Planning+Your+Own+Day

Science Fun Day is a day long event that doesn't happen overnight! The planning process begins almost a year in advance. With the support of your principal, your committee memebers, your Home & School Association, and your parent volunteers your day can be very successful! If you have no idea where to begin, simply follow the guidelines below to help you create a day that is memorable for students, parents, and staff.


 * 1) Schedule your assembly - Visit the Possible Assemblies page for some excellent suggestions!
 * 2) Make sure you have at least one teacher representative for each grade level - This will help you delegate matters per grade level!
 * 3) Distribute volunteer sign up sheets to teachers for Back to School Night in September - Collect everyone's sign up sheets
 * 4) Create email distribution list of parent volunteers
 * 5) Hold a committee meeting by October to distribute volunteer sign ups by grade level and give an outline of what needs to be done (See Committee Outline on Documents page)
 * 6) Send home email/flyer to announce first parent volunteer meeting for November - Send to everyone because someone might have missed the sign up sheet in September!
 * 7) At November meeting, finalize "Captains" (parent in charge) and begin discussing possible experiments. A good starting point is to discuss what students are learning about in science class. Parents should communicate with each other and start brainstorming experiments prior to next meeting.
 * 8) Send home email/flyer to announce second parent volunteer meeting for December/January.
 * 9) At December/January meeting, finalize class themes and choose experiments. Parents should fill out "Experiment Sheet" for each experiment/activity, including amount of materials they will need for each.
 * 10) Create a materials needed list to be sent home for donations from parents.
 * 11) Gather materials as soon as possible - Keep in touch with your Home & School. They are always willing to help!
 * 12) Contact local high school science department or Key Club for possible high school volunteers to help with experiments throughout the day.
 * 13) Create data base of parent captains, volunteers, experiments, and classroom themes. This data base can be sent ot the office for sign in sheets at your school to help streamline parent sign-in at the office.
 * 14) Invite admistrators and school board members to your Science Fun Day
 * 15) Send home email/flyer to announce third parent meeting in February to test all experiements and finalize procedures prior to the big day.
 * 16) Discuss with your Home & School about providing breakfast and lunch for parent/student volunteers and staff throughout the day.
 * 17) Ask committee members to contact local media outlets to come visit your school for the the big day.
 * 18) Ask your principal about coverage options for teacher breaks throughout the day.
 * 19) Notify committee about who will be providing coverage for their grade level.
 * 20) Make the rotation schedule for teachers - Each committee member can make the rotation schedule for their designated grade level(s)
 * 21) Have committee members submit schedules to you to create a packet for volunteers.
 * 22) Create room signs and posters to identify classroom and classroom theme outside each room.
 * 23) Take a deep breath and enjoy the day!