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The Capital Area Science & Engineering Fair requires you to present your work in the form of a Posterboard, Project Paper, Judges Brief, Journal, and accompanying documents. The links below provide guidance with creating your presentation materials.

These materials must be uploaded under the Submissions for Judges Review milestone on the CASEF StemWizard site (https://casef.stemwizard.com (Links to an external site.)). Below is a complete listing of the required items for this year’s CASEF competition:

A PDF document that contains your Project Number, Title, Problem Statement/Hypothesis, and the Background Research Summary/Purpose of the project. Although you uploaded much of this information earlier, the judges will ONLY be able to see what you include for them here.
A PDF document that contains your Tables/Graphs, Analysis Statement, and Conclusion. Be sure to include any citations. Tables and graphs should be labeled as “Figure 1 – (caption),” “Figure 2 – (caption),” etc. Photographs must be properly cited or labeled as “photograph taken by researcher.”
Your handwritten journal will need to be placed beside your display board. Be sure to include labels for figures, data/observations, materials list, procedures, etc. CASEF Journal Requirements Students MUST have a journal showing all of their progress throughout the research portion of the project. The journal is worth 10% of the final score.
Judges Brief: Read over the linked document carefully. This is the first impression you will make on the judges. Make sure you are spell checking and following directions (pay attention to details!)
Writing the CASEF Project Paper
- PLEASE NOTE: The CASEF judging criteria has recently been changed to more heavily weight the thought and process involved in your planning, implementation, analysis and presentation of your research.

CASEF Display Guidelines

Display Template (from CASEF website)

Sample CASEF Posterboard

Rubrics- make sure to look at the one that corresponds to your assigned category

The Judge’s Brief is a pdf file that provides a quick summation overview of the project and will be viewable online by the judges. It should present the “talking points” that would be discussed in an interview with the judges and folllow these basic rules:

Any text or photos used in the display board or journal may also be used in the judges’ brief.
PowerPoint, Google Slides, Canva, or another similar platform may be used to create the judges’ brief.
The judges’ brief must be uploaded as a PDF to the Submission for Judges’ Review milestone in STEMWIZARD.
Text should be in a bulleted list form and as brief as possible to read at-a-glance.
The judges’ brief should include all appropriate photo credits. The photos taken by the researcher should be noted in the caption, otherwise, cite the image. The judges’ brief should not include a bibliography, references, or acknowledgments. These should be included in the project paper.
No more than seven (7) slides may be included and needs to include the following information.