When I decided to volunteer for my son’s elementary school science fair, I was disappointed to find that most materials available on the Internet — for students, and for parent volunteers — were quite bad.   I decided to write my own science fair packet, so my son’s school could have something good to work with.

I’ve been pleased with the response to the packet — over three or four fairs, I’ve seen participation increase, and the quality of projects increase as well.

Now I’m releasing that packet to you, parents and teachers.   You can alter it and use it as you like, under this Creative Commons license.  Here are the links:

• A PDF version so you can see what the layout and the drawings are supposed to look like.  The kid-style research plans with the drawings are key!
• A read-only version on Google Docs, where the document was created.  You could “Select All” and copy this into a new doc, though the formatting is likely to be messed up somehow.
• An editable version on Google Docs.  I will keep this up as long as it doesn’t get too screwed up. 🙂   Instead of editing it directly, I would suggest doing “Make a copy” and then editing the copy as you like.

Enjoy!