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ISS/Fair 2005
Investigative Science
Symposium/Fair
– MAY 12TH SCHEDULE
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Agenda & Criteria
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Student Rubric
Registration Forms
– High School
Registration
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Registration for School Project Finalists
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Project & Abstract Registration Form
• ISS/Fair 2004
• ISS/Fair 2003
• ISS/Fair 2002
• Thomas A. Gardner Science
Teacher Endowment Fund
QC Secondary Education Dept.
QC Physics Department
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ISS/Fair 2005 Queens College/Queens High Schools
Principal Sponsor
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Building and
Linking to
Prior Knowledge
Preliminary
Observations
and Explanations
Test preliminary
explanations |
Have you gathered information from multiple sources and
compiled a Bibliography? Have you a hardboard, non-spiral notebook to record
all data, thoughts and rough notes?
Have you collected appropriate materials and instruments to conduct your
preliminary observations?
Are you using scientific concepts to explain preliminary
observations?
Have you tested preliminary explanations in ways that allow the development
of investigative questions?
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Create
a Question
to Investigate
Plan
and Design
Experiment
Data
Collection
Materials
&
Methods
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Have you constructed a clear investigative question, based
upon results of your preliminary explorations, that distinguishes cause and
effect?
Have you designed a controlled scientific investigation that includes
systematic observation and accurate measurements. Have you identified an
independent variable and dependent variable(s)?
Have you maintained a Lab notebook or Research Log; and collected data using
appropriate SI units and in ways that others can verify?
Have you accurately recorded your actual step-by-step methods, observations,
thought and data in your Lab Notebook or Research Log? Does your plan
include a sufficient number of samples or trials in your experiments?
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– The
ISS/Fair 2005 Planning Committee:
Mark Miksic, Co-Organizer, Queens College
Thomas Strekas, Dean, Math & Sciences QC
Steven Schwarz, Asst. Dean, Math & Sciences QC
Diane Pillersdorf, Region 5
Marianita Damari, Region 3
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Norman Cohn, Co-Organizer, Franklin K. Lane HS
Susan Brustein, Townsend Harris HS
Michael Renna, Hillcrest High School
Robert Soel, John Bowne HS
Steve Berman, Bayside High School
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