1. LOTS OF REASONS, AMONG THEM:

• THEY’RE A BIG PLUS ON COLLEGE, SCHOLARSHIP AND JOB APPLICATIONS — A LEG UP ON THE COMPETITION!

• THEY PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO:
  • Create self-esteem through scientific literacy
  • Work across the curriculum
  • Conduct independent research
  • Utilize scientific method
  • Develop writing skills
  • Employ mathematical and analytical Skills
  • Give oral presentations
  • Find the answers to their own questions
  • Carry an idea through to completion
  • Work to deadline
  • Respect humane and safety considerations
  • Document procedures
  • Create artistic displays
  • Interview and work with professional scientists and engineers
  • Defend their work in interviews with judges

• THEY OPEN THE DOOR TO MANY OTHER COMPETITIONS — LOCAL, STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL

• SCIENCE FAIR EXHIBITORS HAVE THE CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH STUDENTS FROM THROUGHOUT SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES AND, IN THE CASE OF OTHER COMPETITIONS, FROM AROUND THE WORLD

• TO QUOTE SOME OF OUR FORMER EXHIBITORS, THE SCIENCE FAIR IS:

• "A Stimulating Experience"
• "A Competition in Which You and You Alone are Challenged"
• "The Greatest of Encouragement — Turns Dreams into Realities"
• "My Fondest High School Memory"

and, last but not least,

• "Fun!"