How do Sci-Fair Finalists conceive of winning topics?

CountingDown
Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:43:26 +0000

Interesting analysis here about the perceived “easiness” of bio/chem projects. If one looks at the projects that make Siemens Regional/Intel STS Finalists, there are a ton of bio/chem projects. Our local area tends to run heavily in that direction, too. Our experience has been that the competition to get to the top rungs in bio/chem is VERY tough – everyone seems to gravitate towards those projects, probably because it’s easier to get lab facilities.

Ditto with above poster on the usefulness (?) of APs for science fair – it’s the literature, folks. Read, read, read.