This year the 8th grade will be doing a Science Fair project by themselves. 

Mrs. Zimmer's Super Informational Power Point!

Extra Materials Needed:

• ½ three ring binder (Clear View preferable)
• flash drive
• Composition notebook or spiral notebook
• Glue or rubber cement
• tri-fold board (I have some that can be recycled) (36”x 48”)
• markers
• construction paper

They get to choose a project.  Category descriptions and examples can be found on the Longs Peak Science and Engineering Fair website.
1. Animal Sciences
2. Behavior and Social Sciences.
3. Chemistry
4. Earth and Space Science
5. Energy and Transportation
6. Engineering
7. Environmental Sciences
8. Mathematics and Computer Sciences
9. Medicine and Health
10. Microbiology
11. Physics
12. Plant Sciences

They get to choose a project.  Science fair project ideas can be found using the Science Buddies Topic Selection Wizard http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas.shtml

All required reading can be found at: http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_guide_index.shtml

Project due dates:
Topic Selection  -- September 1
Project Proposal (rubric)  -- September 15
Background Research (rubric) and Bibliography (rubric) -- September 22
Research Paper  (rubric) -- October 6
Hypothesis and Variables (rubric) -- October 13
Experimental Design (rubric) -- October 20
Experiment Completion -- November 3
Data Analysis (rubric) -- November 10
Conclusion (rubric) -- November 15
Final Report (rubric) -- December 1
Display Board (rubric) -- December 8
Science Fair -- December 11
Regional Fair -- February 13, 2018