Your award winning science fair projects won’t win awards if they don’t look good to the judges

Teachers don’t do science fairs for the award-winning science fair projects, they do it for the science.  Having a reward of some kind can be a great motivator for the kids.  You won’t be bringing home any blue ribbons if your final presentation is sloppy.

First you need an awesome project that was fun to do and not too hard.  However, the science fair projects that win awards have display boards that will most definitely be attractive and professional looking.

Here are five tips on how to make an attractive display  for award winning science fair projects that make judges  happy .

1. Formatting.  You want it to look professional!  Use fonts that are easy to read and not too cute, an don’t go higher than 14-16 point. Justifying  the margins is a nice touch.
2. Color.  Use a color plan with one or two colors only.  One main one and another to accent.  Hand written reports should be in blue or black ink.  Keep the printed  stuff in black or a complementary dark color.   Use colors that kind of go with your project topi, like green for recycling or if you have items on display that go with them.
3. Borders. Put a border around the whole display, around pictures.  Use the same style all the papers. This is where the color pattern will be used. part of the color pattern.  White paper with the data on construction paper looks really cool.
   
4. Bullet Points.  Bullet points make for easy reading, but don’t be silly.  Arrows, large dots, check marks and shapes work well.  There is a large variety of these that will look good. Stay away  from smiley faces. There could be topic related ones like light bulbs for electricity . Whatever you choose, stick with the same bullet point for the whole display.
5. Glue not tape.   Glue sticks, spray sticky stuff,rubber cement will post the papers without seeing the folded tape underneath or the tape edges. Tape is known to lose its stick just when you need it most.

REMEMBER:  The quality of a project is the key to an award, but if it doesn’t look good, chance are some of the best  award-winning science fair projects will get lost in the shuffle.

You can find all sorts of tips and advice on creating award winning science projects with the free download  The Non-Scientist Parents’ Guide to a Science Project on my One Day Science Fair Projects Blog. We also have a whole science homework help with a great supply list here!

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