| SIGNING UP |
Registering to be a science fair contestant is a three stage process:
- Computer data entry, including the project's research plan
- Forms printing and signing
- Delivering (mailing) paper forms to the registrar.
All three stages are required to enter the Fair.
Please sign up only if you intend to enter the Regional Science Fair.
YOU MUST COMPLETE COMPUTER DATA ENTRY,
PRINT OUT THE FORMS, ACQUIRE ALL PROPER SIGNATURES, AND SUBMIT THE
FORMS ON PAPER.
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| WHEN | The 2011-2012 PPRSF is scheduled
to be held on Saturday, March 10, 2012. Project setup will start
around 8:00 am. Students are dismissed around 6:15.
PUBLIC
VIEWING tentatively scheduled for 3:15-4:30 (followed by awards at
around 5:00). A detailed daily schedule
is available.
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Forms for SRC and/or IRB review due (electronically, via registration) before experimention begins. |
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All entries and paper forms due by February 2, 2012 |
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| WHERE |
The Event Center (the new building just east of the Student Center)
at UCCS at 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway in Colorado Springs [map]
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| WHO |
STUDENTS: 300 students in grades 6-12 will be accepted.
JUDGES: About 300 judges are needed; click here
for judging registration and information. |
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| GROUP PROJECTS |
Both The International Science
and Engineering Fair and PPRSF will now be combining groups with their respective
category (e.g., 'Biology' will include both individuals and groups).
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WHAT |
A presentation, two rounds of judging, lunch, a public exhibition,
and awards ceremony, at which winning students
are chosen to attend the Colorado
State Science Fair, to be held April 5-7, 2012 and the International
Science Fair to be held May 13-18, 2012 in Pittsburgh,
PA. Click here for a detailed PPRSF
schedule.
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| WHY |
The Science Fair has several aims:
- To stimulate students to take a more active interest in the study of
science and mathematics;
- To encourage able students, through experiment and competition,
to consider scientific careers;
- To provide a means of reward and recognition;
- To arouse interest in the scientific ability of young people by
affording capable students an opportunity to reveal the results of
their extracurricular work.
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HOW | Generally, the Fair works on simple
principles:
- Students create projects which are exhibited at the
Fair.
- Students complete individual or group entry forms at this site and
submit them ON PAPER by Thursday, February 2, 2012. Signed scientific
supervision forms must be mailed to arrive by February 2, 2012.
- On Fair Day, hundreds of judges then evaluate the projects and award
some very nice prizes at the award ceremony.
All these activities are conducted under a slightly modified set of rules
from the International Science Fair.
Of course, the Fair is not possible without our sponsors and board of directors.
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RULES | The rules don't change often. We follow
the
ISEF Rules with local modifications that reduce the number of
divisions. We use our own special forms – don't use the forms
at the ISEF link! |
