2022 State Science & Engineering Fair Details
Recorded Workshops
You are what you eat and where you live matters | Shaley Valentine
Rebuilding 35W in South Minneapolis | Aaron Tag
Renewable Energy | Lifeng Dong
What’s in your Watershed?, Claire Adams
Imaging the “Invisible” World | Lifeng Dong
Getting Registered All participants will need to be registered in the zFairs platform. This will be done one of two ways:
Promoted from regional fair - If you are promoted from a regional fair that uses zfairs you will receive a welcome email saying that you have been promoted. You need to preform your first time login asap and answer the questions on the “additional questions” tab. You can log in HERE (use same login info you used with your regional fair), and you will be prompted to add some information about yourself. This account already has your video and all your paperwork you submitted to regionals. Do not create a new account in zfairs for State Sci Fair.
If your region did not use zFairs you need to create a zFairs account - You can get registered in zFairs HERE. Go to Create Account → Student (see image below) and answer all the questions. Once you submit your registration, you will receive a confirmation email that you are registered.
Registration Payment All registration fees must be paid by 3/10/2022. Fees are $90 for an individual project & $135 for 2- or 3-person teams. Click button below to pay with a credit card Or mail a check (with the students names who registration it is covering) to Minnesota Academy of Science, 970 Raymond Ave Suite 103, Saint Paul, MN 55114 and notify jenhadley@mnmas.org that the check has been sent.
Scholarships to cover the State Science & Engineering Fair registration fee are available. You must contact your regional director and inquire about this option
Contact Operations Manager Jen Hadley (jenhadley@mnmas.org) or 651-917-3994 with questions about registration payment
Schedule/Deadlines for MSSEF
Registration Payment - All registration fees must be paid by 3/10/2022. Fees are $90 for individual project & $135 for 2- or 3-person teams.
Registration Editing - All changes to registration information including links to video presentation must be finalized by 3/10/2022
Project Judging Begins- 3/20/2022 starting at 8:00 am. Aside from Judge & Participant Q&A (see below), students need only attend virtual workshops and movie screenings if they wish.
Judge & Participant Q&A - 3/27/2022 from 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm (High School 12:30 - 2pm Middle School 2:30 -4pm)
Awards Announcement & Ceremony - 3/30/2022 at 7:00 pm
In Person Event at Science Museum of Minnesota - This event will be held on 3/31/2022. You must register for this event to attend. A link to registration for the in person event will be emailed out to all SSEF participants on 3/20/2022 with more details about the event.
State Science Fair Registration DEADLINES BY REGION All participants must be registered OR, if they were promoted in zFairs because their region used zFairs, must have preformed their first time login and answer the additional questions by 5pm of their regional registration deadline
Northern Region - 3/3/2022
Northeast Region - 3/4/2022
Western Region - 3/4/2022
Southeast Region - 3/3/2022
Southern Region - 2/25/2022
Rochester Region - 2/24/2022
Twin Cities Region - 3/5/2022
Project Presentation Video Guidelines All students project presentation videos must meet the following guidelines
Information For Team Projects
We realize that video presentations and the enduring threat of COVID-19 presents unique challenges for team projects. We encourage all students to be safe when conducting research or presenting as a team. Click HERE to review a list of tips for video project presentations for team projects.
Guidelines For Video Presentation Submissions
This year judges will have the ability to conduct a live Q&A with project presenters, but it is always a great idea to cover as much as possible in your presentation. Click HERE to review some examples of questions/topics to guide your presentation, provided by an experienced judge. Once you have filmed your video, you will need to post it online as you will be asked for a url when submitting your video presentation during registration.
Instructions For Judge & Participant Q&A - You can click on the button below to access a document that contains instructions and important info for Student Q&A. Please review this document BEFORE the Judge Q&A session.
Public Viewing/Showcase All registered participants will have the ability to look through the projects presenting at state by logging into zFairs, going to “Fair” at the top of your main page, and selecting “Showcase” as shown below. We will also email all participants a web address and password that they can use to invite their friends and family to view projects
Workshops Workshops and other events will be posted in the SSEF Program booklet that will be posted at the top of this page. Reminders of these events will also be emailed out to you. All workshops will be held virtually on Zoom.
Important Announcements Important announcements will be emailed out to you and will be posted on the students’ page in zFairs.
In Person Event At Science Museum of Minnesota We will have an in-person MN State Science Fair Celebration at Science Museum of Minnesota on on Thursday March 31st, 2022 at Science Museum of Minnesota from 11am to 4:30pm. Please let us know if you’d like to attend at your earliest convenience by registering HERE. You can find a full program of the in-person event on our website HERE. At this event you will have free admission to the Science Museum exhibits, you will have the opportunity to network with other students that participated in SSEF, and you're invited to a screening in the SMM OMNI Theater!
Middle School Schedule of Events
11AM-4PM Award Pickup and Photos, Giveaways | Xenon Room
1-2:30PM Networking Event Featuring Now. Make. Art. | Discovery Hall
3-4PM Under The Sea | Omni Theater Screening
High School Schedule of Events
11AM-4PM Award Pickup and Photos, Giveaways | Xenon Room
1-2PM Dinosaurs of the Antarctic | Omni Theater Screening
3-4:30PM Networking Event Featuring Now. Make. Art. | Discovery Hall
Free admission, snacks, and food voucher will be provided only to students who participated in the MN State Science and Engineering Fair. Please be aware that friends or family who plan to accompany a student must pre-purchase admission tickets HERE. You can find directions to, and parking information for the Science Museum HERE. Registration and information packet with more information will be emailed soon!
SSEF Staff Contacts List
For questions about the the event, contact the Program Manager at ssefprogmanager@mnmas.org
For Questions about In person event at SMM contact Vanessa Guerra, our events manager at Masevents@mnmas.org
For questions about registration payment, SRC, volunteering, contact Operations Manager Jen Hadley at jenhadley@mnmas.org
For any other questions, contact Director Sara Gomez at saragomez@mnmas.org
