Teacher Resources | Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair

The following are a few resources for teachers and parents to help their students/children produce a successful science or engineering fair project.

SECTION A: Rules and Guidelines
SECTION B: Certification and Special Forms
SECTION C: Science Fair Resources, Instructional Resources and Materials for Teachers, and GSDSEF Workshop Materials
SECTION D: Links to Online Teaching Resources and Digital Libraries

* Additional resources may be found on the Student Resources page.

Section A: Rules and Guidelines

GSDSEF Rules and Guidelines
ISEF Rules and Guidelines (PDF version)
ISEF Roles and Responsibilities of Students and Adults
Engineering Project Guidelines (204.9 KB)
Computer Science Project Guidelines (320.66 KB)
Mathematics Project Guidelines (208.31 KB)
GSDSEF Categories and Descriptions (updated September 2021)
Projects to Avoid (58.75 KB)
ISEF - Reasons Projects Don’t Qualify for ISEF
Ethics Statement

Section B: Certification and Special Forms

Go to Students--> How to Participate, Table 4B to determine if a project needs a Certification Form or additional Forms BEFORE starting with experimentation.

Additional Forms may be required AFTER the project is completed. Go to Students-->How to Participate, Step 8B to see if these additional forms need to be completed by the Qualified Scientist and submitted during the screening process.

Section C: Science Fair Resources for Teachers

How Science and Engineering Fair Projects Relate to the Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core Standards:

How to Do a Science Fair Project - Teaching the Scientific Method and Engineering Design:

GSDSEF WORKSHOPS and TEACHER-CREATED Instructional Resources and Materials

Please go to GSDSEF Facebook page for workshop videos!

RESOURCES, PRESENTATIONS, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS -

Science Fair Journal, Mrs. Jessica Ullyot, Gompers Secondary School, San Diego City Schools (178.39 KB)

Additional Instructional Materials and Resource Guides:

Section D: Links to Teaching Resources and Digital Libraries

Science Net Links - Teaching Science Resources - Science NetLinks is a premier K-12 science education resource produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At Science NetLinks, you'll find teaching tools, interactives, podcasts, and hands-on activities, and all of it is free!

Thoughtco Teaching Resources - In-depth articles and teacher resources that give you and your students the answers and information.

Science Resources by Thoughtco

Computer Science Resources by Thoughtco

Math Resources by Thoughtco

Teaching Engineering

Tinkering, Simple Machines, Simple Electronics, Engineering, and Coding - Activities and Resources

Understanding Science and How it really Works – Teaching Resources

Teaching Resources - UC Berkeley

SAGE: Science and Arts Gateway Education - Teaching and Learning Resources from University of Cornell

JPL/NASA Teacher Resource

Resources from NASA: Grades 9-12

Resources from NASA Grades 5- 8