Science Makes the World go Round

Dear Parents:

Your child will have the chance to solve his or her own science mystery by doing a science fair project, a mandatory assignment for your child's class.  The project will count for 1 test grade in December.  There will also be assignments that will count for homework grades through out the project process.  A timeline will be provided to you.

Since your child has the chance to pick his or her own science fair project question, from the physics of making music to the biology of the tide pool animals, he or she will have the chance to experience the joy of discovery.

When starting a science project, a student chooses a question he or she would like to answer.  Then, he or she does the targeted library and Web research to gain the background information needed to formulate a hypothesis and design an experimental procedure.  After writing a report to summarize this background research, the students perform the experiment, draws conclusion, and communicates the results to the teachers and classmates.

We will provide your child with sufficient support to succeed, so that he or she develops enthusiasm for scientific discovery.  First, your child will accomplish each step of the project by doing homework assignments.  We will review the assignments at key checkpoints along the way, so that you won't face helping your child do a project the last night before the fair.  Second, we have included a basic guide of how to help with out getting over-involved...

Sincerely,

The Bessie Coleman Middle School Science Department

If you have any questions, please email your child's science teacher or phone

Ashley Baker        Ashley.Baker@chisd.net        ext. 8349

Cynthia Johnson  Cynthia.Johnson@chisd.net    ext. 8330

Tasha Dixon       Tasha.Dixon@chisd.net          ext. 8355

Patrice May         Patrice.May@chisd.net          ext. 8325

Science Fair Timeline

Parent Letter Home                    September 28^th

Pick a topic                               October 5^th

Parent Signature returned           October 5^th

Research the topic                     TBA

Proposal/materials                     October 13^th

Plan for your project                  October 16^th

Conduct the experiment             October-November

Project due                               December 1^st

BCMS Fair                        December 4^th 3-7pm