Hello everyone

Below is a copy of the note sent home during the week regarding the Term 4 Super Scientist Competition. There is now a sheet in the classroom where children must nominate the name of the experiment/topic of the presentation they will be presenting. This is to ensure that everybody is on track with the organisation of this and to make sure that there are not too many double ups. Every child must have entered this information by Monday 17th October Week 2. All Room 13 Term 4 Super Scientist Presentations are due to be performed Friday 28th of October Week 3. We will spend the day working through these following our Senior Assembly in the morning. All students are invited to bring their experiment equipment/posters/presentations and so on into the classroom to be stored in a safe place as early as Monday of Week 3.

11 October 2016

SUPER SCIENTIST COMPETITION TERM 4 2016

Dear Parents,

Our ‘Super Scientist’ competition is back again!    As in Term 2, all students from Years 1-6 are required to research, create and deliver a short presentation based on a scientific concept or principle. Teachers and students will assess each presentation and then determine an overall winner from each year level.  This student will then deliver their presentation at a special assembly in Week Four, and receive a special prize and certificate.

The students can choose a scientific concept from any of the science disciplines – Biology, Space and Earth, Chemistry or Physics.  The students can present their research in the form of an experimental demonstration, or a chart, or MS PowerPoint , or written report.  Each presentation can be a maximum length of 8 minutes. The students should aim to engage and ‘capture’ their audience but also (critically), demonstrate a clear understanding of the science.

Timeline:   

·         Weeks 1 and 2 : Students need to choose their concept, and then prepare and rehearse their presentation.

·         Week 3 : Students deliver their presentation to their class.  Class teachers select their top TWO ‘super scientists’

·         Week 4 : (Monday – Tuesday) Year Level classes get together to watch the top entrants from each class. Teachers confer and then select an overall ‘Year Level’ winner.

·         Week 4 : (Friday, 4 November, 9.00 to 10.00am) The six winning students (from Years 1 – 6) deliver their presentation to the school community. Certificates will be presented to all students who were class finalists, and a special prize will be presented to the overall ‘Year Level’ winners.

We are looking forward to seeing some wonderful presentations!

Carl Sanderson

Science Coordinator