2016 Houston ISD
District Science Fair at
T.H. Rogers School
January 30, 2016
Coordinated by the HISD UIL Academics Department
Registration Process and Dates
1. Schools must submit a UIL Participation form in order to register students.
2. December 10, 2015-January 15, 2016, 5:00 PM: Coordinators submit the Science Project Registration
spreadsheet via email to Don Hernandez (dherna13@houstonisd.org).
3. January 30, 2016: 2016 HISD District Science Fair at T.H. Rogers, 5840 San Felipe, Houston 77057
Schedule for the 2016 HISD District Science Fair
7:30 am-9:00 am
Check-in and exhibit set up. Students must submit their project entry form(s) and two copies of
their project abstracts. Incomplete forms will not be accepted. Parents and teachers may participate in exhibit setup.
9:15 am-12:00 pm
Judging of exhibits (exhibits closed to public).
12:00 pm-1:00 pm
Lunch (exhibits open to public viewing during lunch).
1:00 pm-3:30 pm
Judging of exhibits (exhibits closed to public).
3:30 pm-4:00 pm
Public viewing of exhibits.
4:00 pm-4:30 pm
Dismantling and removal of exhibits from the building.
4:30 pm
Awards Ceremony
Project Entry Forms
Each project must include fully completed HISD District Science Fair forms at check-in on January 30, 2015. Incomplete
forms will not be accepted. If your school is participating in the UH SEF, photocopies of completed and SRC approved
Science and Engineering Fair of Houston forms may be submitted in place of the HISD District Science Fair forms.
Project Abstracts
Each exhibit is required to have two copies of their project abstract available at the exhibit site for reviewing by the judges.
Student Presentations
Students should keep their presentations limited to 3 minutes, with the remaining time open for questions from the
judges. Some presentation suggestions include:
 Introduce yourself (not your school).
 State the problem you experimented on.
 Briefly describe how you conducted the experiment and collected your data (pictures may be helpful).
 Summarize your data (put the numbers into words).
 State your conclusion.
 Finish by explaining the relevance of your experiment and your findings. For example, answer: how does your
experiment and/or findings benefit society or specific groups of people (or animals)? How does it add to scientific
knowledge? Now that you have learned something new through your experiment, what other related experiments
would be interesting to perform in order to further your understanding?
 Judges will then have approximately four minutes to ask their own questions.
A School Staff Member Must Accompany Students
Each participating school is expected to have a staff member present throughout the day to oversee the safety and
supervision of their students. Students will not be allowed to setup or participate without a school sponsor present.
Entry Limits
Schools may submit 10 entries per division. For example, 10 total entries from 6th grade division may enter. This could
be 10 individual, or 10 team or a combination of individual/teams that totals to 10 entries for the 6 th grade division.
6th Grade Division
Individual Projects
10 entries
Team Projects
10 entries
7th and 8th Grade Division
Individual Projects
10 entries
Team Projects
10 entries
9th and 10th Grade Division
Individual Projects
10 entries
Team Projects
10 entries
11th and 12th Grade Division
Individual Projects
10 entries
Team Projects
10 entries
Teams must have at least two students with a maximum of three students. A student may participate in only one project.
Awards
The top twelve individual projects and the top twelve team projects within each division will receive awards. Individual
awards will also be presented to each winning team member. We will also award Top Science School Awards to the
highest scoring middle school and the highest scoring high school.
Contact
For more information, please contact Don Hernandez, Manager, HISD UIL Academics, at 713-556-6813, or by email at
dherna13@houstonisd.org.