NOTE:

Please read the following 2 pages to avoid disappointment and confusion on the day of the Science Fair.     

Do NOT print the following 2 pages as part of your registration.

Ø       Only two entries per category, per school are allowed!

Ø       Exhibits are limited to the space limits of the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). They may not be more than 30 inches from front to back, 48 inches from side to side, and no more than 108 inches in height, from floor level to the top (tables are 30 inches from the floor so; subtract 30 inches from your overall height).

These Items Are Not Allowed at Your Project

  1) Living organisms, including plants

  2) Taxidermy specimens or parts

  3) Preserved vertebrate or invertebrate animals

  4) Human or animal food

  5) Human/animal parts or body fluids (for example, blood, urine)

  6) Plant materials (living, dead, or preserved) which are in their raw, unprocessed, or non-manufactured  

      state  (Exception: manufactured construction materials used in building the project or display)

  7) Laboratory/household chemicals including water (Exceptions: water integral to an enclosed apparatus or  

      water supplied by the Display and Safety Committee)

  8) All hazardous substances or devices (for example, poisons, drugs, firearms, weapons, ammunition,

      reloading devices, and lasers (as indicated in item 5 in the section of these rules entitled "Items Allowed

      at Project or in Booth BUT with the Restrictions Indicated."))

  9) Dry ice or other sublimating solids

10) Sharp items (for example, syringes, needles, pipettes, knives)

11) Flames or highly flammable materials

12) Batteries with open-top cells

13) Awards, medals, business cards, flags, endorsements and/or acknowledgements (graphic or written) unless the item(s) are an integral part of the project (Exception: Intel ISEF medal(s) may be worn at all times.)

14) Photographs or other visual presentations depicting vertebrate animals in surgical techniques, dissections, necropsies, or other lab procedures

15) Active Internet or e-mail connections as part of displaying or operating the project at the Intel ISEF

16) Prior year's written material or visual depictions on the vertical display board. Exception: the project title displayed in the Finalist's booth may mention years or which year the project is (for exampla, "Year Two of an Ongoing Study"). Continuation projects must have the Continuation Form (7) vertically displayed.

17) Glass or glass objects unless deemed by the Display and Safety Committee to be an integral and necessary part of the project (Exception: glass that is an integral part of a commercial product such as a computer screen)

18) Any apparatus deemed unsafe by the Scientific Review Committee, the Display and Safety Committee, or Science Service (for example, large vacuum tubes or dangerous ray-generating devices, empty tanks that previously contained combustible liquids or gases, pressurized tanks, etc.)

Items Allowed at Project, BUT with the Restrictions Indicated

1) Soil or waste samples if permanently encased in a slab of acrylic.

2) Postal, Web and e-mail addresses, telephone and fax numbers of finalist only

3) Photographs and/or visual depictions if:

a) They are not deemed offensive or inappropriate by the Scientific Review Committee, the Display and Safety Committee, or Science Service.         

b) Credit lines of their origins: “Photograph taken by…” or “Image taken from…” are attached. (If all photographs being displayed were taken by the Finalist or are from the same source, one credit line prominently displayed is sufficient.)
c) They are from the Internet, magazines, newspapers, journals, etc., and credit lines are attached (If all photographs/images are from the same source, one credit line prominently displayed is sufficient.)
d) They are photographs or visual depictions of the Finalist.
e) They are photographs of human subjects for which signed consent forms are at the project or in the booth. (Human Subjects Form 4 or equivalent photo release signed by the human subject must be included in the paperwork and properly checked on the Official Abstract and Certification.)

4) Any apparatus with unshielded belts, pulleys, chains, or moving parts with tension or pinch points if for display only and not operated.

5) Class II lasers if:

a) The output energy is <1mW and is operated only by the Finalist.

b) Operated only during Display and Safety inspection and during judging

c) Labeled with a sign reading "Laser Radiation: Do Not Look Into Beam."

d) Enclosed in protective housing that prevents physical and visual access to beam.

e) Disconnected when not operating.

6) Class III and IV lasers if for display and not operated

7) Any apparatus producing temperatures that will cause physical burns if it is adequately insulated.

Neither Louisiana State University at Alexandria nor the Science Fair Committee assumes responsibility for loss or property damage.