General Rules

• Each project shall be the individual work of the entrant.

Parents, teachers, and advisors may assist in a supervisory capacity only.

• The exhibit must include a journal (i.e., a research paper) illustrating the results of library research, hypothesis(es) and rationale, procedures used, data collection, analysis and conclusions.
• An abstract containing 250 words, or less, is required.

It should be kept with the journal, and should explain the research's purpose, procedures, data, and conclusions. It also may include any possible research applications.

• A Project exhibit board is recommended for interested spectators and judges to assess the study and the results obtained.
• Where the entrant's name and/or school name appears on the exhibit, in the journal, or in the abstract, it must be hidden from view (erased, taped over, or otherwise covered for the duration of the fair.
• The entrant must be present to be judged (i.e., to be interviewed by the judges).

Without a WSSEF judge's interview it will be difficult to place, but the display and journal will be judged for their own merit and corresponding recognition may be given.

• The WSSEF board reserves the right to refuse any project it considers unsuitable.
• Neither the WSSEF board, its individual members, nor Olympic college, is responsible for any loss, damage, or injury associated with the fair.

Exhibit Requirements

• Exhibit Size:

  (Height includes the table)

  The maximum allowable exhibit dimensions are:
  Depth (front to back)	76 cm. (30 in)
  Width (side to side)	122 cm. (48 in)
  Height (top to bottom)	274 cm. (108 in)

Exhibits exceeding these dimensions will be disqualified at the ISEF. Tables are furnished (76 cm. high), but tall exhibits may be placed on the floor as desired.

• Entrant to Furnish:

The entrant is required to furnish all materials needed to setup and show his or her exhibit (e.g., 9 foot long UL approved extension cord, tape, markers).

• Removal of Exhibits:

Exhibits must remain in place until 5:00 PM Saturday for posting of awards and public viewing. All exhibits must be removed Saturday starting at 5:00pm. Abandoned exhibits will be destroyed!

• Exhibit Prohibitions:

The following materials and actions are prohibited:

Water or other liquids (in sealed containers or not), dry ice, food (either human or animal), chemicals, soil samples, waste samples, all live material including plants and microbes), flames (open or concealed), highly flammable materials, syringes, pipettes, and similar items are all prohibited. If your project includes one of these items, do your experiments before the fair, and exhibit only the results (via descriptions, photographs, data, etc.). If the entrant believes that any of the materials are required to fully demonstrate the experimental concepts of his or her project, he/she may request waiver of the prohibition. The Display and Safety committee will review the alleged requirement, and grant or refuse the waiver request. If the waiver is granted, the otherwise-prohibited material may be present at the exhibit only during the judging interview(s).

No live or preserved vertebrate or invertebrate animals or animal parts, including embryos, may be exhibited. Sealed insect collections are exempted from this prohibition.

Photographs and other visual presentations of surgical techniques, dissections, necropsies, and/or other lab techniques depicting vertebrate animals in other than normal conditions may not be displayed on the exhibit, but may be contained in a notebook to be shown only during the judging interviews(s).

Actions unbecoming, gentleman or a lady, destruction of another's property, knowingly falsifying a project may result in disqualification.

Electrical equipment operating above 12 volts must be properly insulated, shielded, and grounded. Any apparatus producing temperatures that will cause physical burns must be adequately insulated.

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