Elementary Division Instructions & Forms

Elementary Division (Grades 4-5) All students in grades 4-5 must complete FASF registration forms.

Once you have selected a topic in an area of science in which you have some particular interest, experience or resources available to you, you may begin registration for FASF.  The following is a guide.  You can also email director@flintsciencefair.org to ask questions.

Elementary Division projects follow simpler rules than those for the senior division.  All elementary division projects will be judged as one category.

1. Complete your FASF Application on-line or print the FASF forms from the web site or use the paper forms from pages 13-16 of the Handbook and mail them to the address below.
2. Keep copies for your files.
3. The Required Safety Checklist and the Approval Form 1B forms must be signed by a parent or adult sponsor and mailed to the address below or can be brought to the registration table on Setup March 20, 2009.

Flint Area Science Fair
P.O. Box 3545
Flint, MI 48502

If your experiment involves any of the following categories—follow the directions below.  

• Humans - complete ISEF Form 4: Human Subjects and Informed Consent Form & Sample Informed Consent Statement. Remember you need a consent form completed for every human subject!
• Vertebrate animals – complete ISEF Form 5: Vertebrate Animal Form (5A and 5B)
• Potentially hazardous Biological Agents – complete ISEF Form 6A: Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents Form or Form 6B: Human and Vertebrate Animal Tissue Form
• Hazardous Chemicals, Activities and Devices - complete ISEF Form 3 Risk Assessment Form.
• None of the above (No additional forms required)

Complete RULES & REGULATIONS are available on line or in the FASF Handbook.

If you know that your project involves human subjects, vertebrates or potentially hazardous biological agents (cultured microorganisms, R-DNA, fresh tissue, blood or body fluids, parasites) you will find sections of the rules that apply exclusively to your project.  A Review Committee must approve your research design before you begin your work.