Project Displays Dos and Donts Display Safety Guidelines

Project Displays Do’s and Don’t’s

Display & Safety Guidelines International Rules and Guidelines (2019) pp. 24 -26 SEFMD website: General Info Forms Display and Safety Guidelines There are some slight differences between the ISEF guidelines and the SEFMD guidelines!

Do’s Size restrictions: Senior: 30” deep x 48” wide x 108” tall Junior: 24” deep x 36” wide x 108” tall Project must be self-standing and everything must fit within the size limits. Tri-fold? Bi-fold? Single panel? Your choice. Think “Scientific Method” when you create your display Think clarity and simplicity Presentation is 35% of judging – 10% board, 25% interview

Some sample display boards

Some sample display boards

Some sample display boards

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Photos Take lots of photos while you are working on your project – equipment, procedure, results, etc. Do not post any offensive or inappropriate photos. Photos/visual images/charts/tables and/or graphs should be credited. “Photograph taken by…”, “Image taken from…” etc. Photos of the student researcher are allowed (faces covered for junior division). Photos of other individuals need to have signed consent forms.

Names or not? ? SENIOR DIVISION (grades 9 -12): Names are allowed; school name is allowed. JUNIOR DIVISION (grades 6 -8): Names are NOT allowed on the front of the project (may be on the back); School names are NOT allowed. Acknowledgements are NOT allowed on the board or names of mentors and/or research institution

Display & Safety Which of these will be allowed? Three live plants Three dead plants An aquarium with water in it Plastic bags containing popped popcorn Empty pop cans Plastic bags containing teeth Rocks encased in acrylic (plastic) containers Five glass test tubes A mirror Electronic devices

Display & Safety Which of these will be allowed? Business cards Petri dishes with moldy bread samples QR code Low voltage LED Christmas lights around the display Photo of a dissected animal References that the student used A drone with the power source removed

Display and Safety Check On Tuesday of fair week, projects are brought to the fair between 9: 00 a. m. and 7: 00 p. m. and are inspected by the Display and Safety Committee. All projects must be approved on Tuesday before they can be judged on Wednesday. Do not just set up your project and leave the hall! No changes may be made to the project display once the project has been approved. Project notebooks or equipment items may be removed after the D&S check and brought back for judging day. OCCASIONALLY students are allowed to display items during JUDGING ONLY, then removed before Public Viewing. Permission must be granted by the Fair Directors.