Project: 2015 Google Science Fair

Step Description Expected Student Results
1 *** Consider reviewing project sites from winners. Have the mentors review a past winner, identify excellent attributes of each step, share with student, and then have the student walk through the same process. For each step have the student identify the attributes of excellence they have listed that they will use in their own project. This will set the bar of quality for the work they are about to do. Then, throughout each step below require the students to discuss the current state of their work for each step or phase, the gap between that work and the bar of quality they've set, and how they plan to fill the gap.

1. Students will be introduced to the Google Science Fair
Project.
https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/
2. Students will explore the website and peruse the "How
to Enter” steps.
https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/how-to-enter
3. Students will determine if they want to work
individually, or in a group of 2 or 3.
4. Students can use the Idea Springboard to help them
come up with their main areas of interests.
5.Students will write a paragraph about themselves -
their passions, aspirations, and main areas of interest
to best be paired with a mentor
6. Students will determine who their lead student will be
when it comes to communicating with their team’s mentor 		1.Students will become familiar with the Google Science
Fair
2. Students will determine who they will work with for the
project
3. Students will write an introduction paragraph to best be
paired with a mentor
4. Students will determine who their lead student is for
communication with their group’s mentor.
2 1. Students obtain parent permission to participate in
the Google
Science Fair.
2. Students will focus in on a specific question/problem.
*** Identify at least one professional or company or organization that cares about this specific question or problem. Make it real by ensuring each project is authentic.

3. Students will start working on their project site, leveraging the critique each step of a winning site above.
5. Students will write procedure steps and determine what
materials are needed for their investigation.
6. Students will begin collecting data if the above steps
are completed.

Mentor Role:
Mentors will become familiar with the Google Science Fair
Website.
https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/

Mentors will provide support and feedback to help
students decide on a specific question/problem and plan
their investigation.

Note: 4/4 - 4/12 is Spring Break - Please be aware that
you might not receive messages from your mentees. 		1. Students will start to build their project site and
start working on their question/problem.
Project Sections Checklist
Section 1: Summary
o A brief overview of your Project.
Optional additions to your summary (submit only one (1)
of the following options):
o a two (2) minute video (YouTube only)
OR,
o a slideshow (Google Slides only) with a maximum of
twenty (20) slides
Note: Videos not produced using YouTube and slides not
produced using Google Slides will be disqualified and not
viewed.

Section 2: About Me:
o Introduce yourself / your team.

Section 3: Question/Proposal:
o Describe the question that you are investigating and
your hypothesis, or the problem that you are going to try
to solve and the outcome that you expect.

Section 4: Research:
o An account of the research that you have done into your
chosen category, and how this has influenced your
project.

Section 5: Method / Testing and Redesign
o Describe in detail how you carried out your experiment
or tested your solution.
Section 6: Results
o Data and observations gathered during your experiment
or testing, presented clearly with a description of any
patterns or trends.

Section 7: Conclusion / Report
o An explanation of how your experiment or testing
answers your question, or why it fails to do so, and
whether or not the outcome was as you expected.

Section 8: Bibliography, References and Acknowledgements
3 1. Students will be conducting their research and
collecting data.
2. Students will be updating their project site.
3. Students will analyze data and make conclusions.

Mentor Role:
Mentors will continue to support and provide feedback to
their mentees as issue arise, data is collected and
conclusions are drawn.

*** Marnie Steele will provide specific reflection points for each phase that results in iteration with the mentor. 		1. Students will conduct experiments, collect data, and
draw conclusions.
2. Students will continue to update their Google Science Fair project site.
4 1. Students will finish up their project site.
2. Students will go through the project checklist:
https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/how-to-
enter/submission-checklist
3. Students will submit their work.
4. Students will write a thank you letter to their
mentors and identify specific instances that the mentors
help was most appreciated.
5. Students complete the Telementor End of Project
Survey.

Mentor Role:
Mentors will examine the mentees’ project site and give
feedback that will help the students submit a high
quality project that displays the students’ best efforts.
1. Students submit their projects, thank their mentors, and
complete the Telementor End of Project Survey.