Welcome to the 2023 Rieke Science Fair! Science project presentations will be located at the undercover play area. Oregon Reptile Man presentations will be in the cafeteria. Science demonstrations will be in the first grade classrooms and Library.

Setup will take place from 5:00–6:00 pm with volunteer help. For science projects, the undercover play area will be configured with cafeteria tables for presentation spaces. In general, we try to do grades K–2 from 6:00–7:00 pm and grades 3–5 from 7:00–8:00 pm. But it is important to the students that we try to balance equal numbers of projects between the two sessions, so stay tuned for an email from Science Fair Coordinator Bryan Danforth for confirmation of presentation time.

Session 1 presenters will check in from 6:00–6:15 pm. Presenters and family will check in with the registration desk upon arrival. There, each presenter will be assigned a presentation space number and will fill out their project information on their certificate. Presenters will then proceed to their assigned space and set up their presentation materials.

Then, from 6:15–6:45 pm, presenters will have an opportunity to interact with audience members (other students, Rieke families/staff, science fair judges, etc.) about their project. The judges are adult volunteers who ensure that each student gets an opportunity to explain in detail what they have worked on. To be clear, there are no winners – each judge will present each presenter with a completed review certificate and a ribbon. If students would prefer NOT to interact with others, that’s fine, too. But we would encourage all students to seize this unique opportunity to speak and interact with an interested audience about what they’ve worked so hard on. There won’t be any individual presentations in front of the entire group. Rather, it will be small, informal interactions as the audience circulates from project to project.

Then, at 6:45 pm, we’ll close Session 1 and ask presenters to pack up their projects to take home. And we’ll do it all again from 7:00–8:00 pm with Session 2 presenters.

In order to give both Session 1 and Session 2 students a chance to visit The Oregon Reptile Man show and the classrooms for science demos, there will be two sessions for those activities, as well.