Choosing your project challenge

Project Challenge, a.k.a. Categories

Aerospace

My project helps advance atmospheric or space science, aviation or aerospace technologies, or enables humans to explore and live in space, on the Moon, or beyond.

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food:

A project that helps ensure food security, sustainability or competitiveness in agriculture, fisheries or food production

Agriculture, Fisheries & Food | ProjectBoard: YSC

Curiosity and Ingenuity:

A project that helps improve our understanding or addresses a problem in an area of STEM not covered by the other challenges

Project Ideas: Curiosity & Ingenuity | ProjectBoard: YSC

Digital Technology:

A project that helps improve our quality of life or transforms existing products and services through digital devices, methods or systems

Project Ideas: Digital Technology | ProjectBoard: YSC

Disease and Illness

A project that helps enhance our diagnosis, treatment or understanding of disease, or the management of physical or mental illness

Project Ideas: Disease & Illness | ProjectBoard: YSC

Energy:

A project that helps improve our use of current energy sources, enables the transition to alternative energy sources, or reduces our energy footprint

Project Ideas: Energy| ProjectBoard: YSC

Environment and Climate Change:

A project that helps ensure the quality of water, air, soil or the diversity of living things, or manages the impact of climate change

Project Ideas: Environment & Climate Change | ProjectBoard: YSC

Health and Wellness:

A project that helps prevent disease or promotes physical, social, emotional, spiritual, environmental, occupational, or intellectual wellbeing

Project Ideas: Health & Wellness | ProjectBoard: YSC

Natural Resources:

A project that helps ensure the sustainable management, use, reuse or recycling of Earth’s finite or renewable natural resources

Project Ideas: Natural Resources | ProjectBoard: YSC

Tips for Success:

  • Choose a project category that aligns with your project’s goals.
  • Clearly define your project type (Discovery or Innovation).
  • Research and investigate thoroughly.
  • Keep detailed records of your experiments and findings.
  • Innovate and think creatively if working on an Innovation project.
  • Consider the real-world impact of your project.
  • Prepare a clear and engaging presentation.
  • Emphasize the relevance and importance of your project to the community, nation, or world.

By classifying your project correctly and following these tips, you’ll increase your chances of success and make the most of your participation in the Lakeland Regional Science Fair! Good luck! 🚀🔬🏆