WOODLAWN SCIENCE FAIR RESOURCE PAGE

The official science fair form documents linked below are Microsoft Word documents (.doc).  They can be opened and then printed or saved locally on you computer allowing you to add text directly into the document.

NOTE:   FOR THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS, WHEN ADDING TEXT TO ANY OF THE FORMS YOU MIGHT NEED, A TEXT BOX HAS BEEN ADDED TO ALLOW FOR EASY INSERTION OF YOUR TEXT.  ONCE YOU GET INTO THE DOCUMENT, SIMPLY REPLACE THE TEXT ALREADY IN THE BOX WITH YOUR OWN INFORMATION.

For information about our REGION (region 6) of the Illinois Junior Academy of Science, use this link:

2008 REGIONAL/STATE SCIENCE FAIR
PARTICIPANTS

First, To be in science fair, you must REGISTER using the link below

Next, Use the link below to submit your EXPERIMENT PROPOSAL

Here are a few websites with very good planning and project ideas

Search for Science Experiments organized by Branches of Science
(SCROLL DOWN WHEN YOU GET THERE)
http://www.juliantrubin.com/fairencyclopedia.html

Discovery Education:  SCOTCH Science Fair Central
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/

Internet Public Library (IPL) Science Fair Resources
http://www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/

Science Buddies Science Fair Project Resources
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/

Most questions you might have on how to do the project can be answered using the IJAS Policies and Procedures manual available using the link below.
THE MANUAL IS 52 PAGES LONG!
CONSERVE PAPER BY SAVING A COPY OF IT TO YOUR COMPUTER OR USING THE LINK AS NEEDED.   CLICK FOR THE IJAS MANUAL

2012
DATES:

WOODLAWN FAIR : NOW January 30th

REGIONAL FAIR
Paper Session:     March 16th
Project Session:   March 19th

STATE FAIR
Paper Session:     May 4th
Project Session:   May 5th

THE SAME PAGES ARE AVAILABLE BELOW AS PDF DOCUMENTS WHICH YOU CAN PRINT, BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO MANUALLY PASTE IN YOUR INFORMATION OR TYPE IT ON THE PAGE YOU PRINT OUT.

2009 REGIONAL/STATE SCIENCE FAIR
PARTICIPANTS

IJAS manual pgs 35-43 (section on APA formating)
http://www.mrphome.net/scifairdocs/IJAS_APA.pdf

The links below can help you with the APA format for the Reference List and Internal Citations (where you give the author credit within the text of your Review of Literature paper.)
 

Perdue APA Formatting and Style Guide
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/

UW Madison Writing Center: APA Documentation
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/DocAPA.html

PLANNING YOUR DISPLAY:

There is no one way to prepare your display, but there are some rules about size and safety.  The links below have the rules as taken from the IJAS manual, tips and a checklist for making a good display and some photos of the display boards from previous year's fairs.

IJAS Rules:

http://www.mrphome.net/scifairdocs/IJAS_Your_Display.pdf

Other Tips On Preparing a Good Display Board

Gallery of Example Display Boards

 

YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION

Tips on Doing a Good Oral Presentation



Basics of science fair start to finish; includes good idea resources
http://www.hallway.com/blogs/schools/school-room-library-science-fair-projects/

Open the link below to see a SAMPLE COMPLETED PROJECT PAPER. sample of a complete science fair project paper

Education.com Science Fair Projects
http://www.super-science-fair-projects.com/