Teacher Resources
Below is a collection of web-sites that can be helpful to teachers when preparing your students for a Science Fair. Along with Science related web-sites you will find free sites for clipart, writing a bibliography and sample assessments for your students work. You can also share the some of these links with your students.
Online Resources:
Brain Pop (online movies and quizzes related to different science topics)
DiscoverySchool.com Science Fair Central
Internet Public Library- Science Fair Experiments
Kathy's Schrock's Guide for Educators
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Science and Technology
Super Science Fair Project Ideas
These were also very useful:
Education World.com
Miscellaneous Search Results
Science Educational Resources
ScienceFair.org - The Ultimate Science Fair Resource
Science Fair Experiments
Science Fair Projects and Ideas
Science Links (scroll down to also see a list of Teacher Links)
Science Page
Yahoo's Lists of Science Fair
Bibliography of Science Fair Books
Available at Amazon.com
Chicago Public Library (scroll down to book listings)
Science Project Advisor CD-Rom
Clip Art Sites
These were clip art sites that were used on this web site or ones that you might want to use in your classroom. They contain good educational and science clip art.
AAA Clip Art
All-Free Clip Art
Animation City
Animation Factory
Art Today (has clip art searcher)
Clip Art Guide
Clips Ahoy - School
Cool Clips
GR Sites
Iband
Icon Bazaar
School Discovery.com
School Icons Club
Teacher Files
Webplaces
Assessment for Science Fair Projects:
Whatever assessment tool you use, students should have a copy of it ahead of time so they know what is expected of them as they work on their project or research paper. In this way, they are aware of these expectations as they design their projects. Rubrics are a very effective way to assess a student's work, especially if the students have input into their creation. You can look at the project as a whole and grade it appropriately. Half-points can be used to make grading easier and then the numbers can be transferred into grades if necessary by averaging all the point values. An average of 4 = A, 3 = B, 2 = C, and 1 = D. Checklists are also a way of assessing the students work and a quick way to see if the projects have all the required elements. Giving each item on the list a point value makes grading less subjective. Below are some sample rubrics and checklists:
Rubrics and Checklists:
Science Fair Project Rubric
Project Checklist