MAJOR CHANGE:  The Rocketry Challenge competition may NOT be used by students who what to substitute for Science Fair.  TARC is considered a self-design project.

• Lost the schedule given to you in class -- Timeline and Schedule for Science Fair
• Need ideas:
  • http://www.juliantrubin.com/fairprojects.html -- The best link ever!
  • http://www.sciserv.org/isef/ -- International science fair project link.
  • http://www.cyberbee.com/science/scitips.html -- good beginning website with good ideas
  • http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/ -- great website put up by Discovery
  • http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/ -- a good beginning but many of the experiments were on the elementary level
  • http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/fair/ideasframe.htm -- great ideas in the field of agriculture
  • http://www.sciencebuddies.org/ -- Another good link to use for those of you who are new.
• SCIENCE FAIR FORMS -- do not begin until experiment is approved.
  • FORMS LINK
  • STUDENT HANDBOOK
• Interested in a great scholarship
  • Symantec Software Scholarship information -- $10,000 college fund scholarship

• Citation/Bibliography sources: http://www.easybib.com/ or http://citationmachine.net/ or http://bibme.org (this is the easiest) -- Remember it needs to be APA

CATEGORIES TO ENTER

• Botany: Study of plant life.  Agriculture, agronomy, horticulture, forestry, plant taxonomy, plant physiology, plant pathology, plant genetics, hydroponics, algae, etc.

• Chemistry: Study of the composition of matter and laws governing it.  Physical chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials, plastics, fuels, metallurgy, soil chemistry, etc.

• Earth/Space Sciences: Study of the universe.  Geology, mineralogy, physiography, oceanography, meteorology, astronomy, seismology, geography, geophysics, etc.

• Engineering: Technology projects that directly apply scientific principles practical uses.  Civil, mechanical, manufacturing, aeronautical, chemical, electrical, sound, automotive, heating and refrigerating, transportation, environmental engineering, etc.

• Environmental: Study of pollution sources and their control.  Ecology, recycling, reclamation, restoration, composting, acid rain, affects of pollution, etc.

• Math/Physics: Development and application of numerical computations\theories, principles and laws governing energy also includes computer sciences.  Calculus, geometry, abstract algebra, number theories, statistics, complex analysis and probability. Solid state, optics, acoustics, superconductivity, fluid and gas dynamics, thermodynamics, magnetism, quantum mechanics, biophysics and states of matter, computer programming, computers in general etc.

• Medical: Study of disease and health of humans and animals.  Dentistry, pharmacology, pathology, ophthalmology, nutrition, sanitation, dermatology, allergies, speech and hearing, etc.

• Microbiology: Biology of microorganisms.  Bacteriology, virology, protozoology, fungi, bacteria, yeast, etc.

• Social/Behavioral: Study of human & animal behavior and relationships.  Psychology, sociology, anthropology, archaeology, linguistics, learning, perception, public opinion surveys, effects of stress, conditioned responses, etc.

•  Zoology: Study of animals.  Animal genetics, ornithology, entomology, animal ecology, paleontology, cytology, histology, animal physiology, invertebrates, etc.

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