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Welcome to the PJAS Resource Page
This page has been updated for the 2007-2008 school year.
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Grades 6,7,8 must participate in making a project.
Only 7th and 8th can compete at the competition.
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The project is worth two grades. The first grade will
be on creating an experiment and documenting how it will be performed.
I will provide help and guidance as needed throughout this process.
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The second grade will be on the oral presentation given in
class in
January.
Outline of the Process
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Students must have a hypothesis and an outline of
exactly how they will conduct the experiment by the end of October. I
will circulate ideas from other participants from previous years.
Students may choose from these or an idea of their own.
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Students should have a
hypothesis and an experiment by the
first Friday in October written and handed in.
I will try
to expose weaknesses in their hypothesis or scientific methods. It
leaves enough time to find something else.
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Students in 7th or 8th grade are highly encouraged to
register for competition in Easton. Registration
forms are due in November with a check for $6.00 payable to OLHRS.
The fee covers expenses incurred by PJAS. We will turn one single
check in to them as per request from the school. Students may purchase
a pin for five dollars that you attach your award bars onto, should you win
in February. I actually expect all of my students to win 1st, 2nd, or
3rd. 6th grade students are not able to compete in Easton. However, they are able to attend as
technicians. They will be timekeepers. They will also
be in rooms as students are competing, giving them an edge for the next
year. Contact me if you are interested.
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If a student places 1st in Easton in February, that student
is invited to Penn State University to compete at the state level.
There are additional fees associated with that, more information will be
forthcoming.
Examples of worthy and testable hypotheses:
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Which single ply paper towel absorbs the most water?
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Does soil temperature affect the rate of seed germination?
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Will a carrot float longer in fresh water or salt water?
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and so on.
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