SEFMD Resources

Resources  - as of 2/29/24
Program changes/bug fixes:

Judge Categories    (pdf)

Project Guidelines  
   Elementary School Projects (3rd-5th grade)
    Middle School Projects (6th-8th grade)
    High School Projects (9th-12th grade)

Promotional Video:  (What's it all about)
        SEFMD video (by 9^th grade University Liggett Student)

Getting Started:  (to help plan your time wisely)
         What is due when for 2023-2024
         Prior SRC Approval - powerpoint for 2023   pdf    powerpoint
         Prior SRC Approval Needed flowchart (Senior Division Students only)
         How to do Science Research from Home (by SSP)
         For the novice scientist, search 'Science Fair Booklet'
         Jet Propulsion Labs
         

Training Videos: (if hyperlinks do not work, use copy and paste direct links to YouTube)
         School Affiliation Video on existing SEFMD website
         School Affiliation ZOOM seminar of 10/12/2023
         Student Registration and Upload of documents on SEFMD)    RT 7:53    https://youtu.be/pG7bKXYu150
          Email Verification Step for Student Registrations          RT 3:30    https://youtu.be/-HRgcFmusLo
           Printing and uploading the RELEASE form (for Students)     RT: 4:45   https://youtu.be/Z_7DfdlRiyY

           Judge Training-Revised      https://youtu.be/LPeuuAwz9T4     RT 15:24   Revised 3/8/2022
          Professional Organizations-How to identify projects to judge      RT 5:51   https://youtu.be/PIagQwUDtWY
          Display and Safety Training for Inspectors   RT  15-20 min   https://youtu.be/mFKZZlHLkGg    CHANGES for 2023 (PDF Document)
          Professional Award Organization Setup  RT 6:31     https://youtu.be/dV5oz4bsyxg
          Student Self Nomination for Professional Awards   RT 2:39     https://youtu.be/FCUQQXd_v6I

           Risk Assessment Guide

Weekly Seminar Series for 2021-2022-2023 (Zoom Recordings - live)
       10-27-22  Project Ideas     chat log
 

Previous year (2020) Weekly Seminar Series (Zoom Recordings - live)
            10-01-20 School Affiliation
            10-08-20 SRC Pre-approval
            10-15-20  EMA Mentoring  (no zoom recording due to all the breakout rooms)
          10-22-20 Science Project Ideas (edited)   Modified video
                    How to upload a video link to YouTube and apply it to your project
             11-05-20  3rd-5th grade projects
             11-12-20 Statistics     From ZOOM session     Pre-recorded

Presentation:
         How to write an abstract (adopted from OSEF)
         More Sample Abstracts (from previous SEFMD participants)
         Display Guidelines and Sample Display Board
         How to do a Science Fair Project (Presentation at Detroit Public LIbrary)  flyer/signup
         Video Upload Guidelines (updated 2/16/22)
           Project Materials Guidelines (as an alternative to a display/poster board)  rev 2/14/22
               Sample Project Presentation Templates*: Science Project            Engineering Project                  Math/Computer Science Project
                    (Templates are Power Point files.  Download and update as necessary.   Save resulting file, 1 page/slide to PDF file and upload.
                Quad Chart Example 1        Quad Chart Example 2
                  Quad Chart Examples from SEFMD  ISEF Finalists last year:  3   4   5   6   7
                    Sample Quad Chart Templates*: Science Project               Engineering Project                    Math/Computer Science Project
                         (Templates are Power Point files.  Download and update as necessary.   Save resulting file (1 page) to PDF file and upload.
                    * Templates provided by Flint Science Fair and provided here with permission

            SEFMD Release Form (required for all projects)          Word Doc.     PDF

 EMails to all affiliated Schools/Hints/Etc
           02-29-24    Schools        (pdf)
            03-01-24    Schools        (pdf)
          

EMails to Students: