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Parents thank
our Sponsors
WE
NEED YOUR VOLUNTEER HELP!
Consider
volunteering during the fair in February. With your help, we can make the fair
even better. Help is needed on both Friday and Saturday of the
fair, as well as committee positions available year around.
Parents:
Science Fair Projects bring a unique partnership opportunity for you, your
child & teacher in education & vital skills for your child.
Don't
do the project for them but help provide encouragement, materials, and
support (rides, access to books & journals, etc).
Information for 2012 Fair
February
24- 25, 2012
Location:
Field House,
Minneapolis
campus
University
of Minnesota
The
research paper registration
will
be due February 4, 2012, in electronic form.
Registration Deadline:
Friday,
February 3, 2012
Registration Fee: $20.00 per student for projects and $20.00 per
student for research papers.
Mailing Address for Registrations: See the
Contact Us page - We use only the mailbox in Maple Grove (we no longer use
the old Woodbury address).
All
participants must register on-line first, then mail in the required copies
of paperwork.
Telephone: 763-421-3338 (6-9 pm, Mike Lohman) or
763-577-1400 (varies, Timara Underbakke).
The public is
encouraged to come during TCRSF’s public viewing hours to view
exhibits and support the students at NO CHARGE. The fair is open
to the public on the Saturday morning of the fair from 8-10 a.m. The
awards program immediately follows from 10 a.m. until about 12:30 p.m.
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Twin
Cities Regional Science Fairs - Benefits of Doing Both a Science
Project and a Research Paper
Is
science fair just for geeks or nerds? NO WAY! Doing a good
science fair project teaches real life skills that apply to
EVERYONE! Think of it as academic "cross training."
First
of all, what is a science project? A science
project is the process of running a controlled experiment,
proposing a new theory based on library or experimental
research, or developing a new concept, invention, program, or
design (engineering). A science project is not a report
about an area of science. A science project is not building a
model that demonstrates something, unless the point of the
project is a new engineering design. Models of volcanoes, or of
the solar system, or of the heart are not a science project. Use
of a model to demonstrate a new theory or finding is, however,
acceptable. At the school and regional levels of
competition in a science fair, the science project is more about
the process of science and project work than it is about the
specific findings.
The
purpose of doing a science project is to teach the student
several skills. The first skill to be learned is the planning,
execution, and evaluation of a project. Every project, including
remodeling or decorating a room in your house or apartment or
building a deck, requires the same basic process.
Doing a
science project teaches the student extremely valuable skills
integrating reading, writing, spelling, grammar, critical
thinking, scientific methodology, graphic arts, math,
statistics, ethics, logic, computer science, self-learning
of one or more technical or specialty fields, and public
speaking and defense in front of expert judges. When a student
completes a science fair project, year after year, through
junior and senior high school, the science fair process yields
mature, self-confident, skilled, and competitive young leaders
who have career goals and the preparation, discipline, and drive
to attain them.
Did
you know that doing an excellent science project in high school
is likely the highest paying job your high school student can
get?
A top project and paper can net a quarter of a million
dollars just in winnings, and that doesn’t count what it
does for a student’s resume, college application, and
self-confidence! Many students earn $5000 or more!
Some of these projects take as few as 6 weeks to
complete.
Now that pays more than a summer job!
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