NOTE: Please send forms and registrations via email (schleighs@ecu.edu), fax (252.328.9371) or mail
Dr. Sharon Schleigh
East Carolina University
Dept. of Math, Science & Instructional Tech. Ed
Flanagan Bldg. Room 317, Campus Mail 566
Greenville, NC 27858
no later than February 15th.
Forms received/postmarked after this date may not be included in the event.
Dear Science Educator, Parents and Students:
The 2009 Northeast Regional Science Fair will be held Saturday, March 7, 2009, at East Carolina University. We are working on getting a larger area so we will have plenty of room so the exact location on campus will be posted ASAP. Please put that date on your calendars. We would love to have participation by as many of our student researchers as we can this year. Our goal for the Northeast Region is to have participants from schools in every county in our region. Because our high school participation has been so low, we particularly want to encourage all high school science educators to encourage students to do science research projects and enter them in the regional fair. We did not have a single high school project from our region go to the state competition two years ago. Therefore none of our region’s high school students were eligible for the $8 million dollars in awards at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Now that our state fair is affiliated with ISEF, we want our students in the Northeast to be eligible for these opportunities. To keep increasing the number the regional directors throughout the state have decided to continue to foster high school participation again this year by allowing high schools that don’t have science fairs to send five projects as long as the students have followed ISEF rules and regulations. It would be up to the school to decide how to select the projects to send to the regional fair.
In order to prepare space, judges, etc. for the fair on the March 7, it is important that you schedule your local fairs early enough to send your registration forms to me by February 15, 2009. We need to have the regional fair early because the state fair is going to be on the 28th of March and we need to get our paperwork to the state on time. The state fair is earlier again this year because of the Easter break and the NSTA Convention as well as affiliation with ISEF.
Just a few basic reminders:
Divisions
Elementary: Grades 3-5 These projects are not divided into categories.
Junior: Grades 6-8 These projects are in Biological Science, Physical Science, Earth/Environmental, Technology
Senior: Grades 9-12 These projects are in Biological Science, Physical Science, Earth/Environmental, Technology
Team: Grades 9-12 These projects are not divided into categories.
Each school can submit three projects to the elementary division. Middle and high schools can submit one project per category and one additional from any category for a total of 5 projects. High schools can submit one team project.
Please review the categories that the students select for their projects. There is a suggested list of subjects for each of the categories on the website given below. We had several projects at the state competition last year that were not in an appropriate category which put them at a disadvantage during judging.
In order for your school’s projects to compete at the regional and state level, please review the rules and regulations on the State Science Fair website: www.ncsta.org/science fairWe are in the process of updating the website so that you can find all the information that you need. If there is anything that you can’t find, please let me know so that we can put it on the website. If there is anything we can do to help you, please email Dr. Sharon Schleigh.
Sharon Schleigh
Director Northeast Regional Science Fair
(252) 328-9683
schleighs@ecu.edu
| 7:30 -9:00 | Registration and set up projects 3rd floor Science and Technology Building on campus of East Carolina University |
| 9:00 - 10:30 | Participants, their parents and teachers in 3rd floor lecture hall for welcome and review of day’s events. |
| 10:30- 12:00 | Science Fair participants return to projects for judges’ interviews. |
| 12:00 - 3:00 | Opportunity to view projects and posters. |
| 3:00 | Awards ceremony in 3rd floor lecture hall. |
We have a number of events planned to make this a wonderful day for all who attend. The most important of all is the opportunity to see the science research projects that our students have worked so diligently to develop. Secondly we have high school students who will be presenting environmental poster sessions. In addition to these events so far we have an exhibit from the Aurora Fossil Museum, a wetlands mitigation exhibit by PCS Phosphate, a student participant activity led by Coleman Bailey who is one of North Carolina’s teachers-of-the year, and a teacher workshop featuring how to help students who want to do engineering-type projects. We have couple of other possible events that are still in the works.
Please come to enjoy this occasion with us.
Poster Contest and Poster Session
The International Year of Astronomy 2009 is almost upon us. The Northeast Regional Science Fair will feature astronomy by sponsoring another poster contest and poster session this year. The purpose for the poster contest and poster session has been to encourage high school students in our area to do science research projects during their remaining years in high school. We hope your students will take advantage of this opportunity to reintroduce themselves to science fair and participate next year as a fair participant.
Theme for 2009: Impact of Astronomy on the Modern World
Here are the details.
- Research an area of astronomy/space science of interest to you.
- Use your creativity to produce a poster illustrating the theme, How has space exploration affected my life on Planet Earth?
- Poster must be free-standing and no larger than a science fair backboard.
- Have your poster (up to three/school) selected at your school to go to the Northeast Regional Science Fair on February 21st.
- Attend the science fair and participate in activities related to astronomy.
- Discuss your project at the morning poster session to parents, teachers, and guests attending the science fair as they view the posters.
- Parents, teachers, and guests attending the science fair will vote during the morning poster session for the poster presentation that they feel best illustrates the theme.
- Prizes for the student who wins as well as that student’s teacher are in the works. Teachers check in on the website (www.ncsta.org/sciencefair/region1) as we hear from potential sponsors.
- Teachers, please contact me, Sharon Schleigh, by February 10th if you will have students from your school participating. I will need to arrange for space for the posters. Please contact me for any further information about our event.
Teachers, please contact me, Sharon Schleigh, if you will have students from your school participating by February 10th. I will need to arrange for space for the posters. Please contact me for any further information about our event.
Updated 1/25/09