The Complete Workbook for Science Fair Projects [Paperback]

Julianne Blair Bochinski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 29, 2004

Your personal coach and game plan for creating a unique and award-winning science fair project

Developing a science fair project from the ground up can be a daunting task--and today's science fairs are more competitive than ever before. The Complete Workbook for Science Fair Projects takes you step by step through the entire process of brainstorming, finding, completing, and submitting an award-winning science fair project of your very own.

The special features of this easy-to-use, interactive workbook include:Complete instructions and fun, meaningful exercises to help you develop a science fair project idea from scratchExpert advice on choosing and researching a topic, finding a mentor, conducting an experiment, analyzing your findings, putting together a winning display, and much moreInspiring stories of real projects that show how students solved particular problems

This ingenious guide also helps you prepare to deliver a top-notch oral presentation and answer questions from science fair judges. Plus, you'll find sample project journal worksheets, a handy list of scientific supply companies, and lots of space to record your thoughts and ideas as you work on your project.

Today's exciting world of science fairs and contests offers many great opportunities. With The Complete Workbook for Science Fair Projects, you'll learn to think like a scientist and create a more effective, impressive science fair project--opening the door for an amazing science journey!

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Your personal coach and game plan for creating a unique and award-winning science fair project

Developing a science fair project from the ground up can be a daunting task—and today's science fairs are more competitive than ever before. The Complete Workbook for Science Fair Projects takes you step by step through the entire process of brainstorming, finding, completing, and submitting an award-winning science fair project of your very own.

The special features of this easy-to-use, interactive workbook include:Complete instructions and fun, meaningful exercises to help you develop a science fair project idea from scratchExpert advice on choosing and researching a topic, finding a mentor, conducting an experiment, analyzing your findings, putting together a winning display, and much moreInspiring stories of real projects that show how students solved particular problems

This ingenious guide also helps you prepare to deliver a top-notch oral presentation and answer questions from science fair judges. Plus, you'll find sample project journal worksheets, a handy list of scientific supply companies, and lots of space to record your thoughts and ideas as you work on your project.

Today's exciting world of science fairs and contests offers many great opportunities. With The Complete Workbook for Science Fair Projects, you'll learn to think like a scientist and create a more effective, impressive science fair project—opening the door for an amazing science journey!

About the Author

JULIANNE BLAIR BOCHINSKI is a former science fair contestant, award winner, and judge, as well as the author of The Complete Handbook of Science Fair Projects and More Award-Winning Science Fair Projects, both from Wiley. She is a now an intellectual property attorney who is very active in science fairs.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
  
• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (November 29, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471273368
• ISBN-13: 978-0471273363
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,226,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hurray! A Neat Little Book, December 29, 2004

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Mrs. Casciglio - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Workbook for Science Fair Projects (Paperback)

Wow What a Neat Book!
This book is amazing! Thank you Ms. Bochinski for writing a workbook with exercises to get my students thinking on their own. I have been looking for guide books to recommend to my students on the subject of science fair projects for a number of years and I believe that while there are many good books on the subject, this one rates among my favorite. If you are new to the world of science fair projects, this book is a neat little instruction book that gives students creative exercises to try to develop their own science fair project AND, what's great is that before you know it, if you follow all of these exercises, you will have done your project from start to finish and surprise, surprise, it's probably going to be a one-of-a-kind project which might even earn an award and might even be fun....who would've thought!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not a great one, April 7, 2008

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N. McNamara-Shepherd (Virginia Beach, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Workbook for Science Fair Projects (Paperback)

Not a great book for science fair projects. A bunch of incoherent babbling and not something kid friendly. My dtr is a straight A 5th grader and this book was not helpful at all. A total flop

3.0 out of 5 stars Not as useful as I'd hoped, June 20, 2011

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Rebecca (South Carolina) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Complete Workbook for Science Fair Projects (Paperback)

The book is fair. Many of the ideas area already over-used. It did not provide as much information as I had hoped.