Riverside School STEM Fair

March 31 & April 1, 2026

In Riverside’s annual STEM Fair, students explore questions and solve problems using Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, then present their projects and conclusions to others. Projects should be student-driven, student-created, and fully understood by the student. Each student or group of students will create a poster board presenting the project, to be displayed in the Gym and enjoyed with classmates during the school day and with parents during a STEM Fair evening event.  

Congratulations to all of our 2026 STEM Fair Participants!

This we year we had about 250 participants - more than half of the student body - who delivered 109 projects filled with scientific inspiration, curiosity, and creativity! Please check out the STEM Fair folder on the Riverside Reel for some great photos from STEM Night on March 31!

This year's STEM Fair theme focused students on using the Scientific Method. There were two special acknowledgements given this year for projects focused on Sustainability/Green and Engineering. Projects that received these special acknowledgements are listed below.

Sustainability/Green

• The Hidden Power of Food (Lucas H., Rodrigo F., Alfonso M. G.)
• How Does Climate Change Affect Sea Life? (Kismet K., Sarah S.)
• Which Seeds Grow the Fastest? (Connor K.)
• Potato Power (Sasha C., Charlotte S.)
• Electric Food (Madeline D.)
• Insulators (Nolan F., Isla F., Neil T., Claire T.)
• Color and Heat Absorption (Clara L., Mikeala C.)
• Save Water (Alejandro M., Jack S.)
• Produce Power Race (Grayson U.)

Engineering

• Communicating with the International Space Station (Max M., Teddy M.)
• Optical Illusions (Molly C., Rosie C.)
• Glimmer Glow (Poppy P.)
• How to Clean a Penny (Josefa B., Aria P.)
• Paper Helicopter (Evelyn M., Kyt T.)
• Texture of Slime (Claire A., Emma A., Evie L.)
• Rainbow Bouncy Eggs (Kismet K., Isla F., Nolan F.)
• Paper Airplanes (Jacob F., Ryan E., Oliver M.)
• How Far Can Different Material Airplanes Travel (Silas G., Hayden G., Arden G.)
• Insulators (Nolan F., Isla F., Neil T., Claire T.)
• Pendulum Power (Bodie G., Jacob F.)
• Making Electricity with Magnets (Callum B.)
• Chemical Reactions (Noah M., Noah S.)
• Explosions of Soda Bottles (Bridget L., Karolina M., Harlow P., Rose S.)
• Homemade Taba Squishies (Maggie H., Evie S., Caroline C.)
• Wally’s Gear Experiment (Wally D.)
• Water Bottle Rockets (Theodore S., Tristan F., Jackson A.)
• Newspaper Stool (Bianca P., Peyton H., Maddy S., Teela G.)
• The Science of Flight (Beau S., Cameron M.)
• Pop Rocks & Soda (Ethan S., Burns M.)
• Stretchiest Slime (Molly G., Isla L.)
• Slime (Trinidad S., Penelope H.)
• Produce Power Race (Grayson U.)
• Color Changing Water (Emmett B., Aksel C., Everett S.)
• Sink or Float (Jameson H., Sloane S., Jordan P.)
• Who Would Win? (Sadie O.)
• Chill Out, Bro! (Parker G., Jude M.)
• Toy Car Ramp Experiment (Jacobo F., James F., Lucas N., Henry M.)
• Does Everything Float? (Margaret W., Madison H.)
• Egg Survival (Claire A., Lila B.M., India S.)
• The Riverside Laser Maze (Boyd R., Cal K.)
• Bouncy Rainbow Eggs (Luca S., Luca L.)

If you have any questions, you can refer to STEM Fair FAQs or email riversideschooleducation@gmail.com.