WHAT SHOULD YOU SAY DURING YOUR PRESENTATION?

DURING THE SCIENCE FAIR THE JUDGES WILL EXAMINE YOUR PROJECT DISPLAY, THEY WILL READ THE MATERIALS MAKING UP YOUR PROJECT DISPLAY AND THEY WILL TALK WITH YOU ABOUT YOUR PROJECT. WHEN THE JUDGES ASK YOU TO TELL THEM ABOUT YOUR PROJECT YOU SHOULD HAVE A PREPARED PRESENTATION THAT SHOWS THEM THAT YOU HAVE DONE A THOROUGH JOB AND THAT YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS INVOLVED WITH YOUR PROJECT.

THE JUDGES MAY STOP YOU DURING YOUR PRESENTATION TO QUESTION YOU FURTHER. TRY TO BE ACCURATE WITH YOUR ANSWERS. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS ASKED OR IF YOU ARE UNCERTAIN IN THE ANSWER BE SURE TO RESPOND TRUTHFULLY. THE LAST THING THAT YOU WANT TO DO IS TO GIVE AN INCORRECT ANSWER WHICH WOULD TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE CONFUSED. IF YOU HAVE A GOOD IDEA ABOUT THE ANSWER TO THEIR QUESTION, RESPOND WITH "I THINK ......, BUT I AM NOT EXACTLY POSITIVE ABOUT IT".

A WELL PREPARED PROJECT PRESENTATION WILL YOU GIVE YOU THE CONFIDENCE YOU NEED TO DO WELL DURING THE JUDGING PROCESS. FOR SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS ABOUT GIVING AN ORAL PRESENTATION, FOLLOW THE APPROPRIATE LINKS AT THE ULTIMATE SCIENCE FAIR RESOURCE OR SCIENCE FAIR CENTRAL. FEEL FREE TO VISIT OTHER SITES AND TO LOOK AT SCIENCE FAIR BOOKS FROM YOUR LIBRARY TO GAIN EVEN MORE ADVICE ABOUT GIVING A SUCCESSFUL ORAL PRESENTATION OF A SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT.

ACTIVITY

PREPARE AN ORAL PRESENTATION THAT EXPLAINS YOUR SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT.

PRACTICE YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION BY PRESENTING YOUR PROJECT TO VOLUNTEERS SUCH AS: A CLASSMATE, A CLASS, A SMALLER GROUP OF STUDENTS AT YOUR SCHOOL, AND/OR A GROUP OF ADULTS FROM YOUR COMMUNITY OR SCHOOL. HAVE THEM GIVE YOU SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR PRESENTATION. ALSO, WELCOME THEM TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR WORK ON YOUR SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT. WITH PRACTICE YOU WILL BECOME COMFORTABLE SPEAKING ABOUT YOUR SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT.

ASSIGNMENT

CHOICE 1: PREPARE A WRITTEN VERSION OF YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION.

CHOICE 2: PREPARE A VIDEO TAPE OF YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION.

SEND ME A COPY OF YOUR PRESENTATION.

ASSESSMENT

YOUR ORAL PRESENTATION WILL BE MARKED ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES USED BY THE CANADA WIDE SCIENCE FAIR AND MANY REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIRS TO EVALUATE THE SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT OF THE PROJECT. CONSULT THE POLICY, PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES MANUAL FROM THE YOUTH SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF CANADA TO LOCATE THE MARKING SCHEME. THE MARKING SCHEME CAN ALSO BE FOUND BY FOLLOWING THE SASKATOON REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR LINKS FROM THE VIRTUAL SCIENCE FAIR SITE.