Step 1: Pick a Topic You Are Excited About

Start by thinking about topics you are curious about, or problems you would like to solve. For the 2025 Science Fair, the theme is Innovations to Improve Our Community. The theme invites you to explore creative technological, scientific, and engineering solutions that can make life better in your community, your region, or the whole world!

Special awards will be given to projects that closely follow the theme. You can find examples of project ideas on the Theme page of the Science Fair website.

Make sure your topic is something you can research and understand, and that there is enough information and material available to work with. Need inspiration? You may find some ideas in this video.

Step 2: Visit theScience Fair websiteand Explore

This will help you learn more about the Science Fair, how it works, the rules for participating, and a simple form for registering your project.

Step 3: Discuss your ideas with your science teacher to get further thoughts and help.

Step 4: Narrow Your Ideas Down to a Testable Question and Hypothesis

After picking your topic, design an experiment to test your hypothesis. This is the most important step because everything you do will depend on what question you are trying to answer.

Step 5: Write a Project Outline

In this step, you will plan out what you will do for your project. This includes figuring out:

• what tools or materials you will need
• how you will answer your research question
• making a timeline

Step 6: Conduct your Project

Follow your project outline to conduct your research, experiment, or build something. As you work,collect your data. Afterward, look at what the data tells you and draw conclusions from your data. This is the real fun part. Enjoy it!

Step 7: Write a Report

Put all your research and findings together and write a report that explains everything about your project. You will find guidance for writing the report in theRequirements and Rules.

Once you are done, upload the report as a PDF file to a file sharing site (ex. Google Drive, Dropbox, Mega, etc.), and get a link to share your report.

Step 8: Register for the Science Fair

Use the Science Fair Registration page to register and submit your project by 5 April 2025. After that, the judges will use the share links to see your report and review it.

Step 9: Create a Display for the Science Fair

Your display should clearly show a summary of your project. Your displays must be set up between 17:00 and 20:00 on Friday before the Science Fair (25 April 2025) at Webster University. Your teacher will give you more details later.

Step 10: Show Up to the Science Fair

Be at Webster University on 26 April 2025 (Saturday) for the Science Fair! You will talk to the judges about your project. The judges will ask you questions and give you helpful feedback and suggestions.

After the project interviews are finished at 12:00, lunch will be provided for all students and teachers.The Science Fair Organizers and Webster University will have displays, games, entertainment to keep you and the other students busy until the Science Fair is open to the public at 14:00.

Step 11: Get Your Award!

After the judging, there will be an Awards Reception (16:00 on 26 April) at Webster University. Everyone - students, parents, teachers, and judges - can attend.