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For Gifted Students: Science Fairs

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  • Organizations: Competitions

    Google Science Fair
    Google seeks gifted students ages 13 to 18 to participate in the annual Global Science Fair. The competition challenges students to submit projects that will be judged by a panel of scientists and researchers.
    Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF)
    Held annually in May, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) is the world’s largest international pre-college science competition, providing an annual forum for more than 1,700 high school students from over 70 countries, regions, and territories to showcase their independent research and compete for about $5 million in awards in 17 categories.
    Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair (SASEF) (Knoxville, TN)
    The Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair is sponsored by The University of Tennessee to develop an outlet for creative energy and analytical skills in our youth. Students in our Senior Division (grades 9-12) compete for two opportunities to represent the SASEF at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Senior team projects also compete for an opportunity to attend ISEF. Students in the Junior Division (grades 6-8) compete separately for their own awards. The younger students learn a great deal by being involved in the competition each year. Through their experience with the fair, they gain insight that will prove useful in future endeavors.
    West Tennessee Regional Science Fair (Jackson, TN)
    Students in Western Tennessee can compete in this Regional Science Fair.

  • Organizations: Local

    Illinois - Friends of the Gifted and Talented (FRoG) (Downers Grove, IL)
    This non-profit organization in Downers Grove, IL, has been a resource for gifted youth and their families for 26 years. FRoG co-sponsors a science fair, offers weekend enrichment programs and has a support group for parents of gifted youth.

  • Organizations: National

    National Lab Day
    National Lab Day is a national program to pair scientist mentors with teachers and students who need help with science projects.

  • Printed Materials: Books

    Science Fair Handbook
    The Science Fair Handbook is designed to provide you with ideas, strategies, and techniques which will make a planned science fair a pleasant and enjoyable part of your classroom or school science program.

  • Websites & Other Media: Informational

    All Science Fair Projects
    This site is designed to help you and your child search for useful ideas and tips for your experiments. Here, you will find literally hundreds of experiments of every kind in every discipline of science from chemistry, biology, physics to even human psychology. We're confident that our powerful color-coded search tool will help quicken your research tremendously. Also, experience shows that many people find it helpful to learn from what others already know. This site strongly suggests that instead of copying these experiments blindly, you try to understand the principles demonstrated and then take those principles and apply them to your own experiment in a different and more creative way.
    Internet Public Library: Science Fair Project Resource Guide
    This site contains information to help anyone interested in science fairs. Links to "Scientific Method," "Choosing a topic," and "Sample Projects" help get you started, and offers outside links to the best science fair sites.
    Kidspace: Science Fair Project Resource Guide
    Internet Public Library has put together a useful resource for those trying to participate in or run a science fair. Science Fair Project guidelines include: Getting Started; Choosing a Topic; Completing the Project; Displaying Your Project.
    Science Buddies
    "Science Buddies offers a pyramid of online programs that maximize the value and student enjoyment of science research projects. Building on a solid base of content that describes how to do a science fair project, Science Buddies engages science and technical professionals in student mentoring. Science Buddies uses its knowledge of specific student needs to develop sophisticated online tools that enable students to "reach higher" as they prepare their projects."
    STEMtube
    STEMtube is a website where students can post their science, technology, engineering, and math photos and video links to share with each other. It can help students develop projects and expand on their ideas.
    Virtual Library: Science Fairs
    This is an attempt to provide a single comprehensive list of all science fairs, whether of global or local scope.

  • Websites & Other Media: Learning Tools

    The Periodic Table of Videos
    Tables charting the chemical elements have been around since the 19th century - but this modern version has a short video about each one.