Bartlesville District 2025 Science Fair

Elementary: February 7, 2025

Jr/Sr: February 8, 2025

Registration - Opens Dec 1st!

Volunteer to Judge!

2024 BDSF Results!

Update 10/15/23:

2024 Schedule

Friday, Feb 2, Grades 1-5: Elementary Fair

5:30 PM Phillips 66 Research Center doors open. Parents may use the circle driveway by the flagpoles to allow students to drop off projects. Check in at the welcome table at the bottom of the stairs. Proceed to safety review; more information for safety guidelines can be found here.

5:30 PM Pizza is provided for all students.
5:30 PM Judge check in to RF Lecture Hall
6:00 PM Judging begins! All family members and supporters are asked to leave the judging areas.
~8:00 PM Judging concludes. Please take project boards with you at the end of the night.
~8:30 PM Results are compiled as rapidly as possible. We target an 8:30 PM start to the awards ceremony. All students are invited to the awards ceremony, but students will be notified if they are receiving an award to allow families of younger students to get to bed if the student will not be recognized in the ceremony.

Saturday, Feb 3, Grades 6-12: Jr/Sr Fair

7:30 AM Phillips 66 Research Center doors open. Check in at the welcome table at the bottom of the stairs. Proceed to safety review.
7:30 AM Registration for the Engineering Challenge opens! Students pick a partner and sign up for limited spots to participate in the engineering challenge to be revealed on Fair Day!
7:45 AM Judge check in to RF Lecture Hall
8:15 AM Judging begins! All family members and supporters are asked to leave the judging area.
Noon Judging concludes.
Noon Pizza available for all students
Noon-1 PM Public viewing. Supporters are invited to stroll through poster displays.
1 PM STEM challenge begins
~3:00 PM Awards Ceremony begins

The Bartlesville District Science Fair (BDSF) is open to public, private and home school students from first through twelfth grades who reside in Washington, Osage, Nowata, Pawnee, and Rogers counties. At the Elementary Fair, the students' projects are grouped in two Divisions (grades 1-3 and grades 4-6). In the Upper level grades are grouped as 7-9 (Junior Division) and 10-12 (Senior Division). Registration is "open", meaning that students wishing to enter do not have to participate in a school science fair first.

Over $1,000 in prizes will be awarded to outstanding projects from our professional societies and sponsors. Approximately thirty projects will be selected from the Junior/Senior Fair to go to the Oklahoma State Science and Engineering Fair (OSSEF) in March. Students of the top three projects will receive funding for an expense-paid trip to attend the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Dallas, Texas, in May.