The body of the paper (introduction, materials, methods and procedures, results and discussion and conclusions) is limited to eight (8) to 20 (twenty) pages, double spaced, in type no smaller than font size 10-12, in Times, Times New Roman or Arial. These 8-20 pages exclude the abstract, bibliography, graphs, and appendices.
The Research Paper must be stapled with no other binding - no plastic cover, folder or three ring binders allowed.
The cover page states the student's name, school name and address, title of the research, grade in school, name of the advisor and category of the research. Make your title concise but also descriptive. Your title should indicate the nature of your research, not the entire content. The best titles are usually ten (10) words or less.
An abstract of no more than 250 words must be included before the title page.
Papers will be judged solely on this year's work. Be sure that it is clear to the judges what this year's work is.
Three (3) copies of the research paper need to be postmarked no later than January 1, 2010 to arrive at our office by 8:00a.m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 OR electronic files in PDF format may be sent (to mary.van-duynhoven@mnsu.edu) to the Science Fair office no later than 8:00a.m. on Tuesday, January 5, 2010.
