T2+Science


 * Science Fair Marking Term 2 2011**

☒ Not achieved ☑ Achieved ☑☑ Advanced

**Scientific Process and Background:**

☑☑ Clear aim/hypothesis carried through

☑☑ Method, accurate experimentation

☑ Accurate experimentation, controls, variables, repetitions

☑☑ Results clear, accurate, include appropriate data

☑☑ Conclusions are in line with aim/hypothesis

☑ Results are interpreted and discussed (conclusion)

**Technical Skill:**

☑ Design of the experiment

☑ Use of apparatus and materials

**Originality:**

☑☑ Imaginative/creative ideas

☑ New/Unusual application in science

**Presentation of Display:**

☑☑ Colour/form/clarity/graphics

☑☑ Innovative appeal

**Log Book:**

☒ Authentic ongoing record with raw data included

☑ Has supporting documentation, bibliography, acknowledgements

**Teacher Comment:**

A well presented science fair project Dallas, well done. Great use of photos to show what you did also. I like your experiment and your method is very easy to carry out. Good idea to weigh the fruit before and after being in the sun for a week, this is a very accurate way to measure the weight of water. It would have been good to have carried out the experiment more than once though. You show good understanding of your topic with your presentation, well done. Excellent use of graphs to display your results, although you have chosen the wrong type of graph to present your percentage losses (it should have been a bar graph). Nice researching to find out the science behind your results, interesting to note that the science you discovered did not match up to your results. This further backs up the needs to carry out the experiment more than once. Overall a very interesting topic, Dallas.

**Student Comment:** I have read the comment and seen my markings and i agree that i should at least carry out my experiments more than twice... I also think that i presented my science board pretty well and ill try do it better next time

**Hey this week is science week so room 30 went to the science lab two we had a range of experiments to do i think the best one was the clucking bird sounds one.All you had to do is get a plastic cup then cut a small hole through the top of the cup then tie a match to it followed bye tying a piece of string to the match then you get a sponge wet it then rub it on the string.Then it makes bird noises! most people were doing the one were you have two plastic cups both tied with string they are apart but on the same string then you talk into the cup and the other person can here you.Everyone tied two of them together and made a four way chat but they took forever to finish i didn't get a turn anyway it was fun.**

__ Firday 13th may 2011 __

On thursday 12th may Rm 30 went into the science lab to test out an experiment for our CSI (Crime scene investigation) assignment. My group was Me Nathanial and Sam.F we had to make an Hypothesis on what substance was in what cup i thought that substance A had cornflour B had salt C had cream of tartar D had baking soda E had icing sugar.My group didn't get any guesses right. but Nathanial was using all of the vinegar and the poison stuff we had to wear safety googles. but on the other side i thought that it was pretty hard

__Wednesday 18th may 2011 __

**__ WALT - Identify and group fingerprints into 3 main categories : arch, loop and whorl __**

 AIM - To identify your own fingerprints out of an arch, loop and whorl.

 HYPOTHESIS I think my finger prints are looped I think this because when i look at my fingers i can see like kind of loopy lines

 EQUIPMENT Pencil, paper, sticky tape

 METHOD 1. Rub the side of a pencil lead back and forth on a sheet of paper to build up the black area large enough to take 10 prints 2. Press one of your fingertips firmly onto the black. Place the sticky side of a piece of tape over your fingertip.(you may need a friend to do this with) 3.Tape the print to the correct location on the fingertip form. 4. Using the magnifying glass compare your prints to the pictures above and try lable them as either arches,loops or whorls.