1. Warm Up –
In Your
Composition Book
GET A PEN!!!
PUT YOUR PENCIL
AWAY!!!
Start numbering all of the
pages in your logbook
(composition book)
2.
3. What . . .
• Falls to Earth at a rate of 30,000
metric tons a day?
• Have you probably eaten before in
a salad?
• Are remnants of the time when
the solar system formed 4.6
billion years ago?
6. Did you Know?
• A 12-year old’s solar cell may
revolutionize the energy industry.
• He developed his solar cell as part of
a science fair project.
• He developed a solar cell that is 3
dimensional instead of 2 dimensional
and has the possibility to collect up
to 500 times as much solar energy as
traditional solar cells.
• What important discovery will you
make while completing your science
fair project??
12. The Science of Fractals
• They contain Large
Degrees of self-
similarity
• They are closely
related to computer
graphics,
programming, and
mathematics
• They can be seen in
nature in clouds,
lightning bolts, and
snowflakes
• A study of fractals
would make a great
science fair project!
13. What is the Science and
Engineering Fair?
• A chance to do real
scientific research in a
science or engineering field
• A long-term commitment
that will requirement you to
complete the majority of the
work on your own
• A chance to share your
project results with
scientists in the field
• A chance to compete in the
Gwinnett Regional Science
and Engineering Fair – and
maybe even the State fair!
16. What the fair is not:
• A place to present library
research projects
• A place to present projects
that model science events
like hurricanes and
volcanoes
• A place to complete
projects based on studies
that have already been
completed
17. Your Next Steps
• Start asking questions!
What are you curious
about? Is it something you
can figure out
scientifically.
• What kinds of science do
you like? Plants, stars,
chemistry, physics?
• Start researching to get
ideas and see what may
be a possibility for you to
do a project on.
18. Remember -
• You will be developing
your project following
scientific methods
• Your logbook will
become the MOST
IMPORTANT part of your
science fair project
• We will have scheduled
log book checks. Write
everything in your
logbook!
