Science Projects - Holy Spirit High

Science Projects for Holy Spirit High 2010-2011

Science Fair is a type of project based learning and is an important component of teaching science at Holy Spirit High School. This page contains a summary of regulations as there are different project requirements depending on which science course you are taking. Please note: this year any science fair project MUST involve the collection and analysis of data.

Grade 9 students:
Must complete a project, which may be a science fair project, as outlined by their science teachers. Grade 9 students may also participate in the Biotechnology Fair with the permission of their teacher (see Mr. Wells for details). Grade 9 projects will be evaluated by the science teachers and the best projects will be involved in the school science fair on March 5th/2009.

Level I, II and III students:
In all science courses students must complete some form of project and are encouraged to attempt a Science Fair project. A student in two science courses will only need to complete one science fair project. We understand science fair is not for all students, therefore, each science course at Holy Spirit offers course projects. Course project requirements and due dates are available from your subject teacher. Two examples of how projects work for students are listed below.

Example 1: Level I student Charlie Darwin is taking Science 1206 and Biology 2201. He completes a science fair project on sea weed growth in CBS and gets an overall grade of 83%. This is his mark that is added to his Alternate Assessment for both courses. He completes one project for two courses.

Example 2: Level II student Marie Curie is taking Chemistry 2202 and Physics 2204. She completes 3 separate term projects for her courses - 2 course projects for Chemistry 2202 and 1 year long course project for Physics 2204. For each course the marks for these projects are seperately added to her Alternate Assessment.

Deadlines

A. Science Fair Proposal: Sept. 30 /11
B. Final Paper: Dec. 2/11 - Late paper or plagiarized work will result in transfer to term project.
C. Science Fair: Feb. 29/2012

Your science teacher will provide project details for your course, if you are doing science fair use the information links below.

Holy Spirit Science Fair Project Resources.

Holy Spirit General Guidelines for Projects
Holy Spirit Proposal Sheet
Holy Spirit Paper Guidelines . Click the link to download the word document template.
Holy Spirit Paper Marking Rubric

If you are interested in the Biotechnology Fair check their web site out.
YSF Canada http://www.ysf.ca/
Safety and Ethics http://www.ysf.ca/SMARTS/support/safetyethics.aspx
Project Ideas http://www.ysf.ca/_pvwc6966d/SMARTS/

This page was updated Monday, Sept. 20/2010