Encourage your budding scientist to have fun and participate in this year’s Bancroft Science Expo!
When: Tuesday, February 11, 2014; 5-7 pm
Where: Andover High School Cafeteria
How to register: Place completed registration form and $5 in an envelop and return into the “Bancroft Science Expo” robobox in the hallway outside the cafeteria. Register by December 11, 2013
The registration fee of $5/participant includes a display board and T-shirt.
Kids are natural and relentless scientists – observing, wondering, testing, observing, wondering, testing . . .
At the Bancroft Science Expo they can stretch their curiosity and formalize this process using the scientific method.
This is as easy as 1, 2, 3 . . . . 4 and 5
(1) Ask a question (Topic)
(2) Predict the answer (Hypothesis)
(3) Test the prediction (Experiment)
(4) Analyze the findings (Clues) and draw conclusions
(5) Communicate the methods, findings and conclusions (Science project!)
Project ideas are everywhere. If your child is searching for a topic the Science Buddies website (www.sciencebuddies.org) is a great place to get started – they even have a “Topic Selection Wizard” to help find grade appropriate topics that match a child’s interests. Another fun resource is Lora Holt’s (Polk Elementary, El Paso, TX) “The Most Fabulous, Scientific, All Helpful, Kid Friendly and Most Excellent Science Fair Project Planner Known to Kid Kind”, much of the information on pages 1-11 is generally relevant to elementary level science projects and she provides a good list of web resources on page 16. http://www.utelementary.org/ourpages/auto/2013/1/9/54511288/ScienceFairGuide%202013.pdf
Questions: Contact sciencefair@bancroftpto.org