Nile Academy Research Fair A Presentation to Get You Started

Good News…!

We’re having a Research Fair!

Nile Academy Research Fair…what?

It’s a competition, duh!

It’s a chance to explore what you’ve always wanted to study or know.

It’s a fun way to escape the boring classroom and learn independently.

It’s a great way to prepare you for the future.

So, what am I going to do?

This is a mandatory, school-wide assignment.

You will be given a grade of 5% from all four of your classes: DO A GOOD JOB! That’s a total of 20% of your total grades!

You will need to choose a field that you would like to do a project in: mathematics, science, social science, or technology/computers.

You will need to work independently or in pairs.

The GOLDEN Four

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Step 1:

Find a topic to research.

Step 2:

Do the research and get help.

Step 4:

Prepare your display board.

Step 3:

Type out your report.

The Research Fair

You will be judged by a panel of judges.

You will need to prepare a 5 minute presentation.

You will have to dressed in uniforms that day.

You can call your parents to visit your public viewing.

There will be tons of medals and awards to go around.

There will fun, outdoor activities for half of the day.

What you need to do right away!

Disciplines

Science

Teachers: Anthony Senzel, Adam Frook, and Esat Gokce.

Project Ideas (do not use; these are samples): Choosing the Best Archival Paper The Effects of Music on Plants The Best Way to De-Ice Roads The Effects of Climate Change on Local Maple

Trees Factors Affecting Simple Telescope/Magnifying

Glass Setups

Social Science

Teachers: Tanya Dimaliwat, Leila Besir, Olivia Oulton, Jana Tuscher, Naheeda Sayeed, Zeynep and Aral Belir, and Anastasia Babuskina.

Project Ideas (do not use; these are samples): The Experiences of African Americans in Early

Canadian History (1860-1900s) The Deterioration of the Legal Rights of the

World Population The Effects of World War II on Global Climate

Change The Voynich Manuscript and its Mysterious

Contents

Social Science, Cont’D

Analyzing Global Food Distribution Since the 1900s.

Fallacies in the Canadian Legal System

New Population Growth Patterns in Developing Nations

The Global Economic and Political Structure in the Coming Century

Analysis of a Significant Painting, like Guernica (Pablo Picasso).

Social Science, Cont’D

The Effects of the English Language on Global Academic Research.

How Specific Colors Change Brain Functioning.

The Effects of Certain Types of Food on Mood.

Measuring the Reaction Level of Individuals to Certain Stimuli.

The Lost Cities of the World and Their Ancient Significance.

Computers/Technology

Teacher: Mehmet Saylica

Project Ideas (do not use; these are samples): Developing a More Efficient Optical Storage

Medium. Creating and Testing a Book Cataloging Robot

System. Developing a Computer Program to Predict

Cancer Based on Certain Symptoms. Developing a More Efficient Voice Analysis

Package. Creating an iPhone/Android Game Application

Mathematics

Teacher: Eyup Ozeler and Halit Ozer

Project Ideas (do not use; these are samples): The Mathematics Behind Shooting Basketballs

and Soccer balls. Chain Reaction Mathematics: The Geometry of

the Pappus Chain Theorem. Devising New Fractals Using Algorithms. Developing a Theory to Predict Bacterial

Population Sizes Based on Food/Energy Theories.

Analyzing Logic Problems and Paradoxes. Exploring Infinities and The Googol.

Good luck!