- West Contra Costa Unified School District
- Science Fair
- Secondary Science Fair
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SECONDARY SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIRThe WCCUSD STEM Fair takes place for students in grades 6-12 in February of each year. Teachers areencouraged to assign a project to every student in the fall, and hold a fair at their own site, beforeselecting those which will go on to the district fair. District STEM Fair winners may be eligible toadvance to regional and state fairs. More resources are found in the links below.
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2025 WCCUSD SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR
- Schedule
- 1/23 Student Name(s) and Project Title due
- 2/7 Projects due
- Science & Engineering Fair 2/10-13/2025
- 2/10 Project Set Up
- 2/11 Students present to judges
- 2/13 Awards Ceremony
WCCUSD STEM Fair Categoriesfor each grade level 6-12:- Physical Science
- Biological Science
- Behavioral Science
- Engineering/Tech/Innovation (format project using Engineering Design Process rather than Scientific Method)
STEM Fair judges award points based on:
- Problem & Hypothesis (SEP 1)
- Quality of Science
- Design of Investigation (SEP 3)
- Data and Analysis (SEP 4 & 5)
- Discussion of Results (SEP 6 & 7)
- Communication & Presentation (SEP 8)
Resources:
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2024 SECONDARY Science & Engineering FAIR(List)(includes photos of winning projects)2023 SECONDARY STEM FAIR(List)(includes photos of winning projects)2022 SECONDARY STEM FAIR2020 SECONDARY STEM FAIR2019 SECONDARY STEM FAIR(List)(includes photos of winning projects)
2018 SECONDARY SCIENCE FAIR(includes photos of winning projects)2017 SECONDARY SCIENCE FAIR2016 SECONDARY SCIENCE FAIR2015 SECONDARY SCIENCE FAIR