Science Fairs and Exhibitions:

Scope and Organization

- Its Knowledge Creation and
Potentials

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Introduction
The ways for students to pose
questions for which they must
seek out answers and to satisfy
their own curiosity about the
world around them.
By participating in it, students
gain a first-hand appreciation of
the work of scientists and the
value of their discoveries.

What is Science Fair?

purely an educative activity carried out in a
systematic
manner
entirely
for
the
advancement of Science.
excellent device for acquainting the
parents as well as other people in the locality,
with the science related work being done in
the schools.

The Purpose of a
Fair Project
To Science
have an educational
experience that

develops many skills.

allows students to actively take part in
a creative process, from the inception of
the idea to the exhibit
develops a students critical thinking
skills

What is Science
Exhibition?
Exhibitions are effective modes of
mass communication and
instruction. If it is organized by the
pupils themselves they get
opportunity for self activity.
This may include exhibits of
students as well as demonstrations,
talks etc. made by experts, film
shows on science topics, debates,

Difference Between

Science Fair

Science
Exhibition

More schools are involved

Massive participation can be
expected
Finance needed is large
More planning is needed
Own innovative and creative ideas
are taken
Data is collected to find the results
which are not known before
Both students and teachers get
benefited with new scientific
knowledge and information

It is conducted in a school
Massive participation cannot be
expected
Finance needed is small
Less planning is needed
Take into account others ideas
Display of already established facts
and results
No new information and scientific
knowledge is gained

Scope of Science Fair & Exhibition

To stimulate and encourage interest in
science
To focus attention on science
experiences in schools
To provide for scientific hobbies
To recognize and encourage scientific
talents

To provide opportunity for display of

talents through exhibits.
To stimulate greater interest in
scientific investigation over the routine
class work.
To make the public science minded

Organization
The organization of Science fair should
be a teacher pupil activity and
everything should be thought of well
advance. The following factors are to be
considered while organizing the science
1. Planning
fair.
2. Distribution of
work
3. Execution
4. Judging

Benefits of organizing Science

Fair & Exhibition
Science fair provides opportunity for
the display of valuable work done by
the students.
Helps the students benefit from the
achievement of others, and promotes
a spirit of competition.
Students can learn many things
which cannot be learnt through class
room teaching

Instinctive urges of pupils such as

desire for acquisition, satisfying
curiosity, participating in constructive
work, etc get satisfaction.
Talents of the students are recognized
and encouraged which in turn provide
strong reinforcement.
Provide opportunity for detecting and
cultivating scientific talents.
Provide an opportunity for the close co-

Knowledge Creation and Potentials

through Science Fair & Exhibition
Creating
social
structures
and
collaborative processes that support
knowledge
advancement
and
innovation
generating new ideas and conceptual
knowledge

The exhibits in science fairs and

exhibitions are ordinarily of the following
nature which helps in knowledge creation
and potential among the student
participants as well as to the viewers:
1. Good aids for the teaching of different
topics in physical and life sciences.
2. Good science text-books, general and
reference books, news bulletins and
journals.

3. Display of several projects successfully

completed by the students.
4. Articles of scientific use entirely and
exclusively prepared by the students.
5. Industrial and technological use of certain
scientific principle demonstrated through the
arrangement of some apparatus or innovative
design of a process depicted through charts.

6. Improvised apparatuses showing some

innovation brought out in the existing
ones.
7. Scientific toys electrical, mechanical
or magnetic made by the students.
8. Scientific models prepared by
students individually or collectively.

9. Graphic material like charts,

pictures, graphs and diagrams
on various topics and events
related to different branches of
science.
10. Objects and specimens
collected by the students.

CRITIQUE
It is true that Science
fairs and Exhibitions
have intellectual,
psychological, social and
educational values.

The present trend is that

participation and getting prize for
Science Fair has become a
business. There are centers where
we get readymade science
projects, working model and so on.
Here students are becoming only
the PERFORMERS in Science Fair
and Exhibition.

Conclusion

Science fairs and Exhibitions are

opportunities for students to apply the
scientific method to conduct independent
research.
The Science Fair is a step toward
meeting the demand for scientifically
trained personnel.


The Science fair and
exhibition are now educational
tools with great possibilities; it is
the duty of responsible people to
see that this tool is put to the
best and greatest possible use.

Questions
1. Give two criteria of a good Science Exhibition.
( 1 Mark, April 2007)
2. How will you evaluate a Science Exhibition? (4
Marks, April 2006)
3. Give four objectives of Science Fair? (1 Mark,
April 2006)

4. Differentiate Science Fair and Science

Exhibition. Give the need and importance of
organizing Science Exhibition. (4 Marks, Sept.
2007)
5. What are the characteristics of a good
Exhibition?
6. Mention two values of Science Fair
7. What is the need of organizing a School Science
Exhibition? How will you organize a Science
Exhibition in your School?

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Pedagogic Analysis, Calicut University
Publications, 2007.
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