| A lot of kids (and parents) dream of winning the | | | | the fair you are joining, and stick to it! |
| science fair. The prestige that comes with the prize is | | | | Next, study old award winning projects. You can get |
| something that will not only bring your child pride, but | | | | some great inspiration from old projects. Sometimes, |
| believe it or not it helps when filling out college | | | | expounding on a project, or answering a question in |
| applications too! Not that award winning science fair | | | | the recommendations section of the study will lead |
| projects will give your child an instant ticket into the ivy | | | | you to creating an award winning project for you and |
| leagues, but consistent science fair winners often go to | | | | your child! Look back at past winners, but not the ones |
| better schools. It could be because they become more | | | | that won recently. Go back to science fair records of |
| motivated to study, and it could also be because | | | | at least six years past and see how you can tweak |
| schools like accepting children who have show | | | | the winning projects into better ones that can once |
| potential. | | | | again vie for the prize! |
| In order for you and/or your child to win the science | | | | Finally, make it a project anyone can do. One of the |
| contest, especially if its the first one, then there is a lot | | | | best ways to teach anything is to make it easy and |
| that needs to be done. The first step to winning the | | | | accessible to almost anyone. The award winning |
| fair is to strategize! Read the instructions for the | | | | science projects are the ones that use things you can |
| science fair contest carefully, making sure you know | | | | get from around your home. Being able to recreate a |
| what your parameters are. Many times, very good | | | | science project at low cost is a great factor because |
| projects lose because they go overboard or missed | | | | that means that schools have the possibility of using |
| out on some of the details of the rules. If you notice, all | | | | the project demonstration in class, and it also means |
| award winning science projects are fantastic and | | | | parents can help their children with it, and maybe teach |
| brilliant, but are even more so because they stay within | | | | younger siblings as well! |
| certain parameters. Make sure you know the rules of | | | | |