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This Swarthmore College tutorial is loaded with ideas, graphics, and examples to help students design posters that clearly explain their research.
These units from Hunter College—which can be easily adapted to any research program—offer students practical experience with basic and advanced lab techniques.
Haverford College shows students how to look analytically at primary science literature to better understand the scientific method.
Learn or teach the skills needed to generate and incorporate scientific images into research projects with this curriculum from Davidson College.
Science Fair season is rapidly approaching, and Cool Science can help! A good science fair project begins with an understanding of the scientific method and ends with sure-fire ways to communicate science research.
At Cool Science, you can find a resource developed by the University of Washington to teach the scientific method to elementary and middle school students (center). Or you can let Swarthmore College help you teach students how to design clear and concise scientific posters (left). Or you can browse through Ask a Scientist's links to pages with science fair ideas (right).
Inquiry on Board!
This step-by-step approach from the University of Washington helps elementary and middle school students put the scientific method into action.
The SURF Talk Book
Do you want to deliver a compelling science talk or teach students how to do it? The methods described in this California Institute of Technology manual will help.
What Is Cool Science?
At Cool Science, we entertain questions of all kinds (Ask a Scientist). We encourage young scientists to get their hands dirty-virtually (Curious Kids). We offer high school and college students new approaches to cutting-edge science topics (BioInteractive). We provide educators with a host of innovative resources they can use in their classrooms (For Educators). We reveal what it takes to become a scientist (Becoming a Scientist). And we showcase an undergraduate science discovery project that may one day change the way science is taught (SEA).
We invite you to explore the many cool features of Cool Science.
Image: University of Washington
Check out these links, suggested by HHMI’s Ask a Scientist, to find project ideas for your science fair.
From HHMI’s Ask a Scientist, here’s an approach to making models of biological structures for class projects or science fairs
Teach the molecular biology techniques used to clone a gene with this lab from the University of Washington in St. Louis
This comprehensive course from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology introduces students to the strategies and challenges of microbiology research.