Science Fair Letter
Science Fair Letter
Science Fair Letter
Mountain View Elementary is excited to announce it will be holding its first annual
Science Fair! It will be on Thursday, January 26th, 2017 here at Mountain
View! Here's your chance for any student in grades K-5 to show off their
curiosity and enthusiasm for science! The top six projects (no matter what grade
level) will go on to compete in the District Elementary Science Fair on
Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Kennesaw Mountain High School.
If you wish to participate in the science fair please complete the Project
Selection form and turn it in no later than Friday, December 2, 2016.
An informational session about the Science Fair will be held on Tuesday,
November 15 at 7 am in the Media Center. Miss Roge, Miss Zimmerman, Ms.
Turner, and Mrs. Smith will speak with students and parents about participating in
the Science Fair and answer any questions.
Here are some things to consider as you begin:
Mountain View/Cobb County Science Fair Guidelines:
Projects may be entered into the Mountain View Science Fair in one of two
categories:
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Individual project
Group project (up to 3 students)
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Research only projects or display boards about general interest topics are
not allowed.
Answer question(s)
Support results with data
Follow the Scientific Method
Define the question
Do some research on your question/topic
Form a hypothesis
Perform the experiment and collect data
Analyze data
Interpret data and communicate conclusion(s)
Students come up with their own question based on their own interests
Students design an investigation to answer their question(s)
Use Best Practices
Student initiated and completed
Experiment-based
Data-driven results analyzed and written by students in a journal
Feel free to email Miss Roge, Miss Zimmerman, Ms. Turner, or Mrs. Smith with
questions.
Miss Roge (Kindergarten) Hannah.Roge@cobbk12.org
Miss Zimmerman (5th Grade) Megan.Zimmerman@cobbk12.org
Ms. Turner (4th Grade) Anna.Turner2@cobbk12.org
Mrs. Smith (4th Grade) Angela.Smith@cobbk12.org