SCIENCE FAIR
Tricks, Tips, Food and a few Freebies!
Eckstein Middle School
3003 NE 75th St
Room 107
Thursday, November 3rd
4:00 - 6:00
Get together with other middle school science teachers in the district to think about Science Fairs! This workshop will be led by a presenter who travels around the country to support school and teacher efforts to organize, plan and do science fairs. You’ll hear new ideas and receive some of their materials. The SPS Science Fair Packet will also be distributed at this event. Please join us!
You may register on the SPS Professional Development web page. Your registration means we’ll have pizza for you!
Questions? - contact Kathryn Kelsey
Here are the upcoming Initial Use workshops - see the complete flyer (Word format) for times, locations, and registration details.
Module: STC/MS Organisms Micro to Macro
Date: October 26 and 27, 2005
Module: FOSS/MS Diversity of Life
Date: October 31 and November 1, 2005
Module: STC/MS Catastrophic Events
Date: November 2 and 3, 2005
Module: SEPUP/MS Science and Life Issues
Date: November TBD, 2005
Module: STC/MS Earth in Space
Date: November 9 and 10, 2005
Module: Level 2 - Enduring Understanding:
6th– Earth History
7th– Catastrophic Events
8th– Properties of Matter
Date: November 9, 2005
Module: STC/MS Properties of Matter
Date: January 12 and 13, 2006
Module: STC/MS Energy, Machines and Motion
Date: January 12 and 13, 2006
Module: STC/MS Catastrophic Events
Date: January 19 and 20, 2006
Module: BSCS/HS A Human Approach
Date: January 4, 2005
Flyer with full details: fall-2005-workshops.doc
Contact Kathryn Kelsey if you are interested.
The Science of Discovery
Science Fair 2006
Join us at this workshop to kick-off our Science Fair work this year!
Reinvigorate the Science Fair at your school!
Benefit from the support, resources and enthusiasm to put together a school fair!
Showboard is presenting a science fair workshop for Seattle School District teachers.
Presenter: Mark W. Oleksak - Judge for the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge and CEO of Showboard, Inc.
Topics Include:
- Idea Generation
- Science Fair Organization
- Science Fair Public Relations
- Rules and Regulations
- Judging and Display Boards
- Planning of the Actual Fair
When: Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
4:00pm - 6:00pm
Where: Eckstein Middle School, 3003 NE 75th St., Seattle 98115, room 107.
Contact: Kathryn Kelsey 206-252-0157
Preparation: Bring a list of what topics you want to learn more about. Share your experiences!
Workshop Flyer (Word doc)
I re-wrote my old brine shrimp article to make it more aligned with what I want students to know and do in the second Diversity of Life lab. It also doubles as a simple lab sheet for the brine shrimp investigation. Here’s the article: BrineShrimpArticle.doc