Elementary Fair (Grades 3 – 5)

Schedule and Deadlines

Separate fair events for Junior division across the state

  • Science Center of Iowa – Des Moines – February 5th, 2025
  • The Children’s Museum – Coralville – February 17th, 2025
  • The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium – Dubuque – February 19th, 2025
  • Sanford Museum – Cherokee – February 20th, 2025
 
 

Paperwork

Registration paperwork EZ Forms (Required for all projects)

JSSTFI/SSTFI Permission Form (Required for all projects)

In addition to the form above if your project needs additional paperwork click below.

Does your project deal with the following?

Format

  • Judging interviews
    • All students will have interviews at their display board.
    • Students will be assigned to a pod for judging, ~1 hour.
  • When students are not being judged, they are able to participate in other activities (make and take, exploring the museum and more)

Materials for Judging

Templates for all can be found on the Templates webpage and the registration site

  • With Registration / Before Start of Experimentation (submitted via the online registration portal)
    • JSSTFI E-Z Forms
      • Forms only required for projects that use Human Subjects, Vertebrate Animals, Tissue Studies or Bacteria / Cultures
      • JSSTFI E-Z Forms are available in the online registration portal, used instead of the ISEF SRC forms.
  • By January 15 at 11:59 PM EST (submitted via the online registration portal)
      • Last day to register.
  • Bring to Fair
    • Display Board
      • Display Board Guidelines
    • Logbook / Research Notebook (optional)

Resources

Frequently Asked Questions

How should youth dress for the event? There is no specific dress code. We do not expect youth to be in dress and suites. Casual is perfectly fine!

Will lunch be provided?  No, please bring a sack lunch!

How many youth can work on a project together? Youth can work on their projects independently, or in teams of two or three youth.

Do youth have to come with a school? No youth can come independently from a school or with a school. There is no requirement. 

Who can register a youth for the fair? Youth can register by having a supporting adult do it. Either a teacher or a parent. If they are coming with a school, I would recommend letting the teacher register.