2010 Mississippi Science And Engineering Fairs Elementary Registration Form For Grades 1-6 printable pdf download

2010 Mississippi Science & Engineering Fairs

Elementary Rules & Regulations for Grades 1-6

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Mississippi Science and Engineering Regional Fairs will be conducted in accordance with the ISEF 2010 Rules and Guidelines

Booklet. The Key Teacher at each school must obtain a copy of the ISEF Rules and Guidelines Booklet and assume

responsibility, together with student exhibitors, for complete compliance with these rules. Each school may only participate in

the regional fair held for the county in which the school is located.

Elementary School Registration

• Class I – Grades 1, 2, and 3; Class II – Grades, 4, 5, and 6.

• Schools MUST submit registration forms by February 19, 2010.

• The MSEF registration form MUST have the signatures of the exhibitor’s parent and sponsoring teacher. Incomplete or

unsigned forms will be rejected. Rejected registrations cannot be resubmitted. Projects rejected for incompleteness or

violations will not receive a refund of registration fees.

• MSEF registration fees ($10 per student) MUST be included with registration forms. Each school must submit

only ONE CHECK for all registration fees.

Elementary Project Requirements

• Maximum display dimensions are as follows: 76 cm (30 in) deep; 122 cm (48 in) wide; 274 cm (108 in) high, including

table. Table height should not exceed 91 cm (36 in). Students are responsible for providing a table if needed.

• No electricity is available for elementary projects. Those interested in developing electrical related projects may choose

to use DC dry cell power sources. Wet cell power sources (i.e., automotive or marine batteries) are NOT allowed.

• Students in grades 1-6 may enter a project in any MSEF Fair involving humans and/or living vertebrate animals. ALL

SRC/IRB FORMS REQUIRED BY ISEF MUST BE COMPLETED. In the ISEF Rules and Guidelines booklet

students should check Form 1A, #8 and review the flowcharts for additional forms. Any project involving humans

and/or living vertebrate animal, which does not comply with this rule, will be disqualified.

• Elementary projects involving human subjects are limited to questionnaires pre-approved by school officials. The

Institutional Review Board (IRB) MUST review and approve all projects dealing with humans before

experimentation begins. IRB signatures are required on Form 4A, in addition to the SRC signature on Form 1B. When

students conduct questionnaires, the students, their parents, and the school are responsible for protecting the rights and

welfare of the participating human subjects. The school MUST monitor administration of all questionnaires; seeing that

all legal requirements are met and that informed consent forms are used for any subjects less than 18 years of age. All

informed consent forms (Form 4B) MUST be available with the project during judging. One Form 4B MUST be

attached to the registration with all other required forms. • All MSEF Fairs will follow ISEF Rules for Display listed on

pages 5-7 of the ISEF Regulations and Guidelines Booklet. In addition to those rules, MSEF Rules prohibit the display

of the following items:

• Laboratory chemicals including water

• Any object made of glass

Specific federal laws that attention should be paid to are as follows: 1) CFR, Title 45(Public Welfare), Part 47-Protection

of Human Subjects (45CFR47); 2) CFR, Title 45(Public Welfare) Part 5b-Privacy Act Regulations (45CFR5b); and 3)

Public Health Service Act 42 U.S.C., S241 (d) (Protection of Privacy of Individuals who are Research Subjects). These

documents are available from the Office for Protection from Research Risks, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 31 Room

5B63, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892.

The ISEF Rules and Guidelines Booklet can be found at

MSEF Forms can be found at

2010 Mississippi Science And Engineering Fairs Elementary Registration Form For Grades 1-6