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Welcome to the 2008 Monterey County Science and Engineering Fair! If you are a student in grades 6-12 in Monterey County, you can use this web site to submit your project registration online! Use the links to the left to learn more about this year's Science Fair. |
Fair Location
- California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB)
Campus Map (Science
Fair Location)
| After you register online, be sure to print a hard copy of the Science Fair registration to send the Monterey County Office of Education (MCOE) with the required signatures. The mailing address is listed below and will be listed on your registration form. |
The Monterey County Science Fair encourages children to pursue in-depth study of natural phenomena through scientific research and acknowledges the positive accomplishments of those youth. Assisted by dedicated teachers and supportive families, each year children in grades 6 - 12 throughout Monterey County develop projects in research categories ranging from Applied Mechanics to Plant Biology for the Science Fair.
During the fair, students display their research projects and present their findings orally and through written journals to a team of scientists who volunteer as judges. Through interactions with the participants, these judges confirm the students' understandings of the scientific concepts and the research methods involved in their projects. The judges also will offer practical and positive feedback regarding their application of the scientific method to a problem, encouraging them to improve their future scientific research efforts.
Science Fair projects are awarded prizes in 13 Junior (grades 6-8) and Senior (grades 9-12) Division categories with the First Place winners in each category becoming eligible to participate in the California State Science Fair, May 19-20, 2008 in Los Angeles. Thanks to our community sponsors, the top two Senior Division projects may be eligible for sponsorship to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, May 11-17, 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Science
Fair is sponsored by Monterey County Office Of Education, The U.S. Naval
Postgraduate School of Monterey, the Lyceum of Monterey, California
State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) and community partners. This year’s fair will be hosted
at the University Center on the campus of CSUMB on March 8, 2008. The
public is invited to view the students’ science projects at 3 p.m.,
or upon completion of judging, in the University Center. Outstanding projects
in each category are recognized at an Awards Assembly held in the same location
at CSUMB (Building 29), 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, 2008.
Here is a complete listing of the project categories. Each of these categories
is described and examples are given. Your project should attempt to
fall into one of these categories. Also, note that some categories
are for Junior Division (grades 6-8) projects only.
NOTE:
Projects involving human subjects, tissue sample sources (including
DNA source materials), and live vertebrate animals are subject to special
regulation and, if allowed by the Scientific Review Committee, must be conducted
under the supervision of an adult sponsor. If your topic deals with
any of these areas, it must be approved PRIOR to the start of experimentation.
Please complete the Safety & Humane Certification Form
if your project involves human subjects, tissue sample sources or live vertebrate
animals. Please bring your signed form on project registration day.
Safety & Humane
Certification Form (Word Format)
Safety & Humane
Certification Form (PDF Format)
| Begin Online application registration | November 5, 2007 |
| Registration/Application Due Date |
February 13, 2008 |
| Project Setup, Friday 2:00 - 5:00 pm | March 7, 2008 |
| Science Fair Judging Begins at 8:00 AM Student Interviews conducted from 11 – 1 Winning projects tagged at 4 p.m. Public viewing from 3:30 – 5, or upon completion of judging. |
March 8, 2008 |
| Awards Assembly, 1 pm | March 9, 2008 |
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Register Online!
Remember,
all 2008 Science Fair applications must be completed online!
Click here to register Online (November 5, 2007 - February 13, 2008).
This is
the mailing address you will send your printed and signed registration forms
to:
Science Fair - Attn: Ginny Brown
Monterey County Office of Education
901 Blanco
Circle
Salinas, CA 93912-0851
The following people/organizations are proud sponsors of the Monterey County Science and Engineering Fair:
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The Kenneth
Lafferty Hess Family Charitable Foundation |
Santa Catalina
School |
The Monterey County Herald,
The Salinas Californian |
Duke Energy |
The William
McCaskey Chapman and Adaline Dinsmore Chapman Foundation |
Monterey County
Ag Education |
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