Science fair

Students perform some sort of research and then present their experiment in a poster session or other display format.

Meister believed in the educational ideas of John Dewey that focused on doing rather than just learning what already had been done.

As the decade progressed, science stories in the news, such as Jonas Salk's vaccine for polio and the launch of Sputnik, brought science fiction to reality and attracted increasing numbers of students at every level to fairs.

[5] Most countries have regional science fairs in which interested students can freely participate.

Currently, the biotechnology company-sponsored Regeneron Science Talent Search offers a grand prize of a $250,000 scholarship.