Suggested AAE Time Line for the

Science Festival &

INLAND SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR

Students

Month

Student Activities

AUGUST
  • While carefully observing the world around you, use your interests and curiosity to develop a testable question or problem.
  • Construct and use a science fair journal to record your observations, thoughts and ideas.
  • Be sure to date and time every entry.

 

SEPTEMBER &

OCTOBER
  • Write up a science project proposal including a testable question or problem and get your teachers approval.
  • Once your science project idea is approved, conduct library and internet research on the main topic.

NOVEMBER
  • Based upon the outcome of your library and internet research, develop a working hypothesis.
  • Develop a controlled experiment (to include an controlled and experimental procedures)

DECEMBER
  • Get all the materials you need to start collecting data.
  • Use the scientifically controlled experiment that you have created to start collecting data. Remember to take pictures.
  • Make data tables to organize your data.
  • Graph or chart the data you have collected to help you analyze it and drw conclusions about your hypothesis.

JANUARY
  • Let your teacher know how you are doing on your project on a weekly basis.
  • Ask to see the judging sheet that your instructor will use to "assess" your project.
  • Begin to work out how you will display your finished project.

FEBRUARY
  • Draw conclusions and determine if your data supports your hypothesis.
  • Write your project report.
  • Prepare your project notebook "Journal" for display.

MID - FEBRUARY
  • Write an abstract briefly summarizing what your project is about (the problem, your hypothesis(es), procedure, results and conclusions).

LATE-FEBRUARY 

TO

EARLY-MARCH

School-Site Science Fair Day
  • Make sure you have not used photographs showing "faces" on your exhibit display.

MID-MARCH
  • If your project is selected at the AAE Science Festival, and you are in grades 4-12, make sure have pre-registered on-line. (The school/student registration deadline is March 16th, 2004 )

MID-APRIL
  • If your project is selected at the AAE Science Festival, plann on attending the Inland Empire Science & Engineering Fair in San Bernardino @ the National Orange Fair (Will be held @ National Orange Show in the Damus Building, 689 South E Street,San Bernardino, California on April 19-20, 2004, the school/student registration deadline is March 16th, 2004 )

May
  • If your projects is selected at the Inland Empiren Engineering and Science Fair, you may be eligable to go on to the State Science Fair.