The following information was taken from: http://surfaquarium.com. This page is a great link to many useful resources.
Note to parents: These are only suggestions for useful websites. As with all websites, you should review the material before allowing your children to access these websites on their own.
- Ask the Experts - http://www.sciam.com/askexpert.
- This website offers students the chance to ask experts in their fields questions about astronomy, computers, math, biology, the environment, medicine, chemistry, geology, and physics.
- This is a good place to start with students as they can find questions to get them started thinking about their projects.
- CyberFair- http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/welcome.html
- The Virtual Science Fair.
- Created for students in grades 3 – 6.
- You can search for ideas as well as view past projects done by students.
- See the steps involved in doing a project.
- Judging Science Fair information.
International Science and Engineering Fair - http://www.sciserv.org/iisef.htm.
- Intel-sponsored competition which raises the bar for all others to measure themselves against; welcoming participants from over 40 countries, winners receive prizes such as scholarships, tuition grants, internships, scientific field trips and the grand prize: a trip to attend the Nobel Prize Ceremonies
- Internet Science and Technology Fair - http://istf.ucf.edu/
- Useful site for junior and senior high.
- University of Central Florida's online science project which brings together students, experts from the field and Internet resources to create project homepages on "National Critical Technologies".
- For the very technologically inclined student to participate in.
MADSCI Network - http://www.madsci.org/
- The Laboratory that never sleeps!
- Ideas for experiments.
- Online library of resources.
- Ask an expert section. Are you wondering about something and would like to tap into the knowledge of an expert in that particular field. This is the site for you!
- NASA Curriculum Support - http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/Curriculum.Support/.index.html
- This website is not just a source for astronomy or sky science. There are a number of resources on earth sciences, life sciences, mathematics, physical science, technology and yes, space science.
- Science Fair project guidelines link. This is a useful link to help guide your students’ project using the Scientific Method.
Primer - http://users.massed.net/~tedrowan/primer.html
- This website was developed by a teacher that has been doing science fair projects for over 20 years.
- The website is written for students and quite easy to follow and understand.
- Useful, step by step information on how to do a science fair.
- This website will answer your questions on how to choose a topic to doing the oral presentation.
- School Science Fairs - http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~jbarron/scifair.html
- Canadian resource.
- Information on the Canada Wide Science Fair.
- Project ideas broken down into primary, elementary, middle school and senior high school sections.
- Strictly topic suggestions here, with some broken down into scientific specialty areas
- Science Fair rules and regulations.
Scientific Method - http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjInter.html
- Text-based article which does a nice job of discussing use of the scientific method in the execution of science fair projects; links to an introductory guide and a sample project help to crystallize the direction in which students need to go; middle and high school
- Ultimate Science Fair Resource –http://www.scifair.org/
- Project steps.
- Project hints.
- Writing reports.
- Display Boards.
- Ideas.
Science Fair Survival Page - http://www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/Cole/sciencefair.html
- An excellent resource for parents and students.
- Advice on how to do a project.
- Ideas.
- Links.
- Canada Wide Science Fair – www.cwsf.ca
- Look at this website to find out information on the Canada Wide Science Fair.
- Youth Science Foundation Canada information.
- Where is the fair going to be held?
- Past projects and winners.
- Useful information and guidelines.
Bibliography Information - http://www.ri.net/RIEMA/bibliog.html.
- Students need to know how to properly cite their references.
- Examples of how to reference.
- Exploratorium - http://www.exploratorium.edu/.
- The Museum of science, art and human perception.
- Live Webcasts.
- What’s new in science?
- Explore.
- Visit online museums.
- Information.
- Ideas.
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