WMS Science Expo
Register to participate or volunteer
All young scientists wishing to display a project at the expo must register in advance through this online form. We strongly encourage early registration in order to reserve your space. Final registration deadline is March 1st.
Projects should be student driven.
Project ideas should come from the students, and the project should be driven by them. Parents should use their best judgment in deciding when to get involved, such as when there is a potential safety issue. For especially young kids, parents may provide some guidance, but it is important that the kids be able to call the project their own.
Working with someone else.
You may work on your project independently, or you may optionally work with up to 4 people in any grade at WMS. You can also do a project involving your whole class!
Need help choosing a topic?
When it comes to choosing a topic, the sky is the limit! What have you wondered about? The best topics come from your own genuine curiosity about how something works, or why something is the way that it is. You can also build on a concept that you have learned in your science class.
But if you have trouble thinking of something on your own, try these awesome websites:
https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project-ideas
https://www.education.com/science-fair/
https://www.education.com/science-fair/middle-school/?page=2
http://sciencefair.math.iit.edu/projects/
Judging and awards.
We will have several judges and possibly even a surprise guest! The prizes for the top three projects will include a gift card from a local establishment. Everyone who participates will receive a prize and be entered in a special drawing.
Here is the Judging Rubric:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10Kz4jiurPyypNY-5shDnLb9BxoDY7mOa-jtWadPJpQE/edit#gid=0
Guidelines for Entering Projects
Your project should demonstrate a strong understanding of the science topic that you choose. Your project must accompany a presentation board that contains at a MINIMUM the following information:
Title
Question or Hypothesis
Procedures
Materials
Data (pictures or graphs can be used to accompany this component)
Conclusion
Please see the additional documents below for examples of photos of presentation boards.
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Volunteers needed!
A big event like the science fair wouldn't be possible without the help of numerous volunteers. We have all kinds of different jobs to be done, so if think you can spare an hour or two on the day of the fair, we would love your help. Please fill out registration form above.
Donations
If you are willing to donate prizes for our participants please contact Mrs. Kobylski
Additional information
The expo will be held in the cafeteria. We will not have electricity for projects readily available. All presentation boards must be taken down at the end of the expo.
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