Home | How to Use Site | About Us - STEMSS | Contact Us - STEMSS

STEM Fairs, Competitions, Programs & other challenges

This page includes materials related to conducting STEM fairs and competitions from a variety of different sources. Science Books & Films publishes a wealth of information, including reviews, on science fairs in each year’s October issue.

Websites about Science Fairs & Competitions:

All Science Fair Projects http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/index.php

Conducting a Successful Science Fair http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/tools.cfm?DocID=38&Grade=K-2

Crystal Clear Science Fair Projects http://www.crystal-clear-science-fair-projects.com/

Discovery School – Science Fair Central http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/

Internet Public Library Science Fair Project Resource Guide http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/

Science Buddies http://www.sciencebuddies.org/

Science Fair Projects and Experiments http://www.juliantrubin.com/fairprojects.html

ScienceFairZone http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/ScienceFairZone.asp

USDA’s Agricultural Ideas for Science Fair Ideas http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/kids/fair/ideas.htm

USGS’ Science Fair Project Ideas http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learning/kids/sciencefair.php

STEM Fairs and Competitions:

Aeronautics competition for high school & college (NASA) http://aero.larc.nasa.gov/competitions.htm

Badger State Science & Engineering Fairs http://bssef.org/

Christopher Columbus Awards (middle school) http://www.christophercolumbusawards.com/

Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/dysc//

E-cybermission competition http://www.ecybermission.com/

EGGS Prize (middle school) http://www.xprize.org/discover/eggs-prize-program

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) http://www.usfirst.org/

• FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) http://www.usfirst.org/what/frc/default.aspx?id=366
• FIRST Tech Challenge http://www.usfirst.org/what/fvc/default.aspx?id=380
• FIRST Lego League http://www.usfirst.org/what/fll/default.aspx?id=390
• Junior FIRST Lego League http://www.usfirst.org/what/jfll/default.aspx?id=402
• FIRST Place http://www.usfirst.org/what/firstplace/default.aspx?id=412

IMSTEA Super Mileage Challenge http://www.doe.state.in.us/octe/technologyed/SuperMileageChallenge.html

Intel Science Talent Search http://www.intel.com/education/sts/

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair http://www.sciserv.org/isef/

International Chemistry Olympiad http://www.icho.sk/

Junior Science and Humanities Symposium http://www.jshs.org/about.html

National Engineers Week: Future City Competition™ http://www.futurecity.org/

National Geographic Bee http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geographybee/index.html

National Ocean Sciences Bowl http://www.nosb.org/

Regional Ocean Sciences Bowls http://www.nosb.org/?anchor=coaches

Newhouse Program & Architecture Competition (Chicago) http://www.architecture.org/newhouse.html

Redesign Your School http://sites.target.com/site/en/spot/page.jsp?title=redesign_your_school

Robotics Competitions

• www.wirobotics.org
• www.usfirst.org
• www.firstlegoleague.org/
• http://users.wpi.edu/~savage/
• http://www.botball.org/
• http://www.bestinc.org/MVC/

TOY challenge (5th – 8th graders) http://www.toychallenge.com/

U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad (High School) http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=education\student\olympiad.html

Write On! Wetlands Challenge (K-6 and 7-9) http://www.wetland.org/education_writeon.htm

WWW Virtual Library: Science Fairs http://physics.usc.edu/ScienceFairs/

STEM Programs & Awards:

(The) Coleopterists Society’s Youth Incentive Award (grades 7-12) http://www.coleopsoc.org/coleyout.shtml

InvenTeams http://web.mit.edu/inventeams/about.html

Wisconsin Center for Academically Talented Youth (WCATY) http://www.wcaty.org/

SB&F Recommended Resources:

2006-2007: for reviews see http://www.sbfonline.com/sciencefairs06_07.htm
2006-2007: for websites and reviews see http://www.sbfonline.com/Science%20Fairs.pdf

Ultimate Challenges:

Here are some top challenges/prizes which need some answers. This is what research is all about. Good luck!

AAAS’ 125 Questions: What We Don’t Know (1 July 2005 issue) http://www.sciencemag.org/sciext/125th/

The Clay Mathematics Institute of Cambridge, Massachusetts (CMI) Prize Problems
http://www.claymath.org/millennium/

Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/prizes/eppendorf/

Gairdner International Award for Medicine http://www.gairdner.org/

GE & Science Prize for Young [early career] Life Scientists http://www.sciencemag.org/feature/data/prizes/ge/index.dtl [recognize outstanding Ph.D. graduate students from around the world and reward their research in the field of molecular biology]

InnoCentive http://www.innocentive.com/
--- read Science by the Masses (Science vol 319, 28 March 2008)

Kavli Prize http://www.kavliprize.no/
[million dollar prizes in nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics]

National Academy of Engineering’s Grand Challenges in Engineering http://www.engineeringchallenges.org/

National Academy of Sciences Awards http://www.nasonline.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Awards_Main

Nobel Prize http://nobelprize.org/

Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize http://www.progressiveautoxprize.org/

Waterman Award (NSF) http://www.nsf.gov/od/waterman/waterman.jsp
[recognizes an outstanding young researcher in any field of science or engineering supported by the National Science Foundation]

X-Prize Foundation http://www.xprize.org/