King Springs Elementary
What is a Science Fair?
The Science Fair is a wonderful way for elementary-aged students to participate in and experience a scientific project. Science projects involve research, design, and imagination on a topic of individual interest. The educational benefits to the students who complete a project include developing skills in writing, oral presentation, creative thinking, problem solving, and time management. What question do you have unanswered? Do you a project and figure it out!
​(The Science Fair is an optional activity.)
Who Participates?
All students in grades K - 5 may participate individually or in a team of 2 people. (same grade level)
Each project must consist of a student-led scientific investigation.
(following accepted scientific methods)
Please let us know if your child is participating! Register
When Is It DUE?
ALL PROJECTS MUST BE TURNED
in by 8AM FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2024. Late projects cannot be accepted.
*Mrs. Wilfred will be in the lobby to collect projects.*
Science Fair projects will be on display during our STEM Night on February 15, 2024.
The top five projects from our school will move on to the Cobb County Science Fair on Saturday, April 20th.
How Do I Get Started?
To get started on a science fair project, you can follow these general steps:
- Choose a topic: Pick a topic that interests you and is feasible to research.
- Do background research: Gather information about your topic by reading books, articles, and websites. This will help you develop a hypothesis and design an experiment.
- Formulate a hypothesis: A hypothesis is an educated guess about what you think will happen in your experiment. It should be testable and based on your background research.
- Design an experiment: Your experiment should test your hypothesis. Make sure to include a control group and only test one variable at a time.
- Collect data: Record your observations and measurements during your experiment.
- Analyze your data: Use graphs and charts to help you understand your results.
- Draw conclusions: Based on your data, determine whether your hypothesis was correct or incorrect.
- Create a display: Create a display board to showcase your project. Be sure to include all the components listed on the rubric.
Scoring Rubric
2-3 judges will score each project using this rubric.
Be sure to include all the components on your project.
Click HERE to download a copy of the rubric.
- Interviews will not be conducted at the school level.
- Judges will only be scoring the display board. Please do not bring any other materials.
How to display results
- All projects must be displayed on a self-standing display board.
- Three-panel folding boards are commonly found anywhere school supplies are sold.
- Buy early because they sell out!
Click HERE to download a copy of display regulations.
What to include on display board
Everything should be displayed in a manner that makes the purpose, procedure and results clear!
Complete Name, Grade, and Teacher Name should be listed on the front AND back of the board.
- Title - The title should be an accurate description of the project. The title is usually centered at the top of the poster.
- Research Question - Should be a testable question that can be answered with an experiment. This section also may contain your interest and purpose of the project.
- Hypothesis - State a hypothesis that gives a testable answer to the question.
- Background Research and References - Summarized research including the citing of multiple sources. Be sure to explicitly cite the sources.
- Materials and Procedure - List the materials you used in your project and describe the procedure that you used to perform the project. If you have a photo or diagram of your project, this is a good place to include it.
- Data Collection & Analysis - Evidence of a thorough experiment with proper controls identified (dependent and independent). Be sure to include photos, diagrams, data tables, etc. LABEL everything! Multiple trials should be conducted and analyzed.
- Data Interpretation - Data is used to evaluate the hypotheses and answer the research question.
- Conclusion - The conclusion focuses on the hypothesis or question as it compares to the data and results. What was the answer to the question? Was the hypothesis supported? What did you find out from the experiment?
- Reflection - Were there any problems with the experiment? What would you do differently next time?
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Final Results
Judges will use the rubric to evaluate each project.
Consideration will be given to creativity and presentation.
Think beyond the traditional projects that are seen often at science fairs!
- 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place ribbons will be awarded for each grade level. Winners will be announced during KSTV on Friday, February 16th.
- All students participating in the Science Fair will be acknowledged.
- The 5 projects with the highest score (first place) in grades 1-5 will advance to the Cobb County District Science Fair.
- Advancing projects will receive registration information via email.
Rules and Regulations
As required by Cobb County Schools
- Safety first!
- Never eat/drink during an experiment.
- Wear protective goggles/gloves when needed.
- All experiments should be supervised by an adult.
- No pre-made or pre-fab projects.
- No experiments with molds or bacteria of any kind!
- No models including volcanoes or robots.
- No experiments involving alcohol, drugs, firearms, and/or explosives.
- Parents are encouraged to guide students, but Science Fair projects should be student-led.
Additional Tidbits
Date Timeline
Feb. 9, 2024 - Projects Due
Feb. 15, 2024 - Projects displayed at STEM night.
April 20, 2024 -
Cobb County Science Fair
Need Help?
Do you have questions, need any clarifications, want to make sure you are on the right track?
Please email Mrs. Wilfred! pamela.wilfred@cobbk12.org
