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Welcome. This website is designed to be the go-to source of all information for science research projects.
Welcome. This website is designed to be the go-to source of all information for science research projects.
If you have additional questions, please seek help from your science teacher.
If you have additional questions, please seek help from your science teacher.
Science Fair Projects
Science Fair Projects
Young minds at VHS compete each year at our school, regional, state, and international engineering fairs. We here at VHS mentor independent science research for our students. Our youth are tomorrow's inventors. These competitions are great opportunities for cash prizes, scholarships, college acceptance, along with opportunities to meet other students from the area and around the world that share similar interests and learn more about how the world works in order to offer solutions to individual, local, or even global problems.
*Congratulations to our 2024 State Science Fair Winners:
Ava Ehinger 4th Place for receiving 4th Place in Plant Sciences!
Sarah Colley for receiving the Stockholm Junior Water Prize Award!
*Congratulations to our 2024 Regional Science Fair Winners:
Ava Ehinger-1st Place in Plant Sciences, STATE FINALIST
Special Awards-: The Society for Invitro Biology Award
Sarah Colley-1st Place in Earth & Environmental Sciences, STATE FINALIST
Special Awards: Association for Women Geoscientists Foundation Special Award, Yale Science and Engineering Association Inc. Special Award
Maggie Byrne- 1st place in Behavioral & Social Sciences, STATE FINALIST
Special Award: American Psychological Association Special Award
Tori Thomas- 1st place in Behavioral & Social Sciences, STATE FINALIST
Special Award: USAID Science Champion Award
Grace Froehle-1st Place in Environmental Engineering
Special Awards: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Special Award, Military Officers of America, Kingdom of the Sun Chapter Special Award, Public Education Foundation Special Award
Nolan Kennedy & Brady Kline: 2nd Place in Environmental Engineering
Special Award: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Special Award
Annison Chandler-3rd place in Chemistry
Special Award: Lockheed Martin Science Challenge
Emily Sapp & Evie Blackburn-5th place in Earth & Environmental Sciences
Special Award: Lockheed Martin Science Challenge
Nykolis Morgan-5th place in Biomedicine & Health Sciences
1. Animal Sciences
2. Behavioral & Social Sciences
3. Biomedical & Health Sciences
4. Cellular/ Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
5. Chemistry
6. Earth & Environmental Sciences
7. Engineering
8. Environmental Engineering
9. Intelligent Machines, Robotics and Systems Software
10. Mathematics & Computational Sciences
11. Microbiology
12. Physics & Astronomy
13. Plant Sciences
Science Project Resources
Science Project Resources
A catalog of science resources that can support your quest to learn and do science
In this section of Student Science, you'll find standards and guidelines that will help you pursue high-quality independent scientific research, whether you're in middle school or high school, an advanced science student or first-time researcher.
Just Getting Started?
Just Getting Started?
Begin with some of these sites designed for the beginning researcher. We also encourage you to read through our series on Great Science Projects.
Skype with a Scientist Connect with a scientist
Project Database - If you're not sure how to get started performing science research, this page will explain some pathways you could take. A searchable database of ISEF abstracts from 2014 to 2023.
Mosaic - An online archive of articles published in The National Science Foundation's flagship magazine from 1970 to 1992. A background resource for students, teachers, and others in need of a reliable reference for current research.
Intel ISEF Rules and Guidelines - Rules and guidelines for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
Additional interesting science-focused educational resources:
Additional interesting science-focused educational resources:
Intel Education Page - Intel's listing of education resources for students and teachers
Computer Science Online: Educational Resources, Degrees, and Career Tracks
Zooniverse Participate in citizen science projects where anyone can be part of a larger project and learn to collect data.
Great Science Projects:
Great Science Projects:
Creativity can be the spark that ignites a great science project
Inspiration for your project should come from YOUR interests, something you saw or read about, or personal experience for example
Learning what is known is the first step toward discovering something new through research
Learn the terminology
Suggested Project Timeline- Refer to document links for help and format
Suggested Project Timeline- Refer to document links for help and format
8/18-9/30 Research
10/1-10/25 Project Proposal in a logbook. Click here for how to set up a logbook. Meet with your sponsor(teacher)
10/25 Typed Research Paper & References
10/28 Research Plan in your logbook (rough draft of procedures). Meet with the sponsor for guidance. Choose from one of the formats that apply to your project:
Research Plan Template- Follow the directions and delete items that do not apply to your project
10/28-11/1 Typed Research Plan with Bibliography (final draft) & Typed ISEF Forms with Signatures (Approval Forms section below). Print forms and Research plan to turn into your sponsor. Make sure you and your parent/guardian have signed form 1b.
11/4-8 Corrections to Typed ISEF Forms with Signatures, Corrected Research Plan, VCS Fair FT form due
November-December Experiment (Remember to take lots of pictures, record data in the logbook, and don’t procrastinate!!!)
1/6 Typed Report (See guide below), Abstract, & Project Summary
1/6 -10 Design/Make Board (due to Ms. Vinas in pdf form)
1/15 Sumter County Fair Judging Day Dress professional & be prepared to present all day
1/16 Sumter County Fair Awards/ VCS Regional Team Announcement
2/5 Big Springs Regional Fair Judging Day Dress professional & be prepared to present all day (Circle Square Cultural Center- Ocala)
2/7 Big Springs Awards Ceremony/VCS State & ISEF Team Announcement- 7pm Brownie Greaton Cole Auditorium, Ocala
3/25-28 State Science Fair- RP Funding Center, Lakeland, FL
5/10-17 International Science Fair- Columbus, OH
Approval Forms
Approval Forms
Project Guide
Project Guide
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