Fourth Grade Science Fair 2014-2015

Instructions, Deadlines, Work To Be Submitted

ITEMS 4-9 MUST BE RETURNED TO SCHOOL

Included in this packet:
1. Grading Rubric
2. Science Fair Time Line
3. Displaying a Science Fair Project
4. Project Question

DUE _________

5. Project Proposal

DUE _________

6. Procedure (2 pages)

DUE _________

7. Conclusion and Presentation (2 pages) DUE _________

8. Application

DUE _________

9. Rubric Forms (2 pages)

DUE With Project

GRADING RUBRIC
Fourth graders will present their science fair projects by displaying
them on tri-folds. As mentioned in the Science Fair Idea Book 20142015, most of the work on this project will be completed at home.
Grading of the science project is as follows:
Science Project Rubric
1. Question -

15 points

2. Hypothesis -

15 points

3. Procedure -

15 points

4. Results

15 points

5. Conclusion -

15 points

6. Application -

15 points

7. Neatness -

5 points

8. Creativity -

5 points
100 points

Oral Presentation Rubric

Content

4 points

Preparedness

4 points

Posture and Eye Contact

4 points

Volume

4 points

Speaks Clearly

4 points
20 points

Science Fair Timeline

Our science fair will be held on Tuesday, February 3, 2015.

The following timeline should help you prepare your project.

Assignment

Date Due

*Project Question

*Tuesday, December 9

*Project Proposal

*Friday, December 12

*Procedure

*Friday, January 9

*Conclusion and Presentation

*Friday, January 16

*Application

*Tuesday, January 20

Bring your project to school.

January 26 - 30

(Each student will be assigned a date.)

Share your project at science fair.

Tuesday, February 3

Take your project home.

Tuesday, February 3

District Science Fair (qualifiers only)

Wednesday, February 11

*An assignment is to be completed and turned in no later than this

date.

Name________________

Project Question
Due Date _________________________________
Question
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Student Signature ________________________________

Parent Signature _________________________________

Project Proposal
The following is a proposal for my science project:
Topic: _________________________________________________________
The Big Question (What I want to find out) _____________________________
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Hypothesis (A good guess as to what I will find out)
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Procedure (Experiment designed to test the hypothesis)
Materials: ______________________________________________________
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Directions (Brief description of the experiment or investigation):
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Return this completed proposal to your teacher by _______________________.
Students Signature ______________________________________________
Parents Signature ________________________________________________
Teachers Signature ______________________________________________

Name __________________

PROCEDURE
Due Date ______________________________________________________
Question ______________________________________________________
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Constant (What will you keep the same in the experiment?)
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Variable (What will you change to see if it makes a difference in the experiment?)
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Materials ______________________________________________________
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Procedure (Explain in detail how you will conduct the experiment.)
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(Procedure continued)
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Show how you are recording the data.

Questions or problems you are having. ________________________________

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Student Signature ______________________________________________
Parent Signature ________________________________________________

Name ___________________

CONCLUSION AND PRESENTATION

Due Date ___________________________________________________
Write a paragraph describing your results using your original question, hypothesis, and
collected data.
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When you present your project at school, will you include anything in addition the trifold poster board? (example: model, equipment, etc.)
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Do you have any questions or concerns?

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Student Signature ______________________________________________

Parent Signature _______________________________________________

Name ___________________
APPLICATION
Due Date _________________________________________

Write about how you could use the information you learned.
(What did you learn from completing this project?)
(What is the importance of this information? How can you use it in real life?)
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Student Signature ____________________________________________

Parent Signature ______________________________________________

Science Fair Oral Presentation

Name ________________________________
Total Points ____/20

Grade __

Category
Content

4
Shows a full
understanding of
the topic.

3
Shows a good
understanding of
the topic

Preparedness

Student is
completely
prepared and has
obviously
rehearsed.

Student seems
pretty prepared,
but might have
needed a couple
more rehearsals.

Posture and
Eye Conduct

Student stands up
straight and looks
relaxed and
confident.
Establishes eye
contact with
classmates during
presentation.
Volume is loud
enough to be heard
by all throughout
the presentation.

Student stands
up straight and
establishes eye
contact with
classmates
during
presentation.

Volume

Speaks
Clearly

Speaks clearly and

distinctly at least
95% of the time
and mispronounces
no words.

Volume is loud
enough to be
heard by all at
least 90% of the
time.
Speaks clearly
and distinctly at
least 95% of the
time and
mispronounces
one word.

2
Shows a good
understanding of
parts of the
topic.
Student is
somewhat
prepared, but it
is clear that
rehearsal was
lacking.
Student
sometimes
stands up
straight and
establishes eye
contact.

1
Does not seem to
understand the
topic very well.

Volume is loud
enough to be
heard by all at
least 80% of the
time.
Speaks clearly
and distinctly at
least 85% of the
time and
mispronounces no
more than one
word.

Volume often too

soft to be heard
by all.

Student does not

seem at all
prepared to do
the presentation.

Student slouches
and/or does not
look at
classmates during
presentation.

Often mumbles
or cannot be
understood OR
mispronounces
more than one
word.

Science Fair Project Evaluation

Name _____________________________
Points Received

Points Possible

Question __________________________

15 points

Hypothesis __________________________

15 points

Procedure ________ __________________

15 points

Results

__________________________

15 points

Conclusion __________________________

15 points

Application _________________________

15 points

Neatness __________________________

5 points

Creativity __________________________

5 points

Total _____________________________

100 points