6 Tips to Ace your Science Fair from a Winner

Have you ever been to a science fair? Or do you have a science fair, which you have no idea what to do? I just had mine today. My teacher told me why I had got in and won it…. She said that she was that old and never even had the idea to do something like this. Now if you’re majoring in science or simply interested in science, here’s how to do your project, and somehow my day went.

Now what did I really do for my science project? I made a mars rover- Curiosity. I did an idea that I thought no one else even thought. Now it is important nobody does the same thing as you that you find on YouTube. My advice? Quit YouTube…. If you’re searching for what to do, I recommend you hit old school and follow the encyclopedia like how I did for Curiosity, referring Britannica Encyclopedia. Now if you want to really be innovative in this, choose which topic in science you want. Like I chose quantum physics because I really love it. Now you can choose something that you like and will MOST probably major in…. Like if you like computers, you can always do something like programming in Python.

Getting started, productivity is really low…. We have to have at least four months to get started or else if you’re here for some quick and easy money. You can always do it one week. Plan a budget, how much do you want to spend? If you’re broke, don’t worry. That is what any science fair would like- BEST OUT OF WASTE. I tried to keep my project Curiosity grounded, but I must have spent some bucks but I made it look like I am a cheapskate by making it out of cardboard and stuff.

Even with a normal person’s budget. What should you buy? Integrate something normal with your project. Like me, I integrated my project with Minecraft. Now based on the criteria for a winning model, follow S.T.E.M! Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Integrate technology. You can put cameras and stuff like that. If you’re willing to go all out on this because it gives extra credit. You can get stuff like mini labeller which makes the project interactive.

Next is building it. Now go for the crazy. Embrace the cringe! Anything can be possible if you have money. Now for my project, it was really hard to integrate and make everything function. Like I had a funnel and two cups, in which I should be able to put soil in the funnel and it should come in both of the two cups at once. What engineering will do that? So embrace the cringe and go to the cringiest place you can find- a plumber’s shop…. When I visited a hardware shop, experimented a lot, what structure is needed. We went over Y-shape elbows, and finally used a pipe line a T-shaped elbow.

That is it. You get a science presentation! But what about it’s purpose? Why do we study science? To apply it in everyday life…. You need to know how your idea can be integrated in everyday life, like I integrated mine with Kintsugi, Japanese words, Minecraft and Brain rot (very weird things). Have that displayed on your board. Your board should always be a tri-fold board and never a chart.

You can also keep additional things there on your stall to show application of your project with daily life. Like I did with an abacus, chessboard or textbook. So here are some ideas you can do for the project in case youre still confused-

·      The Real Application of the Neurons integrated with computer science. Create python code and explain neurons functioning sending messages from axon to nucleus.

·      Replica of CT Brain Scanner. Make a small cardboard thingy.

·      AI Physical Robots Model.

·      Intelligent Automatic Medical Check Up booth.

Basically that’s my ideas. Follow for more.