Santa Barbara County Science Fair

2014 Science Fair

The 2014 Santa Barbara County Science Fair has been scheduled for March 6th and 7th in UCSB's Corwin Pavilion.  More details will be made available here in the fall.

If you want to get a jump working on your project, the current Student Handbook is a good place to start.

2013 Science Fair

The 2013 Science Fair is over.  A complete list of the year's winners is available from the link to the left.

We would also like to congratulate all of Santa Barbara County's representatives to the California State Science Fair.  In particular, I want to recognize the students that placed in their respective divisions:

  • Zoe Reifel (La Colina Junior High): 1st Place in Alternative Energy Division
  • Rose Hillebrandt (Goleta Valley Junior High): 2nd Place in Earth & Planetary Sciences Division
  • Ken Ruth (Goleta Valley Junior High): 4th Place in Applied Mechanics & Structures Division
  • Shaoni White (Goleta Valley Junior High): 4th Place in Cognitive Science Division
  • Amanda Hayes (La Colina Junior High): Honorable Mention in Microbiology (General) Division
  • Eveline Mayner (La Colina Junior High): Honorable Mention in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Division
  • Kenyon Prater (Goleta Valley Junior High): Honorable Mention in Applied Mechanics & Structures Division
  • Sam Scherz and Nathan Stull (La Colina Junior High): Honorable Mention in Physics & Astronomy Division
  • Shaoni White (Goleta Valley Junior High): Junior Division winner of the UCLA Brain Research Institute Award
  • Sam Scherz and Nathan Stull (La Colina Junior High): Honorable Mention for the Silicon Boule Award for distinctive performance in the physical sciences

You Can Help

The Santa Barbara County Science Fair is a community sponsored and organized event.  If you would like to support the Fair, there are a variety of ways you can help:

  • Judges are the basis for putting on the science fair and we can never have too many.  Judges spend the morning of the Fair interviewing the student-scientists about their work to generate the rankings.  If you have a background in the sciences and can spare four hours on a Friday morning for some fun, we could use the help.  For more information, please email the Judging Coordinator.
  • The organizing committee meets several times over the year in order to plan the details of the Fair.  The members are individuals and representatives from businesses or community groups that are dedicated to raising the profile and quality of science education in the County.  If you or your organization would like to get involved, please contact us.
  • In addition to awarding medals and qualifying projects for the California State Science Fair, competators are also vying for a variety of special awards.  These are donated by members of the community and generally focus on a scientific area or discipline (i.e. watershed, evolutionary biology, electronics, etc.) important to the donor.  If you are interested in participating by sponsoring a special award, please contact us.
  • Finally, we also need donations to make it all possible.  While the fair is organized by volunteers, there are substantial costs for hosting the event.  If you would like to make a tax deductable donation to the Fair, you can do so via the PayPal link at right.

  

Contact Information

Send general questions about the fair or this site to president@sbsciencefair.org.

Send questions regarding judging to judging@sbsciencefair.org.

Mailing address:

Santa Barbara County Science Fair
c/o SBCEO
P.O. Box 6307
Santa Barbara, CA 93160-6307