Teacher's Guide to Science Fair Projects eBook Review

Science fair season is upon us and teachers and parents alike are planning their strategies to get kids excited about this event. Traditionally, teachers have two options, to make participating in the science fair mandatory or to make it optional. Either option requires teachers to think about how they will teach their students the skills that are needed to complete a science fair project. If you are in this position now, then read The Teacher’s Guide to Science Fair Projects.

Overview of The Teacher’s Guide to Science Fair Projects

The Teacher’s Guide to Science Fair Projects is a great resource for teachers, homeschool teachers and parents. It provides guidance on how to teach kids to complete a science fair project. This eBook covers each skill used in a science fair project including research, topic selection, experiment design, hypothesis development, data collection, data analysis, display board design and presentation delivery.

Highlights of The Teacher’s Guide to Science Fair Projects

The feature of this eBook that I found to be the most useful is that it breaks down the science fair project process into logical lesson plans. If you are a public school teacher, a homeschool teacher or even an involved parent, this makes understanding your role as the science fair coach and cheerleader so much easier to do.
Another feature that I enjoyed was that it contained actual lesson plans for each step of the process. In fact, this eBook contains 20 complete lesson plans that you can use right now. Each lesson plans covers goals and objectives, introductory activities, group learning activities, independent study activities and gradable assignments. If this is the first year your child or student will be participating in a science fair, then these lessons plans will be invaluable for you.In addition to providing guidance on how to teach kids how to create a winning science fair project, this eBook also gives guidance on how to prepare for the actual science fair.

For example, it provides information about what you need to bring to a science fair, what your student will be expected to do at a science fair and how judges approach the scoring of each project. This information will reduce your stress and help you to more effectively prepare for this academic adventure.

Finally, this book is logically assembled. It walks you through the process from A to Z. At each step you are provided with background information, technical details and Q&As. Overall a very useful product.

The Teacher's Guide to Science Fair Projects is written in lesson plan format. It also included the Student's Guide to Science Fair Projects