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Science Challenges
3. Science Challenge Dates

Purpose

Science Challenges are exciting! Their purpose is to allow you to experience real life problem solving and critical thinking while inventing, testing, and achieving successful devices.
Each Science Challenge will be presented in the same manner.

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Science Challenge Report

What you need to include in your Science Challenge Report

1. Title, Name, Date, Block 1 or 2

2. Real World Challenge: Give me an example of an event that is similar to your challenge. See example on Science Challenge Sheet.

3. Objective: What are you making, why, what does your creation have to do?

4. Materials: What did you use to make your creation?

5. Procedure: Step by step (like a recipe) tell me how you made your creation.

6. Results: See Science Challenge Sheet.

7. Conclusion: Did your creation meet the Objective? Why do you think it did or did not work? If it didn't work, what would you change if you made it again?

8. Question: Ask a question related to the results you got. If you were to do it again, what could you change? What do you wonder?

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Science Challenge Dates for
2006 - 2007

Introduction September
Group September
1st Test in Class October
Final Test in Class October
Paper Due October
Introduction November
Group November
1st Test in Class November 
Final Test in Class December 
Paper Due December 
Introduction January
Group January 
1st Test in Class January 
Final Test in Class January 
Paper Due February 
Introduction April
Group April
1st Test in Class April
Final Test in Class May
Paper Due May

All dates are subject to change.

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Gainesville, Florida 32608

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