Kyffin Science & Engineering Fair (KSEF)

Mark your calendars! The Kyffin Science and Engineering Fair will be held on Wed., March 13, 2024!

• Online Project Registration

• Cool STEM stickers for the first 10 students who register!

• Project Drop-off: 3:35-4:30 p.m. Tues., March 12 or 7:35-8:35 a.m. or Wed., March 13 in the Kyffin gym

• Family Night: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wed., March 13

• We encourage everyone to attend, even if they don’t submit a project to the Fair! The Family night will showcase the Science & Engineering Fair projects and awards plus hands-on STEM activities and games for the whole family.

Volunteers Needed!

Help with event: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4FADA92AA3FCC34-47237184-kyffin

Have a background in STEM? We need help with providing encouraging feedback with our young scientists. Sign up here to help: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4FADA92AA3FCC34-47248189-ksef

Student Materials

• Student Handbook

• Rule Checklist and Liquids Disclosure Form – Required

• Guide to Creating a Display Board 

• Experiment Notebook Template (optional)

Scoring and Feedback

NEW this year: All participants will have the chance to present their projects and receive qualitative feedback from STEM Mentors during the school day on March 13. Students can choose to opt in to the “competitive division” when registering in order to compete for ranked prizes (eg First Place).

• STEM Badges (Qualitative Feedback  - all participants)

• Rubric for Scoring (Competitive Division only)

FAQs

How should students come up with an idea?

Students are encouraged to get creative and inspired.  They can brainstorm any big questions they may have and think of ways to simplify the question to a testable hypothesis, new invention, or research topic.

• Check out books from the Kyffin and Jeffco Public Libraries

• Slow down when your student asks a “why” or “how” question and brainstorm whether it is something they can investigate themselves!

• The internet has lots of resources for inspiring questions and projects. Try sciencebuddies.org or https://www.instructables.com/Project-Based-Engineering-for-Kids/

How much parental support should be provided?

Parents are needed to provide support and a successful experience, but the ideas and work should be primarily from the student(s). Students will have more fun and be more motivated if they are given more freedom to ‘drive’ the experience and ideas.