Criteria for School project:
  Best Environmental Science 
  Experiment
          Increase the environmental knowledge (10 points)
          •  A full research must be done before working on the project. This research should be 
            included when submitting the project and should be between 1-3 pages. The purpose of 
            this research is to gain knowledge about the theme of the competition. 
          •  Teachers must conduct presentations and class activities to educate the students about 
            the related topic.
          •  Taking the students to the school’s library and making sure they read at least 1 
            environmental book or watch an environmental documentary during the school year. 
          The project (25 points)
          Grade 3 -5: Best Environmental Science Experiment:
          Environmental education is better instilled at a young age. 
          The teachers can share their environmental knowledge by teaching the students how to 
          conduct environmental science experiments. 
          General guidelines:
          •  The experiments must be done by the students, but with the help of the teachers. 
          •  The experiment should address a problem and solution. 
          •  Students will have to conduct the experiment live in front of the judging committee when 
            the school visits occur. 
          •  A total of 4 – 5 experiments must be done by the group of students. 
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                                                              Science Experiment Criteria
                    Criteria                  5                       4                      3                       2                      1              Score
                                      All the items used      Some items used        A few items used                               All the items used 
                                      for the experiment      for the experiment     for the experiment     The items used          for the experiment 
                                      are re-used,            are re-used,           are re-used, but       for the experiment      are not re-used, 
                  Items used          economical,             economical,            they are expensive     are not re-used,        not economical, 
                                      safe, and               safe, and              and required a         but they are            not safe, and or 
                                      environmentally         environmentally        budget                 economical              environmentally 
                                      friendly                friendly                                                              friendly 
                                      The materials of        The materials of       The materials of       The materials of        The materials of 
                                      the experiment          the experiment         the experiment         the experiment are      the experiment 
                  Assembly            are in excellent        are in a good          are  in a somewhat     in a bad condition      are in a very bad 
                                      condition and it’s      condition and is       good condition and     and is not well         condition and is 
                                      well assembled.         well assembled         is not very well       assembled               not well assembled 
                                                                                     assembled 
                                                                                                            The  experiment 
                                      The experiment          The  experiment        The  experiment        offers somewhat         The  experiment 
                                      offers a long           offers an              offers a short         of an acceptable        does not offer 
                  Purpose of the      term solution to        immediate solution     term solution to       solution to             a solution to 
                  experiment          environmental           to environmental       environmental          environmental           environmental 
                                      problems by the         problems by the        problems by the        problems but            problems and 
                                      utilization of          utilization of         utilization of         without the             does not utilize 
                                      technology              technology             technology             utilization of          technology 
                                                                                                            technology
                                                                                                            The experiment 
                                      The experiment          The experiment         The experiment         has a short term        The experiment 
                  Impact of the       has a powerful          has a great impact     has somewhat of        impact on the           doesn’t have an 
                  experiment          impact on the           on the students        a good impact on       students during         impact on the 
                                      students                                       the students           the experiment          students at all
                                                                                                            only
                                      The students            The students           The students kind      The students are        The students don’t 
                  Understanding       clearly understand      understand the         of understand the      confused regarding      understand the 
                  the concept         the concept of the      concept of the         concept of the         the concept of the      concept of the 
                                      experiment              experiment             experiment             experiment              experiment at all
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          Collecting data (15 points)  
          •  Interviewing the students before starting the project, and once the project is finished 
            as well, in order to notice the change in behaviour and attitude. (clips of the interviews 
            should be videotaped) 
          •  Conducting surveys (inside and outside the school), before starting the project, and once 
            the project is finished as well, in order to compare and see the difference. 
          •  Analysing the survey and documenting the outcome and results of the surveys. (In the 
            form of graphs) 
          •  The survey must be answered by a minimum of 20 people in order to get accurate 
            results. 
          •  Creating informative brochures and distributing them to the students in the school. (The 
            content of the brochure should be created by the teachers and students)
          Documentation (10 points)
          •  Documentation should be in the form of pictures and videos. 
          •  The video documentation should be in the form of one video that includes short clips of 
            the experiments carried out, and the entire video should not be more than 10 minutes. 
          •  All pictures must have clear captions. 
          •  Create a weekly journal with captioned pictures/videos of the activities carried out 
            throughout each week
          Delivering the message (15 points)
          •  Awareness sessions should be done inside the school.
          •  The experiment should be displayed to the entire school. (For example: Gathering the 
            students in the school theatre and showing them the experiment and the concept
            behind it)
          •  Campaigns and environmental workshops.
          •  Share the project’s idea through social networking sites, and you can choose a medium 
            for spreading the message. (Include the links).
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