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2025 ANNOUNCEMENT

Click the link above for K-12 Division eligibility! (High school students may judge projects in Grades 1-5.) General K-12 Science Fair projects are judged virtually.

THERE ARE NO PHYSICAL PROJECTS THIS YEAR AT QUEENY PARK. We plan to be back in person in 2026.

JUDGING THE K-5 ELEMENTARY and 6-12 SECONDARY DIVISIONS of the REGIONAL FAIR

The school requirement for judging is waived for 2025. Teachers will still need to select projects from their schools to forward to The Academy's regional e-Fair.

The Academy of Science recruits both individual judges and groups of judges with assigned Team Leaders for the K-12 Fair in April. Groups are assigned 2 grades to judge and submit score submission forms for the projects they are assigned. Judges are able to review and judge their assigned projects remotely from their laptops at home and/or office. The Academy provides simple, easy-to-follow online project category judging rubrics and score submission forms.

Q. What does a Science Fair Judging Team Leader do?
A. The Science Fair Judging Team Leader recruits between 5 and 20 colleagues to serve as science fair judges, then assigns the judges their projects and corresponding links for judging. Projects are from students throuhout St. Louis City and County in grades K-12. Judging takes place from home or office as all projects are uploaded virtually. Science Fair Judging Team Leaders are provided with the following:

• sample e-mails to send to your group
• list of projects
• links to view and download online projects
• link to an online score submission form that routes judges to the appropriate rubric scoring section of the form containing multiple choice and linear scale questions for the Grade Level Division (K-5 or 6-12) and Project Type (Collection, Experiment, Model, etc.) that corresponds to each of the assigned projects
• Honors Division judges use a Comprehensive Rubric

Q. What organizations in St. Louis are involved?
A. Organizations from across the region form judging teams with a Science Fair Judging Team Leader. Examples may include organizations such as Washington University in St. Louis, the National Geospatial Agency, Bayer, Thermo Fischer Scientific, and more.

Q. After the Team Leader recruits judges, how many projects does each team member judge?
A. Approximately 10 - 15 projects are judged by each team member. It takes approximately 2 to 4 hours to judge 10 - 15 projects.

CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO VIEW INDIVIDUAL PROJECT TYPE RUBRICS for ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY DIVISIONS

HONORS DIVISION JUDGING IS NOW CLOSED

Honors Division judges must have terminal degrees or specialized expertise in their STEM, or STEM-related field. Honors Division Fair projects are judged in both a virtual (Round One) and in-person (Finalists Round) competition. Round One virtual and Round Two in-person judging for the Finalists Competition are now closed. You can view the full list of this year's impressive Finalists and Semifinalists on the homepage. Sign-up to judge the regional K-12 Science Fair!

A PROJECT JUDGING HOW-TO VIDEO FROM 2021

A note to our Science Fair judges: We appreciate your commitment to fostering the capacity for science exploration and discvoery in the region's next generation of scientists, engineers, and STEM professionals by helping students in the St. Louis region explore their world today through scientific investigation. Thank you!

Direct your questions to The Academy of Science - St. Louis Science Fair Director
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