you begin.
Each Team will be
given a Table Number where you will
find a box of "junk".
All of the teams will
have identical "junk" in their boxes
You will have two
hours to build a mechanism to carry
out a specific function.
After two hours all
construction must end and the team
competition phase will begin.
Each member of the
First, Second, and Third Place Winning
Team will be awarded a metal, a
certificate and monetary award
An award will also be
given out to the most unique designed
mechanism.
Form your
Team and register now!
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ELEMENTS OF A
SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH
PROJECT
- PICK A PROJECT TO
STUDY Select a project that you
are interested in and would like to
learn more about..
A project that as far as you know
has never been done. Originality
tends to win over judges.
- DO A BACKGROUND
SEARCH You need to learn as much
as possible about the subject before
you carry out any research. This
will help you come up with a
hypothesis, an appropriate method to
test your hypothesis, and help you
to draw conclusions about your
results. Be sure to include this
information on your display.
- FORMULATE A
HYPOTHESIS Include a paragraph or
two on what you feel will be the
outcome of your test. Your
hypothesis may prove to be wrong by
your test. This does not necessarily
mean that you have a flaw in your
results. Remember, the Scientific
Method requires that you must enter
a test completely free of any
pre-determined outcome.
- DOCUMENT YOUR WORK
Always keep good records in a
laboratory notebook. You need to be
able to prove that your results are
true and correct. Your notes should
show all of the procedures used and
the results of those procedures
documented, both good and bad.
Summaries and conclusions for each
experiment should be recorded in
your notebook.
- DESIGN YOUR
EXPERIMENTS TO TEST YOUR HYPOTHESIS
Design several experiments to test
your hypothesis using more than one
strategy. Use appropriate control
groups to act as a comparison. Do
not change more than one variable
for each test that you run!
- RESULTS Results
are the data generated by your
experiments. Always repeat your
tests to ensure reproducibility.
Its best to use SI units of grams,
liters, meters, and etc. Be sure to
use a sufficient number of samples
in your test based on commonly used
statistics to avoid results based on
chance.
- EVALUATE YOUR
RESULTS Look closely at your
results to determine any
inconsistencies. Your results may
lead you to additional questions to
evaluate or approach by additional
tests. Judges are frequently
impressed by carrying your study a
step further.
- CONCLUSIONS Try
to decipher the information that you
have collected from your data.
Frequently there may be more than
one answer. Do you need to do
additional research based on your
results?
Research Paper
Research Paper: A
formal written presentation of
Research Project.
It should contain
the following:
Introduction- State your topic, your
hypothesis, what you hope to achieve.
Background- A general introduction to
the subject and why you chose to study
it.
Hypothesis-
A brief statement about what
you expect will be the outcome
Methods- Describe the procedure
followed to test your
hypothesis.
A person should be able to repeat your
test from your description.
Results-
Describe the results that you
obtained from your experiment with
photos, tables,
figures, and graphs
as well as your written description.
Discussion- Explain in detail how the
data supports or refutes your
hypothesis.
Conclusion-
Why was your hypothesis
supported or not supported.
Acknowledgments and References- List the
people and literature sources
utilized.
Project Display
Prepare a Project
Display- Your display board
should include the following:
Prominent title of Research Project
Include all of the information
discussed previously
Briefly summarize your entire project
in a logical sequence
Text
should be large enough to be easily
read
Use a
printer if possible
Use
photos, figures, tables, and graphs to
describe your data
Include items used in your tests, as
well as your Lab Notebook
and Research Paper
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