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Intel ISEF Middle School Science Fair
A Guide for Teachers
Presented by
Berk Moss and
Rebecca Hall
The development of this guide was supported
by a grant from
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How many of you have asked
kids to come up with their owninquiry questions and watchedthem struggle because this is
something new to them?
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How many of you have asked kids tocome up with their own inquiry
questions and watched them strugglebecause this is something new tothem?
What questions could you
answer by gathering datawith these Lifesavers ?
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Why Inquiry Skills?
Inquiry skills have to be taught not just
expected.
The skills students develop doing inquiry
are the most transferable ones in science.
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Why Inquiry Skills?
The skills students develop doing inquiry are the most
transferable ones in science.
In their lives they will use these skills to
make decisions about:
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Why Inquiry Skills?
The skills we develop having students do inquiry are the most
transferable ones in science.
In their lives they will use these skills to
make decisions about: Educational plans
Taking a job
Buying a house
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Why Inquiry Skills?
The skills we develop having students do inquiry are the most
transferable ones in science. In their lives they will use these skills to make decisions about:
Educational plans Taking a job Buying a house
In each case, they need to: Clarify a question
Plan an investigation Gather information Evaluate and draw a conclusion
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Students learn these skills DOING
Science - not just learning about
science passively.
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Intel ISEF Middle School Science Fair
A Guide for Teachers
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Intel ISEF Middle School Science Fair
A Guide for Teachers
Written for teachers.
Written by teachers (and a parent volunteer) To provide extensive support middle school
teachers who are teaching science inquiry skills
and taking their students to the science fair for
the first time.
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Intel ISEF Middle School Science Fair
A Guide for Teachers
Why middle school?
Fits the characteristics of middleschool students
Fits with the curriculum objectives
Prepares for high school
Teaches critical thinking skills
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Intel ISEF Middle School Science Fair
A Guide for Teachers
The Guide was field tested by over100
teachers in Oregon and Arizona.
Urban Rural
Native American Hispanic
African-American Suburban
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Will this appeal to middle
school kids? Some traits of middle school age:
Action oriented
Want to do things
Growing independence
They make decisionsabout their owninvestigations
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Need structure for that independence
Will this appeal to middle
school kids? Some traits of middle school age:
Like to show off
Guidance throughthe whole process
Displays andpresentations
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Can your
students
generate theirown questions
based on
experienceslike these?
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This is good science and interestingfor kids, but can teachers survive it?
Can teachers survive this?
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Can teachers survive this?
Group lessons teach skills
Week 5 lesson
Introduction to Science Inquiry: Cars & Ramps
Week 10 lesson
Managing Data and Line Graphs
Week 6 lesson
Writing Procedures
Week 11 lesson
Investigative Questions
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Students work in pairs or alone but the
program provides structure.
Can teachers survive this?
Doing their own investigations
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Can teachers survive this?
Doing their own investigations
Week 12 lesson
Brainstorming Topics and Generating Questions.
Week 13lesson
Polishing Questions
Week 14 lesson
Background Research
Week 17 lesson
Investigation Design
Example lessons
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Students use their results and analysis to prepare a
science fair display and presentation.
Can teachers survive this?
Preparing displays and presentations
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Can teachers survive this?
Preparing displays and presentations
Week 24 lesson
Transforming Investigations into Displays
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Preparing displays and presentations
Parts of an Analysis Transparency
Conclusion: Answers your research
question and tells if your hypothesis was
supported or not
Error analysis: Examines the sources of
error in your work*Limitations: Discusses the limitations of
your investigation*
Week 26 lesson
Analyzing Results
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Preparing displays and presentations
Transparency Sentence Starters for Analysis
Sentence starters:My research question was __________My hypothesis was __________
My data shows that this hypothesis is supported.
=or=
My data shows that this hypothesis is not supported.
My conclusions __________________________
One thing I was not able to control was ________Another thing I was not able to control was________
Someone shouldnt over-generalize my results because
Results might change if someone used different __________
Results might change if __________
Week 26 lesson
Analyzing Results
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Preparing displays and presentations
Developing Your Abstract StudentHandout
The student in our example did a good job writing her
abstract. In the first paragraph she has a very shortdescription of the problem. Take a moment and write a
sentence or two about your investigation. What did you
study? What did you want to find out? Write your
purpose statement here:
_____________________________________________
___________________________
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Preparing displays and presentations
Sample Judging Questions VolunteerHandout
Below are listed some sample questions that ajudge might ask during an interview with a
student. (Please note that not all of thesequestions will be relevant to all projects.)
Framing the Question:
What prompted you to choose this topic?
What is the question that you wanted to answer? What type of research did you have to do before
you began the experiment?
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Preparing displays and presentations
Tips for Volunteers VolunteerHandout
Helping Students with Presentations
Students will need the most help with the following:
Making short notes on index cards - Be brief;
notes should give just enough information to jog
memory about what student wants to say
Using and referring to their board as they talk -The students should
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Is it teacher friendly?
Week 99 mocklesson
The Teacher Helicopter Ride
Overview Students construct helicopter and teacher
rides it
Teacher to Teacher BackgroundMany teachers find the promise to ride the helicopter themselves
motivating for the students.
Youll want to find your crash helmet.See if you can get a parent volunteer who had built a helicopter before.Make a transparency of Helicopter Assembly Steps for students to use.
Teacher Tasks Before the Session
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Week 99 mocklesson
The Teacher Helicopter Ride
Be sure to provide good helicopter plans.Are you sure that you put gas in the gas tank?
Does someone have the number for the medics?
Tasks During the Session
Teacher Tasks After the Session
From now on, you will be able to commute by helicopter.
Send pictures to your Fair Director.
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SECTION III Appendices
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: Guide to Forms
Appendix E: Resource list
Appendix C: Comments on Rules
Appendix D: Sample Calendars
and Integrated Unit
Index
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Appendix D: Sample Calendars and Integrated Unit
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Appendix D: Sample Calendars
and Integrated Unit
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Is it teacher friendly?
Appendix D: Sample Calendars
and Integrated Unit
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This year:
First year of the school: 85 kids in the program. All
students completed projects and competed in our
fair.
6th graders could pair up, but 7th graders had to
work alone.
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Is it teacher friendly?
Appendix D: Sample Calendars
and Integrated Unit
Intel ISEF Middle School Science
Fair
A Guide for Teachers
This year:First year of the school: 85 kids in the program. All students completed projects and competed in our
fair.
6th graders could pair up, but 7 th graders had to work alone.
Three teachers on the team: The entire project was integrated.
Math teacher used the Guide to teach datacollection and transformation.
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Is it teacher friendly?
Appendix D: Sample Calendars
and Integrated Unit
Intel ISEF Middle School Science
Fair
A Guide for Teachers
This year:First year of the school: 85 kids in the program. All students completed projects and competed in our
fair.
6th graders could pair up, but 7 th graders had to work alone.
Three teachers on the team: The entire project was integrated.
Math teacher used the Guide to teach data collection and transformation.
Language Arts teacher used the Guide to teach
descriptive writing, editing, analyzing, and writing
the abstract.
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Is it teacher friendly?
Appendix D: Sample Calendars
and Integrated Unit
Intel ISEF Middle School Science
Fair
A Guide for Teachers
This year:First year of the school: 85 kids in the program. All students completed projects and competed in our
fair.
6th graders could pair up, but 7 th graders had to work alone.
Three teachers on the team: The entire project was integrated.
Math teacher used the Guide to teach data collection and transformation. Language Arts teacher used the Guide to teach descriptive writing, editing, analyzing, and
writing the abstract.
Science teacher used the Guide to teach
scientific process, investigative design, and datacollection.
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Is it teacher friendly?
Appendix D: Sample Calendars
and Integrated Unit
Intel ISEF Middle School Science
Fair
A Guide for Teachers
This year:First year of the school: 85 kids in the program. All students completed projects and competed in our
fair.
6th graders could pair up, but 7 th graders had to work alone.
Three teachers on the team: The entire project was integrated.
Math teacher used the Guide to teach data collection and transformation. Language Arts teacher used the Guide to teach descriptive writing, editing, analyzing, and
writing the abstract.
Science teacher used the Guide to teach scientific process, investigative design, and datacollection.
All teachers taught the display and
presentations lessons.
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Is it teacher friendly?
Appendix D: Sample Calendars
and Integrated Unit
Intel ISEF Middle School Science
Fair
A Guide for Teachers
This year:First year of the school: 85 kids in the program. All students completed projects and competed in our
fair.
6th graders could pair up, but 7 th graders had to work alone.
At the end, all 85 students competed in our fair.
10 projects went on to the state fair.
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Club vs. classroom
Pros and cons of both the science class model and
the integrated team model. Support for each modelis in the book.
Pros and cons of organizing a special club or using
and existing group and guidance on some of the
issues which arise.
Is it teacher friendly?
Program DecisionsTeacher guidance
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Which Intel ISEF Fair to participate in.
Organizational guidance on holding a school
fair.
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Program DecisionsTeacher guidance
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Help in recruiting volunteers
Materials for orienting volunteers as they start
Structure for volunteers to use as they work
with students and the program.
Week by week plans and model calendars
Lots of activities
Transparencies
Handouts
Is it teacher friendly?
Teacher guidance
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Help in recruiting volunteers
Materials for orienting volunteers as they start
Structure for volunteers to use as they work
with students and the program.
Week by week plans and model calendars
Lots of activities
Transparencies
Handouts
Is it teacher friendly?
Teacher guidance
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. What to do next?
Eugenia time
revise
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Teach the lessons
If you want to use this program
in your ownclassroom:
Plan, plan, plan
Find a mentor
Make a calendar of your own
Go through the book yourself
A middle school teacher experienced in science fairs
A high school teacher experienced in science fairs
A middle school teacher starting out in science fairs
Form questions
Design an inquiry
Collect and organize
data
Analyze results and
draw conclusions
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If you want to help others use the program
Go through the book yourself
Identify a pioneer group of teachers for your first efforts
Orient and train them. Training is a key. It is very important to have trainingto fully implement the program successfully
Plan support activities
Encourage !
Follow up trainings
Follow up e-mailsSchool visits by mentors
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Woodside ConsultantsScience Education Leadership
Berk Moss Science Science Curriculum Specialist (Retired)1215 E. 4th street Beaverton Schools
Newberg OR 97132 [email protected]
h (503) 537-0777 c (503) 781-7932
Rebecca Hall
Science TeacherRachel Carlson Environmental Middle School
Beaverton OR 97006 [email protected]