Monday, October 22, 2012

Week 9 Blog, Due Sunday, October 28th, 2012

Its time to think about Science Fair!  For this week's blog, I want everyone to visit the official website for the Houston Science and Engineering Fair.  This is the link: http://www.sefhouston.org/students-parents-teachers .  I want you to click on some of the links to see what different information is available to you.  Now, for this week's assignment.  You need to locate the entry form and look it over.  At some point, you will need to print the form and fill out all of the information before the school science fair on November 13th.  Find the section that lists the categories for science fair.  For this week's post, I want you to identify which category your project falls under.  I also want you to tell me one other thing you saw on the website.  It can be anything you find helpful or interesting.  If you are not completing a major science fair project because you are choosing to participate in history fair instead, please let me know if you are going to complete the photograph entry or the research paper.  Remember, you must complete an original post PLUS comment on someone else's post for full credit.  Posts must be complete by 11:00 pm Sunday for full credit as well.  Happy posting!
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  1. UnknownOctober 25, 2012 at 8:33 PM

    My project falls under the category of Behavioral/Social Sciences. Something interesting I found on the website was on the reviews and guidelines section. It has internet sources for research and it reviews what the purpose, hypothesis, etc. is.

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    1. UnknownOctober 25, 2012 at 10:08 PM

      where did you find the categories??? I can not find them!

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    2. Bilsan GuzmanOctober 26, 2012 at 9:49 AM

      I'm with Alejandra, I cannot find the catagories.

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    3. UnknownOctober 27, 2012 at 9:28 PM

      I can't find the categories with that web link... where did you find it?

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    4. Zulaída CastilloOctober 27, 2012 at 10:50 PM

      Yeah me either you guys

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    5. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 12:22 PM

      I'm with them I can't find the categories! :(

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    6. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 1:24 PM

      same here I'm lost.

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    7. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 8:12 PM

      I couldnt find it either !

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  2. UnknownOctober 26, 2012 at 9:07 AM

    My science fair project falls in the category of biochemistry

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  3. Zulaída CastilloOctober 27, 2012 at 10:48 PM

    I don't know where the categories are but I already know mine! Human psychology. Primarly focusing on memory and the use of Mneumonics (memory aids) something I found interesting was that I must get permission from the principal and that Houston uses a book of rules and guidelines for science fair

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    1. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 12:28 PM

      Good luck with that:)
      Are you going to ask people questions or are you just going to research things?

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    2. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 6:42 PM

      I find your topic to be very interesting but hopefully the principal allows you to do it.

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    3. AnonymousOctober 28, 2012 at 8:13 PM

      I see your project intresting but remember about some limits you can do on experiments that involve with people.

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  4. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 12:19 PM

    My project falls into the catagory of engineering the application of scientific knowledge for practical use.Soething new that I learned from what I read on the website is that they only choose 5 to send to ISEF based on criteria.

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  5. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 1:29 PM

    I couldn't find the catagories, but Meagan and I are going to research and create snowflakes to see if all snowflakes are different. What I learned is that there are 10 categories and the maximium points is 10.

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    1. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 6:30 PM

      Thats sounds really cool. How do you make snowflakes? Hope you have fun answering your question.

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    2. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 7:57 PM

      That sounds cool! I hope yalls snowflakes look pretty;)

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  6. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 1:52 PM

    I couldn't find the categories either but something i learned is that our projects go through 3 phases of judging.

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  7. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 6:20 PM

    My partner and i fall under the behavioral/socaial sciences category. Which is also under life science. We just need to make sure to get all the forms needed for the experiment.

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    1. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 6:26 PM

      To find the categories, click where its says rules and guidelines on the website. Then click where it says houston rules and guidelins(pdf). It should send you to a document with all the guildlines and rules. Keep scrolling down till it says Project Categories.

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    2. Jessica IpinaOctober 28, 2012 at 8:33 PM

      Thanks erenderi, i found the categories thanks to you(:

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    3. UnknownOctober 31, 2012 at 6:59 PM

      Awesome, you're doing the same category as me. What's your project about? Like specifically what are you trying to test?

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  8. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 6:28 PM

    I could not find the categories :( But Guadalupe and I are going to do our project on Memory Retention. I learned that you must have a hypothesis, data, procedure, results, and data analysis on your board. You must have a bibliography and have to fill out all the required forms that go with your project.

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  9. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 6:40 PM

    My science fair project falls under the behavioral science category. One thing that I found very helpful was the Poster Design Contest document because its states everything that is expected on the poster board and the things that are not allowed as well.

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  10. Ernesto MurilloOctober 28, 2012 at 7:01 PM

    My group's project falls under the category of Botany/Plant Science. What I found interesting is that the SEFH is also having a Poster Design contest to encourage an artistic view of science and engineering.

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    1. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 7:22 PM

      I didn't see the poster design contest that's interesting. Hey Ms.Ego I found something but couldn't find my category.

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    2. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 8:04 PM

      Yea the posters do look creative

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    3. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 9:17 PM

      Oh cool! I didn't know they were having a poster contest!

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  11. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 7:19 PM

    I couldn't find my category but for science fair I'm doing buoyancy and there was nothing interesting to me but that's me.

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  12. Valerie HernandezOctober 28, 2012 at 7:50 PM

    I don't know what I'm looking for!

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    1. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 9:41 PM

      click the link & just navigate through it you will find the categories and all the information

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    2. AnonymousOctober 28, 2012 at 10:58 PM

      me too

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    3. UnknownNovember 10, 2012 at 4:47 PM

      good topic

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  13. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 7:55 PM

    My science fair project falls under the behavioral science category, and nothing really interesting to me.

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    1. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 8:38 PM

      i think you just need to look longer

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    2. AnonymousOctober 28, 2012 at 9:04 PM

      yeah you have to look for a while before you find something

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  14. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 7:55 PM

    My groups project is under botany/plant science. The project approval form has alot of things and rules we have to do.

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  15. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 8:00 PM

    I as well couldn't find my category but my partner and I are researching on why do humans react bad when they hear bad sounds for example, a someone's nails scratching down a chalk board

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    1. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 8:25 PM

      that's sounds like a good project! and i shuddered just by reading your example ha.

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    2. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 9:26 PM

      Those kind of sounds are terrifying but a good project.

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  16. AnonymousOctober 28, 2012 at 8:08 PM

    My group project is under behaivor/social science. Me and my partners are studiying about how phobia effects the brain and the negative effects.The website showed me some limits to how much we could do and how far we can go with the project.

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  17. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 8:10 PM

    Mrs. Ego i cant find the catagories but i hink it is behavioral/ social science and i think that the web site is cool because it has examples of projects.

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    1. AnonymousOctober 28, 2012 at 8:48 PM

      haha yeah! The examples are very helpful!

      Ana Mendoza

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  18. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 8:22 PM

    If i saw the correct ones, than my project would fall under Behavioral/Social Sciences since Ale's and my project deals with memory. I liked how the website basically broke down everything. It explained many of the stuff step by step.

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  19. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 8:37 PM

    my science fair project falls under the category of
    BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (Code: BE)
    as for the interesting thing i noticed that Texes has its own engineering science fair .

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  20. Jessica IpinaOctober 28, 2012 at 8:45 PM

    I believe that our project would fall under the Biochemistry/Microbiology category. Something interesting i found was that it gives you a guideline of how to set up a good notebook. (:

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  21. AnonymousOctober 28, 2012 at 8:46 PM

    Our project would fall under behavioral and social sciences.
    Something interesting i noticed was that you can enter a writting contest as well...

    Ana Mendoza

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  22. AnonymousOctober 28, 2012 at 9:03 PM

    My project falls under Behavioral Sciences and i found out that you cant interact with the animal you are testing.

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  23. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 9:14 PM

    Well, my partners and I aren't quite sure what category our topic falls under but we believe its Biochemistry/Microbiology. Something helpful I found was that it gave people a heads up on any new changes to this years science fair. :)

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  24. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 9:24 PM

    My project falls under biochemistry and a way for a cheap and eco/green way to go. I saw what science fairs won last year and the years before. Aldine never won xD

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  25. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 9:40 PM

    i believe my category falls under the energy and transportation category & i learned there are 10 categories & max points of 10

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  26. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 9:47 PM

    My partner and i fall under the behavioral/socaial sciences category; which is also under life science.

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  27. UnknownOctober 28, 2012 at 10:30 PM

    I couldn't find the categories...

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  28. AnonymousOctober 28, 2012 at 10:57 PM

    behavioral sciences

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  29. AnonymousOctober 29, 2012 at 1:17 PM

    Our topic falls under microbiology. The website helped me see other past winnersand theirwinning topics

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  30. AnonymousOctober 31, 2012 at 9:01 PM

    my topic is Med and health physical science. It didnt really show me much, that i didnt already know.

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  31. UnknownNovember 10, 2012 at 4:45 PM

    my topic is projected launch

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  32. UnknownNovember 14, 2012 at 1:45 PM

    My topic is about health science , and it really didn't help me out but Ill find a way :-)

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  33. Marlon AristondoDecember 21, 2012 at 2:19 PM

    My topic is about forensics.This just helped me find the steps to proceed with my experiment:D

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