Student Information

EXHIBIT SIZE

• Not to exceed 15 inches (38 cm) deep, front to back; 48 inches (122 cm) wide, side to side; and 5 ft (150 cm) high above the table top.

• Display materials must fit on the table in front of your board. This space is approx. 15″ x 24″.

• Display boards of 3-4 ft height (vs 5 ft) are recommended for readability by the judges.

TEXT

• Use size 24-point or larger font.

• Position your main points at eye level.

NAMES

• Student name(s) may appear on the board

REFERENCES

• References (Bibliography) are required on the display board.

• If the bibliography is very long, include “Selected References” on the board and have available copies of the complete list.

ABSTRACT

• Display your abstract with your project.

• Bring 10 copies of your abstract for handouts to the judges.

PROJECT NOTEBOOK

• Optional

NOT ALLOWED AS PART OF THE DISPLAY

•  Research Institution logos

•  School names or logos

•  PowerPoint® presentations or digital equivalents on a laptop (other than demos or videos of data that cannot be displayed in any other way)

•  Acknowledgements (names of mentors, university labs, etc.)

•  Awards, medals, business cards, flags, endorsements or acknowledgements from previous fairs.

•  Photographs of people other than student presenter(s) unless signed Form 4 is available.

•  Photographs or other visual presentations depicting vertebrate animals in surgical techniques, dissections, necropsies, other lab techniques, improper handling methods, improper housing conditions, procedures, etc.

Use photos or drawings instead of these DISALLOWED physical objects:

•   All liquids, including water -- may keep in a closed water bottle for your own consumption

•  Human or animal food (e.g., popcorn, M&Ms, etc.) -- may keep in a closed bag as a snack for your own consumption

•  Living organisms (including plants, fungi, and bacteria)

•  Soil or waste samples, toxic waste samples

•  Dried plant materials

•  Taxidermy specimens or parts

•  Preserved vertebrate or invertebrate animals or their parts

•  Human/animal parts or body fluids (blood, urine)

•  Laboratory/household chemicals

•  Batteries with open-top cells

•  Poisons, drugs, controlled substances, hazardous substances or devices (for example: firearms, weapons, ammunition, reloading devices, model rockets)

•  Dry ice or other sublimating solids (solids which vaporize to a gas without passing through a liquid phase)

•  Sharp items (for example: syringes, needles, pipettes, knives)

•  Any flames, open or concealed, or highly flammable materials

•  Gases or empty tanks that previously contained combustible liquids or gases, including butane and propane

**FAILURE TO COMPLY MAY RESULT IN DISQUALIFICATION

Registration

Registration will go much smoother and FASTER if each project has the following forms completed:

1. Participants must have completed the google forms to register for the fair.

2. The 2-page Compliance Checklist may be printed and filled out by hand.

3. The Abstract is a Word document that can be completed, saved and printed. Print out about 5 copies. One copy gets emailed to us at lelandscicub@gmail.com. These copies are for judges to pick up at the display board.

What to Expect for Judging, Friday, February 6th at 3:45 p.m.

• Wear your name tag (received at the registration table in front of the Cafeteria).

• You are expected to be at your project display during your presentation time.

• Leave a note (with a time indication) at your project if you have gone to the restroom.

• You may be asked to stay by your project for longer that 5:15 p.m. so that we can complete judging. We will, however, hope to stay on time if everything goes smoothly.

• Judges will probably come to speak with you one at a time. Please ask judges to sign your Checklist (in the Registration for Students tab).

• There may be long periods when no one is there to judge your project. Bring a good book or homework to read while sitting quietly.

• Bring bottled water. You can bring food if you think you will be hungry, but keep your project area tidy. Food will not be sold/available.

• Dress for success. You are encouraged to dress as neatly and professionally as you can. Don’t forget to wear your name tag.

• DO NOT REMOVE YOUR PROJECT BEFORE 6:15 PM.

What to Expect for Public Viewing and Awards from 3:45 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Students must be at their display boards for public viewing at 5:00 p.m. Public Viewing will be at 5:15 p.m. First, elementary students can leave their project to observe other projects from 5:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Next, elementary students must come back to their stations and middle/high schoolers can leave their projects to observe other projects from 5:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

Awards will be presented at 6:15 p.m.

Students can take down their projects after awards are presented.