Foothill has a longstanding yearly event called Science Day (and Night)! Our 2018 date is March 16th. (after the Santa Clara Valley Science Fair).
You can bring your family to school from 6pm to 8pm for Science Night to see everyone’s science projects and to do science experiments as a family.
We always need PARENT VOLUNTEERS! We need volunteers to do science projects with classes, and we also need people to help us arrange science classes and to critique student projects. If you can help, please email us at science_fair@saratogafoothillpta.org.
Science Fair Proposals are due to your teacher on February 9th. Like the last two years, this year you can do a standard science experiment (investigation) or you can create a new design to solve a problem (invention).
You can download SF_Pkt_2018 to get an introduction to this year’s Science Fair, including all of the rules.
Having trouble coming up with ideas? You can find ideas at about the right level for each grade here.
Kindergarten and 1st Grade Project Examples
2nd and 3rd Grade Project Examples
4th Grade Project Examples
5th Grade Project Examples
Curious about how the science fair committee will evaluate your project proposal?
Click here to see what we are looking for.
This year, you can download the Science Fair Forms online.
Click here for the form for Kindergartners through 3rd Graders. You can use the same form for both investigations and inventions.
Click here to download the 4th and 5th Grade Investigation Form. This is the form you use for an experiment using the scientific method. You can download an example Investigation Form here.
Click here to download the 4th and 5th Grade Invention Form. This is the form you will use if you have tried to design a solution to a problem. You can download an example Invention form here.
You can:
a.) fill the form out and give it to your teacher, or you can
b.) email the form to science_fair@saratogafoothillpta.org, or
c.) fill out our online Science Fair form here.