Science Fair Projects: Winning Tips From Intel And Google Judges

Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 09:00 in Psychology & Sociology

We talked with judges from two of the world's most prestigious science fairs to get some tips on how to put together a great project and have an even better time. Graphing calculator? Check. New binders? Check. While you're getting ready to go back to school, don't forget to start planning an awesome science fair project. Science fairs offer hands-on experience with the scientific process. Large ones offer their winners tens of thousands of dollars in scholarship funding. Plus, science fairs are really fun. Summer or early fall is not too early to start exploring a project that may not get judged until winter, science fair judges we talked with say. To get some tips for putting together a winning project, we interviewed judges from two of the world's most prestigious science fairs, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair and the Google Science Fair. Logistically, the two fairs are quite different. The...

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