WHY DO A SCIENCE PROJECT?

 STUDENTS:

"I like to work on something that is interesting to me."

"It's not a lot of bookwork."

"I need something to build up my college applications."

"My teachers give me extra credit, especially if I do a good job."

"A lot of prizes, money, awards, and trips are available."

 
TEACHERS

"A student gets a chance to do real science."

"Many students get awards and rewards for their hard work."

"Students work over a period of time, sometimes several years, in working on a good project."
 

PROFESSIONALS

"The basic ideas of science are best learned by doing, seeing, touching, smelling."

"Being able to form a question and then try to answer it are skills everyone uses."

"The chance to interact with so many people is a great opportunity."

 

TOP PRIZES

TOP TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AT REGIONAL RECEIVE A LAPTOP.   TOP TWO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GO TO INTERNATIONAL.   CATEGORY WINNERS GET SAVINGS BONDS AND CHANCES TO GO TO STATE.