We love science at Fairlands! And the ultimate showcase for that love is our annual Science Fair in May.
For the first time in our history, we are going to have to do a virtual science fair this year! Submit your project using one of the two choices below and follow ALL THREE STEPS. Using FlipGrid should be your first choice, because that is the only way that other students and families can see your project, too!
Be sure to go to the FlipGrids below to see the projects that other students have done!
Decide how you will turn in the project for the Virtual Science Fair. See longer descriptive "Turn In Instructions", below. Choices are:
Post a 90 second video of yourself explaining the project to FlipGrid. See video guidelines, below.
Share a document or presentation (Google Docs or Slides is preferred) with Mrs. Holder
Go to the Form, at left and submit your name, project title and method of turning in the project. This is important so Mrs. Holder then knows what to look for and where to find your project. Submit the form.
Actually follow the directions below to turn in the project via your choice of the two methods.
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Turn in your project by one of these two methods, using these guidelines:
Make a 90 second video explaining your project. Give a very short summary.
Depending on the type of project (Experiment, Model, Collection, etc.), your exact explanation might be a little different than others. Just tell us the "interesting stuff"... we don't need to hear every detail about the size of the paper towels you used to wipe up a mess.... but maybe we do need to hear about the size of the paper towels if you tested paper towels and you had to cut them to make them a fair test.
So, think through what's important and what's interesting. You can record and edit it in FlipGrid or make it with another video editing program and just upload it.
Be sure to include:
Your name and grade.
The project title (if we can't see it clearly in the video)
What was the question or purpose or main idea of your project?
What did you ultimately find out or learn?
You might also include:
Your hypothesis (what you thought would happen) and how that related to what really happened (your conclusion).
Any problems you encountered and solutions you came up with.
If possible, use a "thumbnail" image (when you submit it to FlipGrid it give you the option of uploading a Thumbnail, so just take a photo and upload that photo to use as the thumbnail) of the student and the project so it's very clear which project goes with which student.
To put the video on the FlipGrid, use the links on this page, farther down. Find your grade for grades TK-4. Find your grade and TEACHER for grade 5 projects.
If you'd like to, you can also share a document or set of slides with Mrs. Holder. However, depending on the volume of submissions received, she may or may not be able to read everyone's work in detail. Her 1st Priority will be to read 5th graders' projects.
Create a Google Document or Google Slides Presentation with photos and descriptions of your project. The "project" does NOT have to be on a proper "display board". It can literally just be the document itself, explaining about what you did.
Click the "Share with" button and enter Mrs. Holder's email address: sholder@pleasantonusd.net
Find your grade level, below and go to that FlipGrid to Turn In your Project via Video. You can either record and edit the video in FlipGrid itself or use any other smartphone or tablet app to make a video and upload that to FlipGrid. Limit the video to only 90 seconds, please.