Why do a school site Science Fair?
Science Fair is an opportunity for students, individually or as members of a team, to actually apply the skills they have learned in their study of science. For students who have not done any science, the science fair project will be difficult. But if your class and your school has made an effort to give students lots of experience solving problems, a science fair is a real chance for the kids to show what they’ve learned. It is also a chance to show the students and the school community how important and useful science is. Community partners, such as businesses that have made donations, can be invited as well to see the students’ work. What does it look like? You could do a Science Fair as an individual classroom effort, but many schools have school-wide fairs. These are usually evening events, sometimes coinciding with Open House. The Oakland Unified School District will have a K-5 Science Fair March 21 to 25, and a grade 6 to 12 Science Fair February 25 to March 1. You can visit the
