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Silverbrook Elementary Online Resource List:  https://www.silverbrookpto.org/steam-fair-participant-information

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Presentation & Display Boards

There is no one way to present your STEAM Project. Please remember that you will not have access to electricity, and you will have approximately one half of a 6ftx3ft folding table to display your project. We recommend using a trifold presentation board as they are self supporting and easiest for displaying. Beyond those basic restrictions, we encourage students to choose how they think they can best display what they did, what they learned, and what they would like to teach others. Students can hand write or type their data, they can draw pictures and diagrams, they can use photographs, create prototypes of their inventions, create a video of their experiment, make an artistic representation....there are no restrictions. 

 

Some resources for creating a STEAM Fair display board:

 

A classic "Science Fair" experiment Display Board: 

 

https://www.sciencebuddies.org/blog/putting-together-a-project-display-board

 

https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/2012/01/30/science-fair-911-display-boards/

Examples of Projects (available from the NICEE):

1st grade student (No Pecker Egg Collector)

3rd grade student (EZ Twisty Butter Stick)

There are many online resources to help students with project ideas. 

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Below are some helpful resources:

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Here are some examples of project ideas that you will find in the above resources:

  • Does the sun heat saltwater and freshwater at the same rate?

  • What is the best shock absorber for dropping an egg?

  • What is the best insulator to keep ice from melting?

  • What makes a shadow?

  • What are the parts of a plant and their uses?

  • What are the habitats of a trout, cardinal and boa constrictor?

  • What dissolves in water and what does not?

  • What does a tree look like in all four seasons?

  • Which type of microwave popcorn pops the best?

  • Can plants grow normally when upside down?

  • Which Food will mold the fastest?

  • Is it a fruit or veggie?

  • Does the brand of kitty litter affect clumping?

  • Which cereal brand stays crunchy in milk the longest?

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A Matunuck STEAM Fair Project can be:

  • a science experiment or demonstration

  • an invention or functional item designed to solve a problem (engineering design)

  • a model or collection related to the theme

  • an artistic representation or exploration (painting, sculpture, poem, story, music, etc)

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