Fair Tips and Tricks Websites:   Success With Science An excellent book that can help you with formulating a project, finding people who can help you complete it, and learning how to present your project to judges and others   Science Buddies Project ideas and much more   Archimedes Initiative  Videos from fair participants talking about their projects and more   Journal of Experimental Secondary Science  Scientific research papers written by high school students   White Papers:     WRITING AN EFFECTIVE ABSTRACT   TALKING TO THE JUDGES Tips for communicating with the judges effectively   We have revised the Judging Criteria  for 2012.  There are four sets of criteria: one for Behavioral Science, Biology, Chemistry and Physics, one for Computer Science, one for Engineering, and one for Mathematics. SAMPLE ABSTRACT TEMPLATE ANTICIPATING DIFFICULT QUESTIONS FROM JUDGES EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION