Science fair

A science fair experiment is generally a competition where contestants present their science project results in the form of a report, display board, and models that they have created. Science fairs allow students in elementary, middle and high schools to compete in science and/or technology activities.

Although writing assignments that take a long time to complete and require multiple drafts are fairly common in US schools, large projects in the sciences (other than science fairs) are rare. Science fairs also provide a mechanism for students with intense interest in the sciences to be paired with mentors from nearby colleges and universities, so that they can get access to instruction and equipment that the local schools could not provide.

In the United States, science fairs first became popular in the early 1950s, with the ISEF, then known as the National Science Fair. Interest in the sciences was at a new high after the world witnessed the use of the first two atomic weapons and the dawn of television. As the decade progressed, science stories in the news, such as Jonas Salk’s vaccine for polio and the launch of Sputnik, brought science fiction to reality and attracted increasing numbers of students to fairs.

Science Fair (novel)

Science Fair (2008) is a novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson. It is sometimes called Science Frog because of the large picture of a frog on the front cover.

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Science Fair (album)

Science Fair is the fourth album by Emm Gryner, released in 1999 on Gryner's independent label Dead Daisy Records.

Within just two months of its release, Science Fair had significantly outsold its major label predecessor, Public, despite its more limited independent label distribution and marketing budget. Gryner has been quoted as saying that "it blew my mind to see that I could make an album on an 8-track at a rented cottage and it could reach more people than the previous album which was boardroomed to death by all these supposed experts in the industry."

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