2025 Wyoming State Science Fair Activities
This page contains information about two extracurricular activities in conjunction with the Wyoming State Science Fair.
The first is the popular Pizza and Planetarium, on Sunday, March 2nd. We will be using a pre-registration process to sign students up for these activities. See below for more details.
The second is Teacher STEM Experiences. In the past, we have provided hands-on STEM activities for students, however since students will not need to be away from their projects for pre-judging this year (as all material will be available virtually to the judges prior to the science fair) we have decided to open this opportunity up to teachers! These activities will take place on Monday, March 3rd from 10:15 – 11:15am. We are asking teachers to pre-register for the activities, see below for more details!
Pizza and Planetarium
Pizza and planetarium is BACK! Join the Wyoming NASA Space Grant and the Physics and Astronomy Department on the evening of Sunday, March 2nd for pizza, physics demos, and a planetarium show.
This year, we will be PRE-REGISTERING attendees online. (Please note this is a change from the ticketing system at registration in previous years.)
In order to pre-register your students, visit
Note that we do have enough space for all attendees, but time preferences will be given on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Pre-Registration will open at 7am on Wednesday, Feb. 12th
Pizza & Demos
You may sign up for pizza & demos at 5:30, 6:30, or 7:30.
Planetarium
You may sign up for the Planetarium at 6:30, 7:30, or 8:30
You may sign up for both the Pizza and Demos session AND the Planetarium show, but be sure to not sign up for them at the same time!
You will also have the option to visit the STAR observatory on the rooftop of the Physical Science Building after the Planetarium show!
(Weather permitting)
Teacher STEM Experiences
For teachers, parents, and chaperones of students at the Wyoming State Science Fair
While your students wow the judges, take an hour (10:15-11:15am) on Monday, March 3rd to participate in one of our STEM experiences!
This year, we want to hear from YOU in terms of what activities we offer!
Activity Options (TBD):
Tell us what YOU want to see!
This year, we want to provide the tours activities that YOU want to see! Please tell us any locations/instruments/topics you might want to see and we will try to set a tour up that represents your interests. Email ScienceKitchen@uwyo.edu with your ideas!
Below are some ideas of tours we have done in the past, but feel free to also suggest other ideas!
“SEEING” SCIENCE: EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY USED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IN STEM
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SEM) OF MATERIALS FOR SCIENCE RESEARCH
EXPLORE THE UW GEOLOGICAL MUSEUM AND LEARN HOW TO PREP A FOSSIL FISH!
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT DETERMINING DIET USING STABLE ISOTOPES
WILLIAMS CONSERVATORY
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING INSECT GALLERY
UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING DRILLING SIMULATOR