Science Fair, Engineering Fair, and STEM Week

Hello Parents,

 

UPDATE: Engineering Fair and Science Fair projects are due Monday, February 3rd. They will be presented on Thursday, February 6th.

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break and enjoyed the time with your loved ones. Some of your kids brought home information for Science Fair. The dates on those might be changed. I will know by Friday what the exact dates are. Upper Elementary and Jr High teachers had a meeting and it was proposed to push the date back further due to Winter Break being right in the middle of it and the date being so soon. We will be starting lessons on the process this week but the projects are a Home Project and will need to be completed at home, this includes the research portions.

4th graders will be conducting a STEM project with me. They DONOT have a home project. They may have some added work to do at home if it is not completed in class. However, we will be doing a group project.

5th graders will be doing the Engineering Fair and have received their Engineering Fair Log Book. Students are to keep track of their log books because it is their guide on how to do every step of the project. Students know that they will need to bring this log to school on Wednesdays so that I am able to monitor their progress and give them any guidance they may need so they do not fall behind. If I find that students are falling behind or not completing their project, I will be contacting parents for support and to see how I can best support their student. Students will be creating a prototype and that will need to be brought to school with their completed project for the Engineering Fair. Students were told they needed to discuss their projects with parents before making their final decision on a project due to possible costs involved. Students were advised that making something that costs money is not recommended. We do not want parents to incur any surprised costs.

6th graders will be participating in the Science Fair and have received their information for this. However, the due dates may be incorrect at this time. Students are not allowed to bring their experiments to the science fair. They will need to document with pictures, writings, and graphs. Students should discuss their ideas and plans with parents before deciding on a final project so that there are no surprise costs for parents.

I will be updating you as we go along. By Friday I should have the exact date of the Fairs. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to email me or contact me through Remind.