Chandler Innovation Fair
Dr. A.J. Chandler Park: Stage Plaza
Every February, Chandler celebrates the exploration of invention. The Chandler Innovation Fair (CIF) showcases the businesses, artists, students and innovators in the community as Chandler participates in the statewide Arizona SciTech Festival.
Now in its 14th year, we are continuing to partner with the Chandler Unified School District's Innovation Fair, which brings about greater district participation.
This free event offers unique opportunities for attendees to explore the discoveries of science engineered in their own backyard and taught in Chandler Unified schools. Chandler uses 'sneaky science' by entertaining the whole family while explaining how science is important to daily life.
Mark your calendar for next year's Chandler Innovation Fair, which will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025.
Stage Performers
- 10 a.m. | Hamilton’s Orchestra’s Community Outreach
- 11 a.m. | Welcome from Mayor Kevin Hartke and Chandler City Council
- 11:05 a.m. | Bogle Junior High Jazz Band
- 11:50 a.m. | Choir performances
- Apache Junction High School
- Arizona College Prep Middle School
- Willis Junior High
- 12:20 p.m. | Weinberg Gifted Academy Student Talent Showcase
- 1:05 p.m. | Perry and Chandler High School Dance
- 1:35 p.m. | Chandler Traditional Academy Voice of Liberty
Ramada Performance
- 10:05 a.m. | Basha Science is Fun
- 11:05 a.m. | Santan Junior High School
- 11:55 a.m. | Payne Cadet Orchestra
- ACP FIRST Robotics Club
- Andersen Junior High School
- Andretti Indoor Karting & Games
- Arizona Cancer Education Center at ASU
- Arizona Council of Engineering and Scientific Associations - ACESA
- Arizona Farm Bureau – Agriculture in the Classroom
- Arizona Science Center
- Arizona State Parks- Lost Dutchman
- Arizona State University – ASU Chandler Innovation Center
- Arizona State University College of Global Futures
- Athletes In Training
- Avnet - Sponsor
- Basha High School ICON FBLA Club
- Basha High School Science is Fun
- Bogle Jr High School
- Bricks 4 Kidz
- Casteel High School
- Casteel High School - Ed Professions/Culinary
- Chandler Culinary Arts
- Chandler EAA 1445 of the Experimental Aircraft Association
- Chandler Education Foundation
- Chandler High FBLA Club
- Chandler High School - Science
- Chandler Nature Center
- Chandler Online Academy
- Chandler Traditional Academy Independence Campus
- Chandler Unified School District Ed Tech Department
- Chandler Unified School District Ed Tech Minecraft Exhibit
- Chandler Unified School District Ed Tech Vex Robotics
- Chandler Unified School District Indigenous Education Program
- Chandler Unified School District Transportation Department
- Chandler YMCA
- Chandler-Gilbert Community College
- City of Chandler - Center for the Arts
- City of Chandler - Environmental Services
- City of Chandler - Forensic Services Section
- City of Chandler - Public Library, Downtown
- City of Chandler - Solid Waste Services
- City of Chandler - Water Conservation
- College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at ASU
- Degrees of Freedom FRC 6413
- FarmVille Pediatric Dentistry
- Frye Elementary
- Girl Scout Troop 7454
- Girls on the Run Serving Maricopa and Pinal Counties
- Grand Canyon University
- Hancock Elementary School
- iCode Chandler
- Intel Corporation - Sponsor
- Latinos of the East Valley for Education
- Maricopa County Air Quality Department
- Maricopa County Stormwater Quality Program
- McDowell Sonoran Conservancy
- MJS Designs
- Navarrete Elementary
- Persevere
- Phoenix Indian Center
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport - Sponsor
- Republic Services
- Rice Elementary School
- Soccer Shots
- South Chandler Self-Help (sponsors of Miss Juneteenth Arizona)
- SparCQS - NAU
- Stellar Orthodontics
- The Society of Physics Students at ASU
- University of Arizona Chandler
- University of Arizona College of Nursing
- University of Arizona Gilbert
- Valley Christian Schools - FIRST Robotics Team
- Valley of the Sun Electric Vehicle Association
- Weinberg Gifted Academy
- Young Rembrnadts of Southeast Phoenix
Food Vendors
- Amigos AZ
- Jasperz Island Fusion Cuisine
- KEV-OG'Z Hot Dog Cart
- Minburi Thai
- Wiki-licious
Once again, all K-12 schools in the city's boundaries are welcome to participate in the Annual Chandler Innovation Fair Competition. Six winning teams will be awarded a $500 prize that will be presented to their school’s science club or program for the most educational, most creative and most passionate projects.
Congratulations to the following winners of the 2024 Chandler Innovation Fair science competition:
High School Category
Arizona College Prep High School (tie)
The Arizona College Prep High School booth was a display to true STEAM promotion that included Science and Innovation projects, a NASA ambassador display, a reptile petting exhibit, HOSA activities from the student group HOSA, an art and ceramics display and a much sought after egg drop contest.
Hamilton High School STEM Club (tie)
Hamilton High School STEM Club used balloons, fur, silk, rubber rods, glass rods, paper and aluminum and an electroscope to have participants investigate the variables that influenced static electricity and the attraction/repulsion of objects after electrons move from one object to another.
Valley Christian High School (tie)
The Valley Christian High School exhibit featured an interactive display of technology using three robots they designed, built, and programmed. They showcased the FIRST Robotics program, whose mission is to promote STEM to our community, by demonstrating features of the robots and letting the audience drive them. They also discussed the engineering process with spectators and encouraged youth to continue developing their existing talents and embrace new challenges through STEM.
Junior High Category
Santan Junior High
Santan Jr. High Jaguar’s booth included an art station for students to create artwork through chemical reactions, microscopes to view a variety of organisms, robots from our robotics club, and a large track to race pinewood derby cars.
Willis Junior High
Willis Jr. High had several displays of student’s science fair project boards from experiments they completed during the school year, but the focus of their booth was on the physical and chemical changes that create slime. The students took the helm at the demonstration booth by helping visitors create their own slime, describing the process, and explaining the interaction of the materials that make the slime slimy!
Elementary School Category
Bolonga Elementary
Rudy G. Bologna Elementary School “Scorpions” showed off their Lego models and engineering knowledge. attendees who visited the Scorpions' booth were able to choose their favorite color to make slime! While other visitors created parachutes for their favorite animal or pipe cleaner figure
Rice Elementary
At the Chandler Innovation Fair, Rice Elementary’s booth reflected their school’s focus on sustainability. They had a make-and-take Egg Head project that the community could participate in along with worms from our school garden for everyone to learn more about.
Free parking is available at The Johnathan parking garage (south of Buffalo Street, east of Arizona Avenue) and The Alexander parking garage (north of Boston Street, east of Arizona Avenue). To view a map of the free parking garages in the Downtown, visit Chandler Parking.
Event Sponsors
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