*CANCELED*Science Fair and Chili Cook-Off Fundraiser

Date – Time

April 1, 2022 – 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Location

Esperanza First
301 Avenue G
Del Rio, 78840
Fellowship Hall

Additional Information

**Event has been canceled due to lack of registrants**

DRHG SCIENCE FAIR 2022

Calling all scientists! We are excited to invite our students to participate in our 2022 Science Fair! This event will feature our Student Council Chili Cook Off Fundraiser and annual Science Fair. Come prepared to eat some delicious chili or soup and check out some of our students' amazing work! This is a great time to invite family members and friends to see some of your childrens' hard work. Even if you aren't able to participate with an experiment, mark your calendar and come out to enjoy the event.

Who: Homeschool students 2nd grade and up

What: This Science Fair is for students in 2nd grade and up to display their work and explore science projects done by other homeschooled children.  4th, 5th and MS/HS will be the only age groups being judged. If your student would like to pair up with a friend or sibling, that is OK, however, students participating as part of their class grade may not do a group project. Students paired of differing ages will be judged in the older child's category for award consideration. 

Pick something that you enjoy. Just about anything, can be turned into a science project! Do you like music, building things, and/ or living things? Find something you like and then design a project around it. If you don't want to do that try googling it. One site to check out is: www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects. Please make sure to read the attached file with additional details, but don't let it overwhelm you! Have fun with this process and reach out to us if you have questions!

Project Set Up:

Projects should be set up in the Esperanza Fellowship Hall as follows:

Middle and High school science projects - April 1st, 8:30-9:00 AM

Elementary projects - April 1st, 12:30-1:00 PM  

Project viewing and chili cook off will be from 6:00-7:30PM. If you are bringing food for the chili cook off, please plan to arrive and set up at 5:30PM.

Judging and Awards

Science Projects will be judged during the day on April 1st. Middle and High School interviews will be from 12:30-1:00PM and Elementary interviews will be from 1:00 - 2:00PM. Students should be present for a short interview about their project.  Awards will be presented in the evening at the chili cook-off.

Chili Cook-Off

The cost for the chili cook off will be $5 per person. This cost includes chili or soup, cornbread, drink, and dessert. If you would like to bring a soup or chili and compete in the cook-off, there will be a prize awarded to the winner! Please indicate on your registration form if you will be bringing a chili or soup to the cook-off.

RSVP

Please make sure to RSVP for this event by Monday, March 28th. We will need an accurate head count for food and space.

Competitive exhibits and interviews will be judged on the following (please see attachments for additional information):

• Scientific Approach 

• Knowledge of project area

• Thoroughness

• Written records & data collections

• Ingenuity & Creativity

Science Fair Project Types:

E – Science Experiment: Students will use the scientific method to conduct an experiment.  This is the required for 4th grade entries through high school.  See the guidelines for more details. Students in this category should have a written report, display board and participate in the 3-5 minute presentation/interview session.

D – Science Demonstration: Students will demonstrate, explain, or display some scientific principle, concept or topic. For example: a tornado in a bottle, erupting volcano (any topic where no experiment is being conducted). This category is exclusively for 2nd and 3rd grade students. 

C – Collection: Students will display a collection with general information about the collection. This category is exclusively for 2nd and 3rd grade students. There will be no judging or written report required for this category.

Science Fair Project Categories (Science Fair entries should fall within one of these three categories of sciences.)

 Biology/Earth Science/Astronomy

 Chemistry / Physics

 Electrical / Engineering

 Important Ground Rules for Science Projects  (see guidelines for complete instructions)

• No Hazardous Chemicals

• No Animals, No blood samples, No explosives

PLEASE READ - Science Fair Entry Requirements

Signups

Signup is currently closed.

The Signup Deadline for this event was 3/28/2022 – 11:00 PM CST

Email the Event Coordinator – bethanymarie79@aol.com, sartinld@hotmail.com