Success Through Technology Education (STTE) Foundation and community partners are excited to announce the first of its kind Augmented Reality (AR) Science Fair sponsored by Microsoft & El Paso Electric.

AR Science Fair will introduce students to new technologies, support Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) learning, and showcase innovative ed-tech solutions to challenges raised by the global pandemic. By electrolyzing the science fair process, AR Science Fair will allow students to submit projects electronically (ARSciencefair.com) and showcase a new wave of tech innovations with the ability to extend projects remotely, thus helping students assess the real-time implications of their solutions.

Students participating in the AR Science Fair will select a theme and category that generally aligns with the Texas Science Fair and International Science Fair models. The themes include:

1. Education – Enhance Remote Educational Experiences
2. Life sciences – Solve New Healthcare Solutions
3. Business – Science & Technology-based Small Business Solutions In a Virtual Economy
4. Research and Applications of Knowledge
5. Futuristic Thinking – Engineering Design and Testing

With the right distribution channels and partners, science fairs can be as innovative as the innovations they are trying to produce from our students. The purposeful use of immersive technology may help efforts to increase the number of students pursuing careers in STEAM. This is critical to the future of the Borderplex economy.

AR Science Fair is now open to any middle and high school students from Texas and southwest New Mexico. Thanks to our partners, the competition is free to participants. If you are a middle or high school student, parent, teacher, or school administrator and would like more information, please contact STTE at (915) 240-5571 or email [email protected] . You can also visit https://sttefoundation.org/arsf/ for more information and learn where and how to post student science fair projects.