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October 2013

Dear Parents,

We are very excited about the upcoming STEM EXPO, which will be held on
March 18, 2014. As we did last year, this year we will continue with our expanded
Science Expo to a STEM Expo that includes Technology, Engineering, and Math, in
addition to Science. This will enable students to select a project that targets their
individual interests.

Each student will select between the following types of projects: constructing a
Rube Goldberg machine, creating an original Invention, developing a plan for an
Environmental Innovation, investigating how something works through Reverse
Engineering, Engineering a Robot to perform a specific task, or further exploring
science through a typical Scientific Inquiry project. Students will be doing most of the
pieces of their projects at home and some pieces at school. This is a valuable learning
experience to foster scientific awareness, curiosity, creativity, effective research
techniques and time management skills.

There will be bi-weekly check-ins during science class to make sure each
students project is on track and observations are being recorded in his/her project
notebook. Below, you will find a rough outline of due dates for project parts. Each
student will receive a detailed due date list specific to their type of project in early
November. Ive asked each student to discuss their ideas for their projects with parents
and to get signed approval taking into consideration the timeline, materials needed,
cost, and supervision.

Please do not hesitate to contact me regarding any portion of the project.

Thank you for your continued support,


Dr. Lindsey Polizzotti
lindsey@cohenhillel.org
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This is a rough outline as each individual project will have different
components due on each of these days.
Project Due Dates

Project Parts Due Date

STEM Expo Project Selection Worksheet


Friday October 25th, 2013
*This must be signed by a parent*

Background Research Monday, November 25th, 2013

Notebook Check/Progress Check December 9th, 2013

Part 2 of project due (materials and procedure,


January 6th, 2014
design, etc)
January 21st (7th grade)
Progress Check
January 22nd (6th and 8th grade)
Progress Check February 3rd

Part 3 of project due (data collection, building of


February 10th
project, development of product, etc)

Part 4 of project due (Data analysis and February 13th (7th grade)
conclusions, project improvements, etc) February 14th (6th and 8th grade)

Part 5: Improvements, finalize project/invention February 26th

Part 6: All parts required on your poster should be


typed up, saved, and brought to school on a USB March 5th
drive

In class assembly of posters: each student needs to


March 5th-7th
bring in a role of double sided sticky tape

Practicing Poster Presentations in class this week March 10th-14th

STEM Expo Tuesday, March 18th, 2014

Regional Jewish Day School STEM Expo at Gann


Sunday April 6th 2014
Academy

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