In my class, we have Science Fair Friday! Many Fridays, we take some time (sometimes the whole class period) to discuss what everyone should be doing with their science fair project and how they are making progress.
My Teaching Philosophy on Science Fair
The start of the school year. But not really. (Students start their projects over the summer.)
Mentoring Many Research Projects (How to keep students on track.)
Science Fair: Timeline. When should you have deadlines and checkpoints through the year so that students get sleep the weekend before science fair?
Finding a Topic
Science Fair Friday (YouTube): Brainstorming and Project Ideas
Science Fair: Stating Your Question
Scientific Method vs. Engineering Design?
Background Research/Introduction
Leading students in a literature search
Science Fair: Student Peer Review
Experimental Design/Data Collection
Lab Notebooks: The grown-up interactive noteook
Evolution of the Scientific Method in the Classroom (Training students to think like scientists during daily classroom activities)
Data Analysis
Results
Science Fair: Writing your Results
Discussion and Conclusion
About that paper / Style
Science Fair: Student Peer Review