Science Fair

Grades 7 & 8 participate in a school Science Fair to demonstrate their understanding of scientific method and engineering design through an individual project that explores a topic of interest.

PROJECT PAPER, DISPLAY BOARD, SLIDES PRESENTATION DUE (one week before FAIR): TBD
IN-CLASS PROJECT PRESENTATIONS: TBD
LOCAL ST. FRANCIS XAVIER SCIENCE FAIR: TBD
REGIONAL (Region 3) SCIENCE FAIR @ BCC: TBD
MA STATE MS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR @ Clark University, Worcester: TBD

PLEASE NOTE:

Grade 6 students will not be presenting in the local or regional science fairs, but will be receiving direct instruction on Scientific Methods and Experimentation approaches and working on a mock research project as a class to better understand what they will be expected to put into practice next year.

I am planning our local Gr. 7 & 8 fair accordingly so that students may meet all deadlines and complete all regional electronic SRC paperwork in advance and therefore be eligible to participate at the regional level should they qualify. Thank you for your patience.
Students are expected to be supported at home, but complete this project independently, and also communicate directly with Mrs. Shaughnessy with questions as they arise.
Thank you for your help in keeping your son/daughter accountable to the timeline/deadlines for our school fair.
Please note: I will continue to adjust deadlines as needed (within reason) to accommodate various situations.

Click here or the image below for an APA 7 Format Quick Reference Guide to double check your research paper formatting.

student-paper-setup-guide.pdf

Click here or the image below to see a sample APA Student Paper just to see examples of what the formatting does look like in the end.

student-annotated sample paper.pdf

The A.P.A. form for writing papers is the only acceptable form for papers presented in Fair competition. Students will receive support from their ELA teacher when working on the research portion of their papers for the Science Fair in Nov/Dec.
The ELA teacher will also assist students in learning and practicing the research paper APA format writing process.
The student is responsible to use their resources to edit their work appropriately following the guidance given throughout the draft stages.
**A note on ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: Cite your sources to avoid plagiarism! Please be sure to cite work that is not your own with the proper source...give credit to the author.
**Please note the Student Handbook Policy re: the use of AI: Chat GpT or other artificial intelligence software is also considered plagiarism as it is not demonstrative of student writing ability. The use of this software in assignments is not acceptable. Plagiarism will be considered as cheating and may result in the student receiving a zero for the assignment and detention.

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