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As part of its effort to help strengthen science education, Science Buddies provides a number of teacher resources. These tools may also be of interest to many parents:
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Science Project Enrichment Tools New!Science Buddies wants you and your students to get the most out of the science fair project experience, and we're confident that these Science Project Enrichment Tools will help. Each tool features grade-level applicability, implementation instructions, and direct benefits for your students. Please visit each link, some of which include supplementary tools for you to download and print for use in your classroom.
Teacher's Guide to Science Projects New!The Teacher's Guide to Science Projects was developed to provide teachers with everything they need to assign, manage, and evaluate a science project program in the classroom, including lots of tips to make a science project a fun educational experience. While this guide was designed for teachers who have never assigned a science project, it also offers a variety of tools and tips that seasoned teachers will find useful. Some of the key elements included in the guide:
Download Teacher's Guide to Science Projects (pdf) A Guide to Planning a Science Fair Available Now!
Introducing the 2008 Science Buddies Guide to Planning a Science Fair!Planning your school's science fair? New to the process or just looking for a more organized approach? We've developed the documents below to help you put on a successful science fair, from start to finish. The documents go hand in hand and offer many options that you can tailor to your school's fair.
Science Fair Project Grading Rubrics New!Grading rubrics are an important component of the science project to ensure that all projects are graded fairly and on the same fundamental concepts. Science Buddies has developed a set of teacher-vetted rubrics in PDF format for each step of the science project as detailed on the Science Buddies website. The rubrics cover:
Scientific Method Classroom Poster New!In partnership with Seagate Technology, Science Buddies has developed a 26"x36" classroom poster providing an overview of the six steps of the scientific method as described on the Science Buddies website. We have limited quantities of this poster available to teachers free of charge and there are no shipping and handling charges. Please allow 4-6 weeks for shipping. We also have a PDF version of this poster available for anyone interested in printing their own copies. For student handouts, printing on legal-size paper (8.5 x 14 inches) works quite nicely. Download Scientific Method Poster (pdf) Science Fair Schedule WorksheetThis worksheet is a handy tool to help construct a schedule for science fair assignment due dates. In contrast to the timelines and schedules included in our Teacher's Guide to Science Projects, these worksheets are not tied directly to the resources in our online Science Project Guide and can be helpful for teachers who are planning a science project but might be using materials other than those provided on our website. It has three sections:
Download Science Fair Schedule Worksheet (Word doc): This document offers a more generic schedule which can easily be integrated with any science project resources. Download Teacher's Guide to Science Projects (pdf): This document includes a schedule that is fully integrated with the content on the Science Buddies website.Topic Selection WizardYou can access the Topic Selection Wizard from the Science Fair Project Question page. Try it! Printable Copies of our Science Fair Project Guide WebpagesEach of the webpages of the Science Fair Project Guide can be printed using the Printable Version button at the top of the screen. We are still developing the PDF versions of the recently redesigned Science Fair Project Guide pages and we hope to have them available in the next few weeks. Ask an ExpertYou can access Ask an Expert from here, or by clicking on the blue Ask an Expert tab at the top of the page. Try it! We can help with student, teacher, or parent questions about science fairs or science fair projects. The Classroom Scientists ProgramPlease Note: The Classroom Scientists Program will not be in operation during the 2007-2008 school year. The Classroom Scientists Program, formerly called our Ask an Expert Mentoring Program, offers personalized help to smaller groups of twenty to thirty students as they complete individual science fair projects. The program is structured with a schedule, assignments and a final goal of completing a science fair project and entering it in a local or regional science fair. Five to ten Experts will work with a small group of twenty to thirty students to offer guidance, feedback and review the work. The objective is to help a group of students by developing a fun online science community where students can go for support on their projects that will ultimately help them develop a better understanding of science and the scientific method. The Expert group will be comprised of science professionals and top high school science students. All mentoring or "meetings" will take place on private, password protected discussion boards. An online orientation guide prepares Experts for the program. It covers things like how to use the online message board forum effectively, roles and responsibilities, and gives examples of scenarios from prior participants. Generally, the program ends when the Investigator enters the finished project in a local science fair. If the Investigator qualifies for a regional or state science fair, additional fine tuning is encouraged to polish the project so that it presents its best face. Most Investigators are amazed by what they can accomplish with a little help from e-mentors. The size of the Classroom Scientists Program is very limited, and you should know that it requires a good deal of teacher support to be successful. Most spaces for the coming year are already filled. Send us an email: scibuddy@sciencebuddies.org if you are interested in the program. Presenting Science Buddies to OthersIf you have a need to present the Science Buddies resources to students, parents, or other teachers and you don't have a live Internet connection, you can use our PowerPoint presentation. This 6 MB PowerPoint file contains screenshots from our website. Download Science Buddies PowerPoint (ppt)If you would like a one-page flyer to give to students, send home to parents, pass out at a school open house, or post, you can use this general flyer. This 58 KB PDF file contains a brief description of all the tools and resources offered by Science Buddies. A few versions of this flyer are available that give recognition to sponsors who have underwritten support of Science Buddies for a specific region. Download Science Buddies General Flyer (pdf) Regional Flyers (pdf)
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