D58 Science Fair Registration Open

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Downers Grove Grade School District 58 invites students to put on their science thinking caps and register for the 35th Annual Science Fair! Registration will be open from Nov. 16 through Dec. 18.

Register online at www.dg58.info/sciencefair. Enter “science” for the password.

The Science Fair will take place Saturday, Jan. 23 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at O’Neill Middle School. The fair is open to all District 58 students in grades 1-8, as well as non-District 58 students in grades 1-8 who reside within District 58 boundaries and participate in the Downers Grove Friends of the Gifted and Talented program.

Students may register as an individual or with a partner. If the partners are in two different grade levels, they must follow the rules of the older grade level.

The District’s Science Fair website provides project topic ideas, as well as grade-specific project instructions and judging requirements. All projects will comprise an exhibit, written report and oral report. Participants in grades 1-2 will be judged non-competitively and will all receive a participation ribbon. Students in grades 3-8 may choose to participate competitively or non-competitively.

A team of two judges will objectively rate the Science Fair’s competitive entries on their knowledge of topic, written report and exhibit. First, second and third place ribbons will be awarded. Seventh and eighth grade projects will be eligible for the Regional or State Science Fair based on merit.

Parents are encouraged to support their children and ensure they follow instructions correctly. However, the Science Fair is an independent project, and children are expected to complete all manipulations and measurements for their experiments, and to create all drawings and chart for their boards, without parent help.

For more information, visit www.dg58.info/sciencefair.