Cactus Ranch Elementary PTA

Science Fair Cactus Ranch’s 2013 Science Fair is right around the corner! Our CRE Science Fair is scheduled January 23rd, 24th and 25th.

Science Fair Parent Information Night Presentation

Rules for Participation

****Note: The CRE Science Fair follows the same rules for participation as the regional fair except CRE allows grades K-5 to particpate****

CRE science fair is open to students in grades K-5. However, only grades 3-5 will be eligible for regional competition if selected.

Parent and Student Science Fair Information Night

Wednesday, November 28th –7pm in CRE cafeteria.

CRE 2013 Science Fair

Wednesday, January 23rd – Projects due and judging for Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Grades

Thursday, January 24th – Projects due and judging for 4th Grade

Friday, January 25th – Projects due and judging for the 5th Grade

Student Checklist:

1. Complete CRE Science Fair registration form (will also be sent home in Tuesday folders) and return to your child's teacher by Wednesday, January 9. Due to judging schedules, we will not be able to accept entries after January 9th.

Entry Form

2. Follow Austin Regional Science Guidelines
http://www.sciencefest.org/pdfs/ElemRulesForParticipation.pdf

Pay special attention to the display guidelines. For example, do not bring any liquids, fragile, or expensive items for use in your display. Instead, plan on photographing your project steps that may require these elements and display them on your project board.

3. Bring your completed tri-fold display board (36”x48”) on your assigned project due date (January 23rd, 24th, or 25th). Do not put your name on the front of the board. Instead fill out this form.

Back of Board Info

Attach completed form to the back of your display board.

Fill in your project type: Exhibit or Experiment.

These project types are explained from the Austin Regional Science Fair website
http://www.sciencefest.org/pdfs/ElemHowToDoSciFairProj.pdf

Please click below to see the rubrics for exhibits and experiments.

http://teacherweb.com/TX/CactusRanch/PTA/ScienceFairRubricExhibit.pdf

http://teacherweb.com/TX/CactusRanch/PTA/ScienceFairRubricExperiment.pdf

Judging:

Students will be called from their class during their assigned judging day to be interviewed by 3 volunteer judges. Help your student be prepared to describe why they selected their project, what question they were asking or what they wanted to understand, steps they used to create their projects, etc. Unfortunately, due to the number of students and projects, parents will not be able to be present during the student interviews with judges.

We have spots open for judges, if you are interested in volunteering, please send an email to science.fair@crepta.org including your name, phone number, and times you are available January 23rd, 24th, or 25th.

Thanks for helping us make this years science fair a success!!!

~Renee Moreland
science.fair@crepta.org

List of helpful links:

Austin Energy Regional Science Festival 2012

http://www.sciencefest.org/index.php

Austin Energy How to do a Science fair project

http://www.sciencefest.org/pdfs/ElemHowToDoSciFairProj.pdf

Discovery Education Science Fair Central

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/Getting-Started.html

PBS Kids Science Fair

http://pbskids.org/dragonflytv/scifair/index.html

Energy Quest Science Projects