How to Prepare a Project

There are many excellent web resources to help you select a topic and prepare a project board. A few are listed here. Please remember that it is your responsibility to ensure that Austin Regional Science Festival guidelines/rules are followed in the presentation of your child's project.

www.sciencefest.org/pdfs/SF_ElemStudGuideHowToDoSciFairProj.pdf – this is a step-by-step guide provided by Austin Energy. It is a simple and easy “how-to” guide.

www.thesciencefair.com/guidelines.html – this is a good step-by-step for doing an experiment

www.sciencebuddies.org – this website has wonderful science fair project ideas, as well as how-to information.

www.sciencefest.org/elementary/students.php - this handbook is the complete listing of rules and procedures for the Austin Regional Science Festival. It is an important resource for ensuring that your child's project will be in compliance with regional rules if your child wins a regional entry.

www.super-science-fair-projects.com
www.all-science-fair-projects.com
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/
www.sciencenewsforkids.org
www.ipl.org/kidspace/browse/mas6000
www.scifair.org
tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_home