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Display and Safety Guidelines - - - Allowed and Encouraged Items
- Photographs, drawings, stuffed animals/artificial plants or imitation (play) food should be used to depict the prohibited or discouraged items.
- Students should always plan on taking photographs of their project steps as a visual explanation of their effort. Students must ask permission before photographing any other individuals for display on project.
- Be sure to properly credit/acknowledge all sources of graphic and photographers on the display board ("Photograph(s) taken by ...)
- Students may use a computer and printer for written parts of the project.
- Electrical projects may use batteries as sources of electricity.
Display and Safety Guidelines - - - No-No Items
DISPLAY BOARDS MAY NOT INCLUDE ANY OF THESE ACTUAL ITEMS:
- No organisms; living, dead or preserved (plants or animals)
- No human/animal parts or body fluids (for example, blood, urine)
- No human or animal food
- No bacteria or mold cultures
- No liquids - laboratory/household chemicals including water
- No poisons, drugs, controlled or hazardous substances
- No sharp items (for examples: syringes, needles, pipettes, knives, tacks, nails)
- No glass or glass objects unless encased or an integral and necessary part of a commercial product (for example, a computer screen)
- No pressurized tanks or containers
- No batteries with open top cells (so that battery acid can be seen)
- No dirt, soil, gravel, rocks, sand, waste product, etc.
- No project, device, activity, or substance that may be deemed hazardous to student health or safety
- No photographs or pictures of animals or people in surgical techniques, dissections or necropsies
Below are examples of science fair displays from previous years.
Straw Strength completed by a 4th grader:
Paper Weight completed by a 4th grader:
Water Wheels completed by a 5th grader. This project went on to win 1st place at Regionals:
Food Coloring completed by a 5th grader:
Website created and maintained by Mrs. Diane Wells - 5th Grade Teacher at Kiker Elementary, Austin ISD, Austin, TX.