• Registration Deadline: November 30, 2024 (Saturday) 
• Link to Registration form: BCE 2025 Science Fair Registration Form
• Students who register by November 30, 2024 will receive a BCE Science Fair T-shirt.
• Late registrations will be accepted, but these students may not receive a t-shirt.
• There is no registration fee.
• Display Due Date: 
• TBD (Mon-Tue Jan 13-14 after school); details will be shared in early January on the specific drop-off times.
• Students do not need to be present for drop-off.
• Team Size: 
• Students can work individually or in teams of 2-3 students within the same grade.
• No team should exceed 3 members.
• All team members must register individually so we get the right counts for t-shirts and ribbons.
• Regionals:  
• For Grades 3rd - 5th we can send 12-14 projects on to the Austin regional science fair.
• Independent judges will determine the regional qualifiers ahead of our BCE Science Fair.
• No students will be present during judging and winners will be announced at the BCE Science Fair.
• For more information please see the GARSEF website: https://austinscience.org/elementary
• Experiments:
• All projects in Grades 3rd-5th grade must be experiments (not exhibits or engineering displays)
• Experiments - a student asks an experimental question, forms and tests a hypothesis, and makes conclusions
• Example: “I tested batteries to see which brand lasts the longest in a flashlight.”
• Please follow GARSEF guidelines for experiments - https://austinscience.org/images/pdfs/ElemHowToDoSciFairProj.pdf

All student project boards must follow the guidelines in order to be allowed in the exhibit hall.

Display Board 

• Project display should be on sturdy tri-fold board available at local craft and office supply stores. 
• Written material, drawings and pictures should be securely attached to the display board with glue or tape. 
• Do not use staples: they will poke out the back of the board. 
• Projects will be displayed on tables that are 36 inches high. Size of display area may not exceed the following measurements: 15” deep, 48” wide, and 60” high. Due to space limitations, displays that exceed these measurements cannot be accepted. 
• Electricity for your display will not be available but you can use household batteries to power your project.  

Allowed Items: 

• Please use only paper on your project boards. 
• Students should take photographs of project steps as a visual explanation of their effort. 
• Students must ask permission before photographing other individuals for the display board. 
• Be sure to properly credit/list all sources of graphics and photographers on the display board (“Photograph/Visuals by . . .”) This includes images from websites. 
• Students may use a computer and printer for written parts of the project.  

Items Not Allowed:

• DO NOT put your name or identifying information on the front of the poster.
  
• Do not include the student(s) faces while taking the photos of the experiments.
• Display Items NOT Allowed (such projects will be disqualified)
• Demonstration items are not allowed in 2025. 
• No Expensive, breakable or fragile items. 
  
• No organisms; living, dead or preserved 
• Growing bacteria or mold of any type 
• Causing pain, suffering, sickness or death of an animal BCE 2025 Science Fair Registration Form

• No water or chemicals, crystals, liquids
• No  hazardous chemicals or radioactive materials. 
• No human/animal parts or body fluids (for example, blood, feces or urine). 
• No human or animal food. 
• No poisons, drugs, controlled or hazardous substances.
• No sharp items (for example: syringes, needles, pipettes, knives, tacks, nails). 
• No glass or glass objects unless part of a commercial product (for example, a computer screen). 
• No pressurized tanks or containers.
• No batteries with open top cells (so that battery acid can be seen) 
• No dirt, soil, gravel, rocks, sand, waste products, etc. 
• No project, device, activity or substance that may be deemed hazardous  to student safety 
• NO firearms, explosives or discharge air pressure canister devices (i.e. potato guns) 
• No photographs or pictures of animals or people in surgical techniques, dissections or necropsies. 

• Please see: GARSEF Sample Template

• BCE Booster Club
• Kumon Math and Reading Center of Austin - Uplands Ridge
• Clavier Werke School of Music
• Texas Children's Hospital

• We'd love to have you on our committee, have a booth at the fair, or join us as a sponsor
• Reach out to frayacohen@yahoo.com