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==Criticism== |
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Some people pointed to the primary school experience as one factor which may actually discourage students from taking further interest in the sciences. [http://www.csun.edu/~lg48405/vsf/ch1/ch1_wha.html] They claim that traditional science fairs, as well as programs like the <!--http://www.westinghouse.com/E3.asp--> Westinghouse Science Honors Institute, place too much focus on competition, a charge which science fair supporters answer by pointing to the real life competitive nature of awarding scientific grants and even the [[Nobel Prize]]. |
Some people pointed to the primary school experience as one factor which may actually discourage students from taking further interest in the sciences. [http://www.csun.edu/~lg48405/vsf/ch1/ch1_wha.html] They claim that traditional science fairs, as well as programs like the <!--http://www.westinghouse.com/E3.asp--> Westinghouse Science Honors Institute, place too much focus on competition, a charge which science fair supporters answer by pointing to the real life competitive nature of awarding scientific grants and even the [[Nobel Prize]]. |
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==Best Science Fair Project== |
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Josh and Yehoshua have created the best science fair project ever. It includes Photoshops, a Powerpoint, and a very good report. Josh and Yehoshua are known for there very great knowledge and were voted best kids of the year. |
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==List of science fairs== |
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Revision as of 23:55, 11 March 2008
A science fair is generally a competition where contestants present their science project results in the form of a report, display board and models that they may have created. Science fairs allow students in grade school and high schools to compete in science and/or technology activities.
History
In the United States, science fairs first became popular in the early 1950s, with the ISEF, then known as the National Science Fair. Interest in the sciences was at a new high after the world witnessed the use of the first two atomic weapons and the dawn of television. As the decade progressed, science stories in the news, such as Jonas Salk’s vaccine for polio and the launch of Sputnik, brought science fiction to reality and attracted increasing numbers of students to fairs.
Criticism
Some people pointed to the primary school experience as one factor which may actually discourage students from taking further interest in the sciences. [1] They claim that traditional science fairs, as well as programs like the Westinghouse Science Honors Institute, place too much focus on competition, a charge which science fair supporters answer by pointing to the real life competitive nature of awarding scientific grants and even the Nobel Prize.
Best Science Fair Project
Josh and Yehoshua have created the best science fair project ever. It includes Photoshops, a Powerpoint, and a very good report. Josh and Yehoshua are known for there very great knowledge and were voted best kids of the year.
List of science fairs
International
National
Canada
- Canada-Wide Science Fair, hosted by the Youth Science Foundation Canada
Ireland
United States
- California State Science Fair
- Massachusetts State Science Fair
- Twin Cities Science Fair
- New York State Science and Engineering Fair
- Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair
In Popular Culture
- Elementary school science fairs (many of which are required as part of the students' overall grade) are a recurring theme in Nicktoons.
- A successful science fair entry was the subject of the 1999 film October Sky.