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Chester County Science Research Competition

A Special Event Sponsored by the Chester County Intermediate Unit

2015-2016

Contents �  Welcome

�  Contact Information

�  Guidelines for Participation

�  Dr. Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams Fair

�  Dr. Jonas Salk Fair

�  Delaware Valley Science Fairs

�  INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair

�  Project Categories

�  Dates to Remember

�  Links

WELCOME Welcome to the 2015-2016 Chester County Science Research

Competition (CCSRC) website. As we enter our 27th year, we are looking forward to providing the children of Chester County with an opportunity to independently research a scientific or mathematics topic of interest to them.

We are a regional fair that gives our students the opportunity to advance to both the Delaware Valley Science Fairs and the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair.

The CCSRC is open to all children in grades four through twelve who attend public, private, parochial, and home schools (must be resident) in Chester County.

Contact Information Consultant: Mary-Rita Bonner

MaryRita.Bonner@gmail.com 484-390-1121

Advisor: Roger Mecouch Rmecouch@devonprep.com rmecouch@yahoo.com 610-517-3336

CCIU Coordinator: Jennifer Shealy

JenniferSh@cciu.org 484-237-5053

Ashley Walters AshleyW@cciu.org 484-237-5485

Guidelines for Participation Ø  Each school must appoint an CCSRC School Coordinator who will be

responsible for: •  Register your school for the CCSRC by Nov. 6

•  Provide leadership, share resources, and guide students and adults participating in science fair

•  Responsible for proper completion, approval, and submission of the ISEF paperwork and CCSRC registrations (electronic and hard copy)

•  Establish an Institutional Review Board (IRB) in your school to review ALL human subject projects and any other potentially “risky” projects

•  Submit ISEF forms to Science Review Committee (SRC) as required for specific experiments

Ø  Each participating school may send five projects from each grade in their school to the CCSRC.

CCSRC Dr. Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams Fair

Grades 6 - 12 �  March 7, 2016 (Snow date: March 9) �  Setup 8:00 – 8:45 a.m. �  Special Program 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. �  Judging 10:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. �  Dismissal – 12:30 p.m. �  Open House 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. �  Removal of projects – 7:00 p.m. �  Technical College High School-Pickering Campus

CCSRC Dr. Jonas Salk Fair

Grades 4 - 5 �  March 8, 2015 (Snow date: March 10)

�  Salk Fair Setup 9:00 – 9:45 a.m.

�  Announcements 9:45 – 10:00 a.m.

�  Judging 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

�  Dismissal – 12:30 p.m.

�  Open House 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

�  Removal of projects – 7:00 p.m.

�  Technical College High School-Pickering Campus

Delaware Valley Science Fairs

Delaware Valley Science Fairs

Set Up March 29, 2016

Judging March 30, 2016

Awards March 31, 2016

Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks, PA

INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair

INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair

Phoenix, AZ

May 8 - 13, 2016

Project Categories for 2016 Ø  Behavioral and Social Science Ø  Biochemistry Ø  Botany Ø  Chemistry Ø  Computer Science Ø  Consumer Science

(Grades 4-8 only) Ø  Earth and Space

Ø  Engineering

Ø  Environmental Science Ø  Mathematics Ø  Medicine and Health Ø  Microbiology Ø  Physics Ø  Zoology Ø  Team

Dates to Remember 2015-2016

Deadline for submitting Registration Forms

November 6, 2016

Deadline for submitting projects needing SRC approval November 13, 2016

Deadline for submitting entries to the 2016 Chester County Science Research

Competition February 9, 2016

Chester County Science Research Competition

Technical College High School - Pickering Campus

March 7, 2015 – Grades 6 – 12 Snow Date: March 9

March 8, 2015 - Grades 4 -5 Snow Date: March 10

Links Chester County Intermediate Unit

http://www.cciu.org/sciencefair

Delaware Valley Science Fairs http://www.drexel.edu/dvsf/

INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair https://www.societyforscience.org/intel-international-science-and-engineering-fair