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We analyzed the articles on the exhibition in the National Science Fair in order to understand thosecourse of development. We examined the format and contents of articles in the analysis, and aimed toseek ways of improving the fair more creatively and more popularly. The standards of formal analysisof the articles are theme, field of exhibition, grade of exhibitor, residental place of exhibitor. While thestandards of content analysis of the articles are motif, method, period, and practical use of research. Asa result of the analysis, it has become obvious that the National Science Fair has evolved very muchin line with the changes of the times. The operation of the fair, appraisal procedure, content of awardsand others have been systemized further compared to its beginning and it has grown in a qualitative aswell as quantitative manner. Exhibits have become more specialized with respect to their forms andcontent, and recently, environment and tradition have surfaced as popular subjects. This shows that thefair has played a pivotal role in contributing to nurturing science inquiring capacity of students as wellas teachers. The National Science Fair, as a informal science education system, has gathered publicattention to science that has evolved step by step with the change of trend and time.