Friday, January 25, 2008
Pott Foundation Tri State Science and Engineering Fair registration deadlines approaching
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Deadlines to register science and engineering fair projects for the 2008 Pott Foundation Tri State Science and Engineering Fair are February 7 for senior division projects and February 21 for junior division projects; the fair will be held March 10 through March 12 at the University of Southern Indiana. Registration can be done online at www.usi.edu/science/fair. Organizers of the fair encourage students to register soon to meet the deadline. The junior division is for students in grades six to eight; the senior division is for students in grades nine to 12. Students from area middle schools and high schools within a 75-mile radius of Evansville are eligible to participate in the fair. Dr. Scott Gordon, dean of the Pott College of Science and Engineering at USI, said, “The Pott Foundation Tri State Science and Engineering Fair is the largest celebration of science in the Tri-State and offers an exciting opportunity for students to display their research projects and receive recognition for their work.” This year marks the 59th year for the science and engineering fair in Evansville. This is the second year it will be held at the University of Southern Indiana. The event will serve as the qualifier for the state and International Science and Engineering Fair (this year in Atlanta, Georgia). Awards will include six $1,500 renewable USI scholarships in the senior division, cash awards, and plaques for winners. In addition, cash awards will go to classrooms with the most participants at the junior and senior divisions and to the classrooms of the winners, plus other awards. There are 12 categories plus a team projects category. The categories are behavior and social sciences; botany; chemistry and biochemistry; computer science; earth and space sciences; engineering; environmental science; mathematics; medicine, health, and gerontology; and microbiology, physics, and zoology. Rules for the competition are available on the Web site at www.usi.edu/science/fair. The site also offers ideas on how to come up with an idea for a project, key aspects of a successful project, how to prepare a scientific paper, what science fair judges want to see, and more. Projects will be set up beginning at noon on Monday, March 10, with judging to take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. that day. A free public exhibition of the projects will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11. An awards ceremony and reception will be at 6:30 p.m. March 12 in Mitchell Auditorium in the Health Professions Center at USI. The co-directors of the fair are Dr. Shelly Blunt, associate dean of the Pott College of Science and Engineering and associate professor of chemistry, and Dave Ellert, instructor in engineering. |
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