Science Experiments - General & Miscellaneous, Students & Student Life
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Overview
The projects seen at intense science competitions arise from real-world laboratories and often resemble or coincide with work done by professional scientists. In this updated volume of a Franklin Watts book entitled How to Excel in Science Competitions, author Melanie Jacobs Krieger guides students along the road to the science competition, from start to finish. She includes tips on project design, paper writing, and how to speak with judges, as well as histories of exceptional projects and student researchers. The book also includes a list of current major science competitions and summer training programs.A guide for the high school student researching a science project for entry in a competition.
Editorials
School Library Journal
Gr 9 Up-- An upbeat, positive, easy-to-understand approach to science competitions. Krieger opens with chapters on reasons for competing, profiles of student researchers, and how to get started. She moves on to consider the research project, paper, abstract, presentation, and concludes with a discussion of what to expect from judges. Thorough appendixes list major competitions, rules, winning project titles, summer training programs, and a sample Westinghouse Science Talent Search entry form. An inspirational book that's well worth purchasing. --Kathleen L. Atwood, Pomfret Sch . , CTBook Details
Published
October 1, 1999
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pages
128
Format
Binding
ISBN
9780766012929