Start a Fair in Your Area!

How do you develop your own Science Fair?

STARTING A SCIENCE FAIR

GETTING STARTED

ISEF RULES

FORMS AND PAPERWORK

SELECTING A PROJECT

Top 10 Challenges

Top 10 Rewards

Useful Links:

• Intel ISEF website
  • www.societyforscience.org/isef
    • useful resources
      • Official Rules
      • Student Handbook
      • Official Competition Forms
      • Rules Wizard
      • ISEF 2012 videos
      • Other programs
    • examples of successful projects
      • http://apps.societyforscience.org/abstracts/
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • www.noaa.gov
    • useful resources
      • weather information
      • solar monitoring
      • archived weather information
• National Academies Press
  • www.nap.edu
    • useful resources
      • archived information
• Science Central Press
  • www.scicentral.com
    • useful resources
      • science news stories
• Bibme
  • www.bibme.org
    • useful resources
      • Works Cited and Reference section automatic formatting engine
• EPI
  • www.educationalproducts.com/ScienceFair.aspx
    • useful resources
      • science fair visual display board vendor
• Superior/Showboard
  • www.showboard.com
    • useful resources
      • science fair visual display board vendor

Finding a Regional Fair:

• Intel ISEF Affiliated Regional Fairs
  • Southeast Regional
    • Location:  University of Arkansas Monticello
    • Director:  Dr. Hassan Sayyer
    • Website:  www.uamont.edu/math_and_sciences/RSF/
    • Territory:  Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Desha, Drew, Jefferson, Lincoln, Phillips, and Union counties
  • Central Regional
    • Location: University of Arkansas Little Rock
    • Director:  Mr. Keith Harris
    • Website:  http://ualr.edu/csam/index.php/home/carsef/
    • Territory:  Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Lonoke Monroe, Perry, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Van Buren, White, Woodruff, and Yell counties
  • Northeast Regional
    • Location:  Arkansas State University
    • Director:  Dr. James Kennon
    • Website:  http://altweb.astate.edu/neasf/
    • Territory:  Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips, Poinsett, Randolph, Sharp, Stone, and St. Francis counties
  • Northwest Regional
    • Location:  University of Arkansas Fayetteville
    • Director:  Mrs. Lynne Hehr
    • Website:  http://cmase.uark.edu
    • Territory:  Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Madison, Marion, Newton, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, and Washington counties