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A science fair is generally a competition where contestants present their science project results in the form of a report, display board, and models that they have created. A science project is an educational activity for students in one of the science disciplines involving experiments or construction of models Science fairs allow students in grade schools and high schools to compete in science and/or technology activities. Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt

One of the main educational advantages of science fair is that it requires completing a larger project than can be easily included in the short periods provided in most schools. Although writing assignments that take a long time to complete and require multiple drafts are fairly common in US schools, large projects in the sciences (other than science fairs) are rare. Science fairs also provide a mechanism for students with intense interest in the sciences to be paired with mentors from nearby colleges and universities, so that they can get access to instruction and equipment that the local schools could not provide.

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History

In the United States, science fairs first became popular in the early 1950s, with the ISEF, then known as the National Science Fair. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Interest in the sciences was at a new high after the world witnessed the use of the first two atomic weapons and the dawn of television. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic As the decade progressed, science stories in the news, such as Jonas Salk’s vaccine for polio and the launch of Sputnik, brought science fiction to reality and attracted increasing numbers of students to fairs. Jonas Edward Salk ( October 28 1914 &ndash June 23, 1995) was an American Biologist and Physician best Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral Infectious disease spread from person to person primarily via

Criticism

Some people pointed to the primary school experience as one factor which may actually discourage students from taking further interest in the sciences. [1] They claim that traditional science fairs, as well as programs like the Westinghouse Science Honors Institute, place too much focus on competition, a charge which science fair supporters answer by pointing to the real life competitive nature of awarding scientific grants and even the Nobel Prize. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature

A related source of criticism is the tendency for an inordinate amount of parental contribution to the projects, especially of winning projects. In the desire to see their children win the competition, many parents direct the children to choose projects far above a secondary student's capacity for understanding. Therefore, the parent or a connection of the parent with scientific or technical expertise will direct the development and execution of the project. Not only does this minimize the educational value of the project for the student, but also provides an unfair advantage to students whose parents have the technical connections and financial resources to invest in these projects.

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A science project is an educational activity for students in one of the science disciplines involving experiments or construction of models Scientific method refers to bodies of Techniques for investigating phenomena

Dictionary

science fair

-noun

  1. a competition in which contestants, usually children, create science-related projects or demonstrations
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