ACCESS Academy Alternative ProgramScience Fair
The Intel Northwest Science Expo is a scientific research competition for Oregon and Clark County Washington students. It is a project of the Center for Science Education at PSU. At Intel NWSE students present a science research project they have completed within the last year in poster form. Judges also interview students.
Students may present science or engineering projects in the areas of the natural sciences, the social sciences, mathematics, or computer science. Each project will be entered into a category. While the student must conduct the work, the student may enlist the advice of a mentor. NWSES fairs are for EXPERIMENTAL research ONLY. Students need to pose a research question and gather the data to answer it. This may include research that is descriptive and pattern seeking if the student collects the data. Or it may include asking an original question that is answered using statistics gathered by other than the student. Modeling projects are allowed if the model is used to answer an experimental research question, the structure of the model is explained and the model is tested.
Science Fair Resources
2010-2011 Science Fair Handbook Science Fair Research Proposal Example of Scientific Design Diagram to assist in the development of your research proposal and the design of your experiment. Measurement and Data Resources Graphs in Science New!!! You can use this online graphing tool from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to improve your visual communication skills. Found at http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createAgraph/ the tool helps users make bar charts, line graphs, area graphs, pie graphs, and XY graphs. A tutorial tells which kind of graph is best for a particular situation.
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