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San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair, Inc
From project inception to presenting results to judges, the science fair experience is a blend of education, communication, competition, camaraderie, creativity, excitement, and cooperation. This is the unique essence of the San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair.
Established in 1949, the San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair (SLVRSF) is a private, non-profit organization which holds a regional competition each year, with more than 200 students from 15 school districts participating. The purpose of the Fair is to encourage student interest and research in science, engineering, technology, and math, giving students an opportunity to be evaluated by scientific professionals and publicly recognizing their abilities and achievements.
Conducting research and participating in the SLVRSF is one of the few activities where students demonstrate and integrate a wide variety of 21st century academic skills. Students are informed and guided by background literature, develop scientific questions, design experiments to answer those questions, utilize mathematical and graphical analysis tools, write scientific research papers, create logical visual displays of their work, and orally communicate and defend their findings to peers and professionals from a diverse range of scientific backgrounds.
Students participate in three divisions: Elementary [4th-5th], Junior [6th-8th], and Senior [9th-12th]. Grand Awards in all three divisions are given in Behavioral and Social Science, Biomedical Science, Botany, Chemistry, Consumer Science, Earth and Space Science, Engineering, Environmental Science, Mathematics and Computer Science, Physics and Zoology.
Academic Awards are given for technical writing, oratory skills, best display, most originality, and overall best projects. Additionally, a wide variety of Special Awards are given by local businesses, agencies, and private donors. Winning Junior and Senior division projects qualify as finalists for the Colorado Science & Engineering Fair (CSEF), which is held in April in Fort Collins, Colorado. In addition, two senior division students with outstanding projects are awarded an all-expense paid trip to the Regeneron International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) to represent the SLVRSF as Finalists in this exciting competition.
The SLVRSF is dedicated to increasing academic involvement and excellence for participating fourth through twelfth grade students in our region. With the amazing financial support of our local sponsors and contributors, SLVRSF presents over $35,000 to students in the form of monetary awards, material awards, scholarships, and all-expense paid trips to ISEF to the outstanding students of our region. The SLVRSF is proud to be an institution that unites San Luis Valley students with scientists, agency professionals, ASU professors, community members, and contributors, all with a common vision of encouraging and developing the next generation of STEM professionals, right here in the SLV.
THANK YOU to all the amazing people who help make this Fair possible!!
Loree’ A. Harvey, SLVRSF Director
