Frequently Asked Questions (regarding zFairs) (as of 10/11/2024)
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STUDENT REGISRATION: |
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When I register and try to
pick my school, it is not listed. What
do I do? |
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Only schools that have ‘affiliated’ with the Science
Fair are listed. Your school must
affiliate. This is a process that
takes about 90 seconds. Have your
school principal or science teacher contact the science Fair office. |
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My school is listed and I
can select it, however, my teacher is not listed in the available
teachers. What do I do? |
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Simply have your teacher ‘register’ on zfairs. Your
teacher should go to: http://zfairs.sefmd.org – select Register
(upper right side), then select Teacher and complete the process. The teacher must select the same school you
are in for you to select them. |
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I am part of a team
project. Do we all enter? |
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NO – the team leader should their information first,
including the project information.
There is an option to specify that the project is a team project. By selecting that, you will receive a ‘link’
that you should give to your other partners.
They should register ONLY their name (and associated info), by using
that link. They should NOT enter
project information |
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SCHOOL AFFILIATION: |
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Why does a school need to
affiliate with the Science Fair and why is there a charge associated with it? |
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The affiliation agreement provides us with the
contact information for the school and provides us with various options that
a school may use while accepting entry forms for the Science Fair. The
affiliation fee is $50.00 (reduced to $25.00 if the information is received
by December 1) and is to offset the cost of mailings to the school and to
keep the cost of the actual entry form processing low. School affiliation forms that are received
AFTER December 1 will need to pay the full amount. |
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I am an individual student
that wants to enter the Science Fair (and live within the seven
county area), but my school does not want to 'affiliate'. Can I
still participate? |
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Please contact us to work with you to convince the
school to affiliate with the Science Fair. If the school still refuses
to affiliate, YES, you can enter directly into the Science Fair. The
school and teacher would forfeit any and all awards that it may receive
because of your achievements. The cost of individual affiliation is
$75.00 (plus the entry fee of $20 ). It would
actually be CHEAPER to have the school affiliate! |
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How do I affiliate my
school? |
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Refer to the resources tab, and click on the
procedure to affiliate a school. You
will need the school code number and the password (previously sent via email). Alternatively, contact the Science Fair
Office to obtain the school code and password |
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TEACHER AFFILIATION: |
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How do I become listed as a
teacher for my students? |
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Refer to the resources tab, and click on the
procedure to register a teacher. During
the registration process, you will select the schools that you are mentoring
students at (could be multiple schools).
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PROJECT DISPLAY BOARD
LAYOUT/SETUP/SIZE |
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What is the maximum size of
the display board? |
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For Elementary and Junior Division (3rd-8th grade),
the maximum size is: 36" wide (side to side), 24" deep (front
to back), 96” high (floor to top) |
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What is the order of
information that should be on the display board? Where do we put our
conclusions? |
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There is no defined layout for the display
board. It is totally up to the student to design a display board that
best articulates information about the project. |