Students compete in groups during the expo activities, with winning groups being presented awards. Six two-hour time blocks are scheduled in the Instructional Technology Macintosh Lab. Students are presented lessons in word processing, spreadsheets, graphing and HyperCard. Students work in teams of 2-4 on research projects. This consists of developing a research question, forming a hypothesis, conducting a literature search, designing and conducting an experiment, drawing conclusions and communicating results through the writing of a scientific paper and presenting poster boards.
Students present their research projects to judges using formal project display boards.
Students having top projects are presented awards during the banquet. Seniors who have graduated may register for two college classes and earn college credits that are transferable to the school of their choice. If the student is First Generation. Educational Talent Search's Home Page Go to Upward Bound's Home Page.