Judges are needed for the upcoming Great Falls College Regional Science and Engineering fairs, which attract students from all over northcentral Montana on March 10 and March 12.

The high school and middle school fair is March 10 and the elementary fair is March 12.

Scientific expertise is not needed to be a judge.

Judges for the high school and middle school fair should arrive by 7:45 a.m. and will be finished by 11 a.m.

Elementary judges should arrive by 9 a.m. and be finished by 11 a.m.

To register for the first time as a judge, go to Judging Registration and select the “Create Account” tab and select “Judge.”

This will take you through the necessary steps.

If you have judged in the past, follow the same link and go to your profile and select the “Judge” tab to sign up.

Registration for students to submit projects is now open.

To register and find more information. go here.

Before experimentation begins, the college’s Scientific Review Committee must review and approve projects involving human participants, vertebrate animals, potentially hazardous biological agents and hazardous chemicals, activities and devices.

Registration cost is $10 for high school and middle school students and $5 for elementary students.

The Great Falls College fair is the only regional science fair in Montana. The top two grand-award project winners from the Great Falls College high school fair go on to compete at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix on May 9-15.

The top 10 percent of participants in the middle school fair (grades 6-8) will be nominated to advance to the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge national finals week in Washington D.C. in the fall.

The elementary school projects expose students to a broad range of scientific inquiry and give them the tools and knowledge needed to answer questions about the world around them. Student projects open the door to important concepts in physical and biological sciences