Please participate if you are interested in STEM or if you are interested in getting extra credit for a class. You may work with a partner.

TMP Science Expo

Teachers who are offering extra credit: Scott Voorhies, Hilary Hale, Jody LeFevers, Beth Roop, Sky Tallman, Rebecca Birch, Steve Rogers

Expo date: April 15th, 2016!

If you are participating for extra credit in a class...

• Decide what class you need/want the credit in (this can be cross curricular)

• Talk to the teacher about that class or classes and get your participation approved

• Form a hypothesis or question and have your idea approved by Scott V. and your teacher(s)

If you are participating for fun…• Form a hypothesis or question and have your idea • approved by Scott V. He’s an approachable guy.

Steps for Success...

• Submit a paragraph explaining your project to Scott V. and your teacher(s) by December 10th

• formatting instruction

• Submit a log that tracks the progress of your experiment and contains reflections about the process once every two weeks

• you can use a journal, a GoogleDoc, a video log, etc.

• Create a final presentation and display board due April 15th

• board must include: a title and your name, problem statement or project description, methods/procedure, materials, pictures or graphs, results, discussion/analysis, conclusion, any physical result

Examples...• Biology: scan the life stages of a living organism, on the SEM, and explain

each stage in detail • Environmental Science: print the parts for a wind turbine on the 3D printer

and assemble the turbine • Economics: predict patterns of stocks using computer programs like

NetLogo, StarLogo, Python,C++, etc.• English: extend your board for Hillary’s class, research (in depth) the history

of a book from her class and produce graphs with some data that you found regarding that time period. Ex: “The

• Grapes of Wrath”. For this book research • how many people lost jobs during that • time, or the infant mortality during the • depression

Examples...

• History: program and track the effects of any war or disease on a• population• Geometry: print geometric shapes on the 3D printer (this requires• learning how to use SolidWorks)• Algebra: graphing or analyzing data• SciTech: build a model of the solar system using a program or using the 3D

printer • Physical Science: track your average work • done over a 10 day period, create a video• example of this and voice over it

Lab Hours

• Scott V. and Chloe Puglisi will host lab hours

• Anyone can attend Tuesday or Thursday 3:30-4:30 in room 320

• Individual times can be discussed with either Scott or Chloe for people who need help with:

• learning a programing language

• using how to use the SEM or 3D

• printer

• analyzing data

Remember• This counts as extra credit for those who need it; you can get extra credit in

more than one class

• Entry paragraphs are due December 10th

• Everyone must keep a bi-weekly log

• Lab hours are available

• Final presentation and display board are due April 15th