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PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS: The project should reflect the age and ability of the student.
INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP EXPERIMENTS (GRADES 1 - 12): The project must be in the form of an experiment following the standard scientific method (Grades 1 and 2 have a non-experiment option--see below). The project description should include the purpose, initial research, a description of the experiment, observations, preparation of data, and conclusions (including possible sources of error). The project must be the student's work (no parental help, please). In addition to your experiment, you should include a project display board or a standard size oaktag sheet (which may be attached to the front table edge) for charts, diagrams, labels, graphs, pictures, etc. The entire project should take up table space no larger than 22 by 28 inches. You must supply your own extension cord if your project requires electricity. PROHIBITED: Fire, hazardous chemicals, explosions and projectiles.
PROJECTS OTHER THAN EXPERIMENTS (THIS OPTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR GRADES 1 & 2): MODELS, COLLECTIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS must illustrate and be based on sound scientific principles, must show the same depth of research and knowledge as experimental projects and must include a written description of the project. Table display space is the same as for experiments
RECEIVING: At St. Stephen's, Saturday, April 26, 10:00 to 11:00 A.M. All projects must be set up at least 15 minutes prior to the beginning of the judging for grades 1 and 2, or the student will not be allowed to participate.
PUBLIC DISPLAY: Saturday, April 26, 11:00 AM to 3:15 PM. Projects awarded honors and highest honors may be taken to the Gregory Museum for further display from April 26 to May 4. These projects must be picked up at the museum by Sunday, May 4 between 1 and 4 P.M. All other projects must be taken home after the awards have been presented.
JUDGING: Judging criteria are posted on this site. The entrants must be prepared to make a two minute oral presentation to the judges about their project and be ready to answer any questions. During presentations, only the student participants will be allowed in the group judging area.
THE JUDGING SCHEDULE is tentatively set as follows, but may be changed depending upon the number of entries in any one grade grouping. The final schedule will be posted on the museum's web site by April 19, 2008. It is possible that the groups listed below may be combined or split depending upon the number of entries in the individual groups. SCHEDULE CHANGE AS OF 04/24/2008
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