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Science Fair Info & Guidelines

Academics : Division of Science : Regional Science Fair : Science Fair Info & Guidelines

General Information

  • Science Fair projects may be completed by individuals or groups of students. Each student exhibitor must be registered and all forms must be submitted by the deadline. (Friday, February 19, 2016)
  • Projects may be completed in class. However, entries to the Regional Science Fair must have their own unique data. If data is collected as a group, a single project should be entered as a group project.
  • Upon arrival at the Science Fair, participants should check in at the Registration Desk. Projects/display boards may be set-up following receipt of registration materials and location assignment.
  • Elementary Division: Students enrolled in grades 3, 4, and 5. Each elementary school may submit a total of 10 projects.
  • Junior Division: Students enrolled in grades 6, 7, and 8. Each middle school may submit a total of 10 projects.
  • Senior Division: Students enrolled in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12. Each High School may submit a total of 10 projects.

Rules And Regulations

Projects that fail to meet these requirements will be disqualified.

  • Students are NOT to bring their experiments with them to the fair. Pictures should be taken of your apparatus and included on your display or in your notebook. The only exception to this rule involves Technology or Engineering projects. No gas or running water can be supplied. Dangerous chemicals, open flame, and explosives will not be accepted in exhibits.
  • Experimental procedures with animals, which involve discomfort, pain or death, or diets deficient in essential nutrients, will be disqualified. No live animals or plants should be brought to the fair.
  • In all divisions (Elementary, Junior, and Senior), no more than 3 students may work together on a single project.
  • Projects must be within the following limits when set up for judging and students must provide their own display board for presentation.
    30 in. (76 cm) deep, front to back
    48 in. (122 cm) wide, side to side
    108 in. (274 cm) high, floor to top including the table — table height is - 30".
  • Decisions of the judges are final.