State Standards Addressed Through Science Fairs  

Science, Grade 4:

1.1.1-4 Students will develop the skills necessary to do inquiry.
5.1.1 The student will work with a technology design.
5.1.2 The student will apply their understanding about science and technology.
7.1.1 The student will develop awareness that people practice science.

Science, Grades 5-7:

1.1.1-3 The student will demonstrate abilities necessary to do the process of scientific inquiry.
1.2.1-2 The student will apply different kinds of investigations to different kinds of questions.
1.3.1-2 The student will analyze how science advances through the interaction of new ideas, scientific investigations, skepticism, and examinations of evidence of varied explanations.
5.1.1 The student will demonstrate abilities of technological design.
5.2.1-3 The student will develop understandings of the similarities, differences, and relationships in science and technology.
7.1.1 The student will develop scientific habits of mind.
7.1.2 The student will research contributions to science throughout history.

Science, Grades 8-12:

1.1.1-5 The student will demonstrate the abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry.
5.1.1-3 The student will develop an understanding that technology is applied science.
6.5.1 The student will develop an understanding of the relationships between science, technology, and society.
7.1.1-6 The student will develop an understanding that science is a human endeavor that uses models to describe and explain the physical universe.
7.2.1-4 The student will develop an understanding of the nature of scientific knowledge.
7.3.1-2 The student will understand science from historical perspectives.

The other science standards covered during any one project depend on the subject of that project.

Math, Grade 4:

1.1 The student uses numerical and computational concepts and procedures in a variety of situations.

Math, Grades 5-12:

1.1 The student uses numerical and computational concepts and procedures in a variety of situations.
4.1 & 4.2 The student uses concepts and procedures of data analysis in a variety of ways.

The other math standards covered during any one project depend on the subject of that project.

Writing, Grades 4-8:

1.2 The student writes expository text using the writing process.
1.3 The student writes technical text using the writing process.

Writing, Grades 9-12:

1.2 The student writes expository text using the writing process.
1.3 The student writes technical text using the writing process.
2.1 The student uses effective research practices.
2.2 The student uses ethical research practices.

Other standards covered in Health and PE, and Social Science such as Economics may also be covered throughout the course of a project.