ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECTS (3^rd-5^th graders) revised 12/12/20

1. Students may do a project alone or in a group of 2-10 students.

2. Students enter their projects online and must be entered through their school. Schools “affiliate” with the SEFMD online by December 1, 2020.

3. Elementary school projects (unlike the upper grades) may include models.

4. Elementary students will enter in one of these four categories:

L1 Individual – Life Science project (individual student)

L2 Group – Life Science project (2-10 students working as a group)

P1 Individual – Physical Science project (individual student)

P2 Group – Physical Science project (2-10 students working as a group)

Life science would include projects related to Animal Science, Behavioral & Social Science, Biology, Earth and Environmental Science, Medicine & Health, and Plant Science. Physical Science would include projects related to Chemistry, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics & Astronomy, Renewable Energy, and Technology & Robotics.

5. The pdf presentation and the video of the student’s project should not include any of the following:

Student’s name (or names); school name

Photos of other students unless consent is obtained from each

student

Inappropriate photos (e.g., animals in other than normal conditions)

Acknowledgements (mentors; research locations)

6. Teachers should supervise all projects. Middle School and High School students must follow all of the guidelines for science fair projects as established by the Society for Science and the Public and found on the SEFMD website. To simplify this for elementary students, students are not permitted to:

Do any testing of vertebrate animals, other than observations

Do any human taste-tests or physical exercise tests

Do any collecting/culturing of bacterial samples unless done at

school

7. Students will enter their projects online at www.sefmd.org; one entry per project. In addition to completing the online entry information, students are asked to submit the items indicated below.

By 2/5/2021: Online Entry, including complete research plan and bibliography.

May skip abstract and upload of files. Note that this info can NOT be

changed after 2/5/2021.

By 3/1/2021, 5 PM: Completed Abstract and the following uploaded files:

- Video link of presentation (max of 5:00 minutes)

- PDF of presentation (MAX of 12 pages, MAX of 4 Mb) (Example)

- OPTIONAL items include:

· PDF of lab book (MAX of 4 pages, MAX of 2 Mb in size)

· Three additional photos