Save the Date for the

Bushy Park Elementary School

The 10th annual Bushy Park Science Fair will be held on

Thursday, March 1, 2012! The Science Fair is a judged event open

to students in all grades, Pre-K through 5th. The Science Fair is held

during the school day when students meet with our friendly, parent

volunteer judges to discuss their project. The Science Fair also includes

an evening event at 6pm with presentation of awards to students and a

fun science show by Mad Science, Inc.

Registration: To participate in the Science Fair, register online here:

or register by e-mailing

Theresa Geiman at tmgeiman@yahoo.com with your student’s Name,

Grade/Teacher, email address, telephone number, and project (if

known).

To help students get started, there will be a Science Fair Kick-

Off and Help Session held on Wednesday, January 25 at 6:00 pm

in the school cafeteria. Participants will get hands-on instruction on

how to execute a science experiment. Murray Educational Services

will be leading students through a sample science experiment to help

the children develop ideas for their own experiments. There is no

registration for the Kick-Off Event.

Project Preparation: Science Fair projects should be

experiments that ask a question/test a hypothesis. For more information

on preparing a Science Fair project including the parts/steps needed,

websites with project ideas, what the display board presented to the

judges should look like, and the judging form, see the attachments below.

Request for Science Fair Judges: Are you interested in being a

Science Fair judge? If you are a Bushy Park parent or relative who is

engaged in any branch of science, engineering, or research, we need you

to be a judge! Judging occurs during school hours on fair day which

is Thursday, March 1, 2012. Judges interview students about their

projects, complete a judging form and meet with other judges to identify

exemplary projects. Parents who have served as judges in the past have

found it to be a rewarding and fun experience. To become a judge,

please contact Heidi Gaasch at heidingrid@hotmail.com or Theresa

Geiman at tmgeiman@yahoo.com. Thanks for supporting our young

scientists!