RLMS Science Fair
Register to participate.
All young scientists wishing to display a project at the fair must register in advance through this online form. We strongly encourage early registration in order to reserve your space and your project board. Final registration deadline is January 23.
Projects should be student driven.
Project ideas should come from the students, and the project should be driven by them. Parents should use their best judgment in deciding when to get involved, such as when there is a potential safety issue. For especially young kids, parents may provide some guidance, but it is important that the kids be able to call the project their own.
Working with someone else.
You may work on your project independently, or you may optionally work with a partner who is also a student at Round Lake Area Schools, for example, a classmate or someone on your team.
Need help choosing a topic?
When it comes to choosing a topic, the sky is the limit! What have you wondered about? The best topics come from your own genuine curiosity about how something works, or why something is the way that it is. But if you have trouble thinking of something on your own, the internet is full of resources to help you choose a topic. Please look at the website http://www.sciencebuddies.org/ for additional help picking a project and working on the project. Use the topic selection wizard under science fair project ideas.
Judging and awards.
Our science fair is competitive for all levels with winners of the fair. Our goal is simply to encourage scientific exploration and discovery and promote a deep lifelong passion for science.
Submit your photos!
During the evening of the science fair, on the big screen we will be displaying a slide show of photos and videos taken by you! So parents -- while your young scientist is busy conducting that wild experiment, sneak out your digital camera and capture some shots. Then upload them here by January 21, so we can include them in the slide show. Note: All submissions may not be included in the show. They must be posted by January 10th in order to be included in the slideshow.
Day Of Fair Information!
Projects will be brought over by the science teachers, so make sure your science teacher has your board and materials the day of the fair. Please make sure your name, grade, and school are labeled on your board for judging purposes. If you have any model or equipment to go with your project, also label it/them with the information. Set up and judging will be from 4:00-5:30 at the civic center, if it is not present, it will not be judged. The fair will open to the general public starting at 6:30 and will end at 7:30. Please take your boards and materials home after 7:30, as we will clean up and dispose of any leftover projects after 7:30. We must be out of the civic center by 8pm, so please help us clean up by taking your project home.
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