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Science Fair: An Opportunity To Initiate Independent Investigations

Science Fair is an opportunity for students throughout the country to independently conduct a science experiment and compete with other students in schools across Texas, or even across the US. Elementary, middle and high schools guide their Science Fair participants through the self-driven process of completing a scientific experiment and giving an account of their project to a panel of judges. 

Science Fair participants can work alone, developing their independence and agency, or in a group, working together as communicators and collaborators. Either way, the process is student-led, encouraging the students to take initiative, find personal learning systems and habits, and overall drive themselves towards learning science….

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Austin Energy Regional Science Festival

Science fairs are one of those quintessential elementary school experiences that students and parents love to complain about, and for good reason. In their worst form, parents do all the work, the artistry of the display board takes on outsized importance, and students lose track of what they are doing and why. But this bad reputation masks the underlying good bones of the idea: giving students a chance to participate fully in the process of doing science…

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