2021 Virtual Fair on Student Corner
The 2021 Alaska Science and Engineering Fair will be entirely virtual this year. We have partnered with a group called Student Corner that has developed a virtual science fair platform, with virtual project boards, remote team project collaboration, and built in video conferencing for judging interviews.
Check out the video below learn how to get started with Student Corner:
Elementary Project Information
The Alaska Science & Engineering Fair is open to all elementary school students. There is no limit to the number of students that a school can send to the State Fair.
6th Grade Students
6th grade students may either enter as a middle school project or an elementary school project. Middle school projects are often eligible for more special category awards, however the rules and judging rubric are stricter than for elementary school projects. Help for 6th grade registration choice
Paperwork
Elementary students do not have the same paperwork requirements as secondary students; however, it is strongly advised that teachers approve students’ projects before work is begun. If you have questions about the appropriateness of an experiment, please contact us.
Avoid These Experiment Types
Experimentation involving the following are strongly DISCOURAGED:
- nonhuman vertebrate animals
- controlled substances
- pathogens (all bacteria isolated from the environment are considered pathogenic)
- DNA
- animal tissues
- humans
Resources
Please see the following resources:
Click here to see Elementary School forms and schedules
You can use items such as glass tubing, vinegar, and plant soil during your research, but please don’t bring such items to the science fair. Take pictures of them! Put the pictures on your display.
Do you need these “unsafe” items at the science fair? No! Do your project ahead of time. At the science fair, describe what you did. The judges care that you can express your understanding of your project; they do not need you to reproduce the work in front of them.
Objects like these belong in a picture on your display board. Do not bring them to the science fair.
Primary Sponsor:
(None)
Sponsors - $10,000+
(None)
Patrons - $5,000-$9,999
- Franz Bakery Foundation
- MTA
- Regeneron ISEF Grant
Donors - $1,000-$4999
- Anchorage Mayor's Community Grant
- Broadcom Masters
- Broadcom Foundation
- Chugach Gem and Mineral Society
- ConocoPhillips
- Doug Molyneaux
- Fur Rendezvous/Greater Anchorage, Inc.
- Society for Petroleum Engineers
- Stellar Designs
- Upper One Studios Inc.
Contributors - $500-$999
Friends - $250-$499
- The Aleut Corporation
- AMC Engineers
- Elks Lodge Anchorage #2868
- Home Depot
- John Nolin
- Roger Weese