Coming March 24, 2012
9am to 12pm

Registration Now Open!

Deadline to register is March 16th

One of our own FSP dads and fellow scientists is leading the FSP Science Fair, and is working with a dedicated group of fellow homeschool families and scientists to make this year’s fair a success!  Individual or groups of FSP students are sought to prepare presentations of projects for display at the fair.

Projects can be summaries of topical investigations, studies that follow the scientific method, or demonstrations of technology. We welcome a wide range of depth and sophistication, from simple reviews of subject matter to elaborate displays of scientific or technological concepts. Our goal is to expose students, whatever their particular level, to the wonders of God’s creation as seen in science and technology. In addition, we are working to have some scientists who are active in these fields available for questions (for example, a computer programmer who works on rockets that service the International Space Station, a mechanical engineer who works on Navy submarine designs, and more). So please consider participating. We’re looking forward to exploring the sciences with you!

 Past Projects can be viewed here!

Recently one FSP mom asked a great question: “My daughter (4th grade) and I have never attended the science fair but are interested in doing so this year. I’m unclear about what qualifies as a “project.” Do we research and make a display board about some plant or animal or something like that? Do we demonstrate an experiment we did and show the process and results on the display board? For those of us that are unfamiliar with the event, could you please provide more specific information about what is expected of participants? Thanks.”

And the answer that may help everyone: A “project” can be anything that communicates what the student has learned in his/her study. It can be a simple poster board that gives a summary of facts learned, or it can be a complicated visual model of molecular structure (for example). The idea is to expose students to science and technology, not to create a masterpiece display. However, we ask the student(s) to spend a period of time by their project to verbally explain it to attendees as they come by. The time slots for doing this will be done on a rotating basis.

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