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Showcase Your Science Projects

The science fair is a place to show off your knowledge. Especially the kind of things you learn independently from the rest of the class. The more details you know the more your science teacher will be impressed. Just make sure that you don’t go into too many irrelevant details because that can get boring. The trick is to get in some of the facts that are interesting and to leave a few out.

Then while you are displaying the project you should use a couple of facts as part of your introduction. This will bolster the science projects and make you look good. Try not to cram in too many details in your talk. Focus on a couple of points and then build on them. In fact if you can go through a logical sequence of events in the working model it will be even better. This will demonstrate to the judges that you truly do have working knowledge of the project.

In a typical science fair scenario it is very difficult for the judges to keep each and every project in mind. The minute you give your project a twist it is far more likely to stay in their minds. Just think of it as advertising your project. Remember the way an advertisement for a particular cola stays in your mind? In the same way you have to create an advertisement type jingle for your project.

It does not have to be something very elaborate or fancy. Simple things work best. Stick to a sentence that is easy to remember and relevant to your project. You can sit and scribble out ten to fifteen of them. Then try them out on a friend to check which one is the best. Remember go for one that is easy to recall rather than one which sounds good. This little trick really ought to help your chances of winning at the science fair.

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