ATTENTION!! IMPORTANT!!

 

     The second mailing is posted on the web site. The registration fee is five dollars per student this year.  Please make checks payable to Mid-Columbia Science Fair Association.  The awards ceremony will begin at 1:00 P.M. in the Richland High School auditorium. A map of Richland can be found on the Yahoo web site.  The address is 930 Long Avenue, Richland, WA.

     As part of our judging procedure, each student will receive an evaluation. There will be main fair judges, categorical and special award judges. Due to the number of students participating, we will be staggering the judging and lunches.   Eighth grade projects must be set up by 9:00 A.M.  Eighth grade students should be at their projects from 9:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.  8th grade lunch will then be from 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.  Judging will continue until 2:00 P.M.  Sixth and seventh school students should be at their exhibits at 9:00 A.M. for judging discussions with the scientists. Judging will continue until noon. After lunch, judging will resume from 1:00 to 2:30 P.M.   After the discussions are completed, the students should not leave their exhibits until 2:30 P.M.  Other judges will still be circulating.   

Senior Division judging (9-12) will begin at 2:00 P.M. and continue until 6:30 P.M. High School students are encouraged to be present from noon until 2:00 P.M. for special awards judging and stay after 6:30 P.M. to continue to talk to special aware judges.  Projects must be set up by 9:00 AM.  SRC must review all projects before judging.  Students who plan to be at the WASL should ask another person to set up their project and register for them. 

Students must be present for the 2-6:30PM judging session.  Students returning from the WASL testing should bring a note addressed to the Fair Director and they will be admitted to judging. 

All students should be prepared to give a 3-5 minute presentation about their project. Major fair, special and categorical awards will be presented.  Ribbons will be placed on the exhibits Friday.  Perhaps students, parents, and teachers would like to view the exhibits at Columbia Center before attending the award's ceremony.  Please encourage your students and parents to attend.  All students will be called up to the stage to receive their certificates and awards. 

Please cover any visible names on the display boards and on the covers of the journal and report with masking tape.  For identification write names somewhere not so noticeable within the journal or report.

The middle school individual projects are divided into life and physical science.  Please check a division on the registration form as well as a category.  Yes, environmental science is listed twice. Please review with your students if their project is oriented more towards a life or a physical science environmental category.  There will be first through honorable awards for each division.  Senior Division may check a division and category but judging and awards will not be by life and physical science. 

If you have the internet please register electronically and also mail me a hard copy of the registrations and research plans before March 3. If you do not have access to the internet, please complete the registration forms and mail them to the director.  You may also deliver the forms in person to the fair director.  Your registration information will be incorporated into our database.

Please complete the entry form or include a similar one from your spreadsheet. Mail this along with the entry fees, research plans and hard copy of the registration forms to the director on or before March 3. You may deliver the forms in person also. 

Columbia Center is requiring that we provide parent chaperones to supervise the students that are using the rest rooms at the food court.  The rest rooms at the food court are the busiest before judging, during lunch and after judging.  They are especially concerned about overcrowding in the morning before judging. Students should be dressed for judging  and should not change clothes in the rest rooms.  Please arrange to have at least one or two chaperones to help us with this supervision.  All the students did a good job last year.  Let’s keep up the good work this year.  Remind your students to clean up their eating area after lunch.

February 12 is the SRC/IRB deadline.  Any research plans must be mailed or faxed to Kay Anyan (SRC Chair) or Joyce Startk (IRB Coordinator) before the end of the day. The committee needs time to review the forms.

 

Sixth grade entrant numbers are limited to 20 students.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Joyce E. Stark

Sunnyside High School

1110 S. 6th Street

Sunnyside, Wa. 98944

 

jepstark@sunnyside.wednet.edu

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

                                            

PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED BY STUDENTS ENTERING THE FAIR

 

At your school:

 

1.  Be selected by your school science fair, science teacher, or obtain registration materials from your teacher.

2.  If your project involves a vertebrate animal, DNA, tissue,  pathogenic agents, controlled substances, or humans, forms must have been sent to the Scientific Review Committee or IRB (human behavior) for approval before beginning your experimentation.

     Have your teacher send in your entry fee, registration, research plan and approval form on or before March 3.  NO LATE ENTRIES AFTER THIS DATE.

3.  Have your project completed and set up by Thursday, March 13.  Attach your 250 word abstract to your exhibit.

 

At Columbia Center:

 

1.  Leave your project in your locked car or bus until you find your location in the exhibition area.  Park in the parking lot near the north end of the mall (near J. C. Penney), and use this mall entrance.

2.  6,7,8th grade exhibits should be set up between 8:00 A.M. and 8:45 A.M. since judging begins at 9:00 A.M.

            Senior division projects must be on the tables by 9:30 A.M.

3.  Your entry card is attached to your table space.  Your teachers will be given a list of project numbers and locations.  Tables will be arranged by grade level.

4.  FIND YOUR NUMBER on the tables, and then set up your project.

5.  Secure all parts of your project, including the journal and report, with tape.

6.  Do not display bacteria, media, animals, chemicals, plants or food.  Do not bring any liquids (including water).  Be sure your electrical equipment is not faulty.  These will be removed by the safety committee. Refer to the announcement poster and rules booklet for details. If you are not sure have your teacher check the display. 

7.  You must have sturdy supports.  Thin cardboard or tag board seldom stay up alone.  If you need electricity, you must supply an 8ft. extension cord.

8.  Do not place your project on an area that is not assigned to you.  If you cannot locate your position, ask one of the fair personnel to help you.  DO NOT REARRANGE THE CARDS.

9.  Those with problems or difficulties should go to the registration booth near J. C. Penney.  Please be patient.

10. 8th grade students should be at their exhibits for discussion of their projects from 9:00 - 11:30 A.M. and return at 12:30 P.M. to continue their judging until 2:00 P.M. 6th and 7th grade entrants should be at their projects from 9:00 A.M. until 12:00 Noon and then return for judging at 1:00 P.M.  This judging session will continue until 2:30 P.M. Senior division (9-12) judging begins at 12:00 Noon and continues until 6:30 P.M.  Senior division projects must be on the tables by 9:00 A.M. since the SRC will be reviewing projects.