8th Grade Life Science
"The desire to excel is the hallmark for sucess!"
by Mark Prichard
Lisle Junior High School
8th Grade Science
2010 Science Fair Timeline
August 31 Science Fair –Introduction letter, Review the Scientific Method PowerPoint Presentation, Information packet- Mission Possible, Start Generating a list of project topics.
September 1, 2 LJHS LRC – Topic Exploration/Research days,
Assignment #1 due Friday Sept. 4th
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September 7 Lisle Library-Science fair Workshop6:30-7:30
September 8 Project Title, hypothesis and objective due.
September 13 Design YourExperiment packet. Information regarding
The Control; the Variable; measuring in metric; Taking photos; Organizing the Research Paper.
September 14 Research (Review of Literature) Topic due
September 20 LRC research on review of Literature
September 24 Control/variable explanation
due. Start running Trials of your experiment and recording your data this weekend!!!
October 5 Introduction Paragraph of Review of Literaturedue.
October 13 Science Fair Materials list and Procedural Steps due
October 21 Discuss the 5 C’s (i.e.-color) to a good Display Board
October 22 Mini Science Fair in Class; Experiment Results due.
October 25 Discuss Science Fair score sheet. Project site numbers assigned.
November 4 Science Fair set-up letter.
November 5 Science Fair Night Friday November 5, 5:30 pm-7:00pm
Set up Completed Projects in Lunchroom Commons
All projects are to be set up Friday night to be on time!!
Novemeber 6,7 Project Judging
November 8 Take Home Science Fair Projects after school!
Meet Mr. Prichard in Hallway for your Project.
