Science Fair

The Science Fair will take place at 5:30pm on Thursday, October 23rd prior to our STEAM NIGHT at Beck! Science Fair projects will be on display so all STEAM NIGHT attendees can see them.

CLICK HERE To register your child's project for the SCIENCE FAIR

Registration deadline is October 17th

We can't wait to see what our budding young scientists have prepared!

Scroll down for the rules and regulations, as well as afterschool WORKSHOP details!

Science Fair Workshops at the Beck SCIENCE LAB
3:00–4:00 pm

3rd–5th Grade: Wednesday, September 24
K–2nd Grade: Thursday, September 25

Join us as we review the Scientific Method, learn how to apply it to a Science Fair project, and start working on your project!

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Beck Science Fair Rules and Regulations Fall 2025

Beck Elementary Science Fair is an opportunity for students to understand the world around us
through experimentation and problem solving and develop key skills in the process. Using the
scientific method, students will test a hypothesis regarding a subject of their choice and
display their experiments to test it, observations made, and results in a poster board. Science
experts will review each project with awards given to participants in each category.
While models and displays are fun and cool experiences to share, they’re not what we’re
looking for at the science fair: we want you to look into something you’re curious about and go
through the steps of the scientific method as you dive deeper into answering a specific
question.

PARTICIPATION
o Science Fair projects are voluntary for students to complete at home.
o There are 2 categories PreK-2nd and 3rd-5th.
o Science fair project submissions are limited to individuals or teams of 2 students maximum.
o Presentation of your science fair project:
o You’ll have a table in the science lab or the STEM room or Science Lab to set up your project.

-Registration Deadline is October 17th .
-You will need to drop off your project by 8 am on October 20th if you’d like your
project to be judged.
-Judges need to see that you’ve followed the scientific method, so we highly
recommend having a poster/display board with all of the steps you followed laid out.
See below image for a suggested layout.
-Feel free to bring other props or parts of your experiment to share.
-Please, no laptop presentations!
-Judging is done blindly, so DO NOT put your name on the front of your poster board. You will only be judged on your display board and any other materials you bring with you to illustrate your experiment.
-We’ll have awards for the top three projects in PreK-2nd and in 3rd-5th.
-This year the Science Fair will be open for visitors during our STEAM night on October 23rd. From 5:30 - 6pm you will have the opportunity to show off your work, know the results and pick up awards on that day.
-You can pick up your project to take home after the STEAM night or on October 24th.
-All projects left at school after October 25th will be recycled.
-To participate you need to have PTA member sponsor or the student needs to be a PTA member.

RULES
1. Think safety first before you start. Make sure you have recruited your adult to help you.
All experiments should be supervised by an adult! If there are dangerous aspects of your
experiment, please have an adult to help you or have them do the dangerous parts.
2. Any project that breaks district policy, and/or local, state or federal laws are not
permitted.
3. Use safety on the internet! Never write to anyone without an adult knowing about it. Be
sure to let an adult know about what websites you will be visiting or have them help you
search.
4. Projects involving mold, bacteria, or petri dish experiments are not allowed to bring on
campus, but pictures can be displayed.

How to Do a Science Fair Project

1. Come up with a question that you’d like to
answer through an experiment. Think about
things in your environment and daily life that
you’re curious about and go from there.
2. Research your topic.
3. Come up with a hypothesis (a good guess,
based on your research, as to what the
answer to your question is.)
4. Run an experiment to see if your hypothesis
is correct. Make sure you follow a clear
method.
5. Collect and look at the data (the results of
your experiment.)
6. Write a conclusion to your question: what
happened when you ran your experiment?
Was your hypothesis correct?