YEAR 2002 CONTESTS
sciencepalooza!
is a community-based science project display
exclusively for students
in the East Side Union High School District (grades 9-12). It
encourages
first-time fair participants and over 700 students are expected to
participate
this year.
Judges Schedule
8:00-9:00 am
Orientation
9:00-11:00 am
Judging
11:00-11:30 am
Tabulate Results
12:00 Noon
Awards Ceremony (optional)
You Should Know
sciencepalooza!
encourages first-time fair participants.
Judges will be provided with suggested
questions for
students and all necessary scoring information.
The majority of projects are at an
introductory
level and entered by ninth graders. The projects are either experiments
or investigations.
The projects need to be evaluated by
someone familiar
with the scientific method.
Up to three students may work on the
same project.
Judges will work in pairs and will review
and score around
15 projects.
Each pair of Judges will choose one
Einstein Award
Winner (most outstanding project) and two Galileo Award Winners
(projects
that deserve honorable mention)
The
Synopsys Silicon Valley Science & Technology Championship
The Synopsys Championship is the regional science fair for students
grades
6-12. Grand Prize winners from the Synopsys Championship proceed to the
Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Approximately 1000
middle
school and high school students are expected to compete.
When:
Wednesday, March 13, 2002
Where:
San Jose McEnery Convention Center
E. San Carlos (between Almaden and
Market)
San Jose
To be a Judge for The Synopsys Championship: Please complete the
Judging
Sign Up form located on the Synopsys
Silicon Valley Science & Technology Championship Web site.
YEAR 2001 CONTESTS
The Synopsys corporation has upped the ante in providing
funding for
high school as well as middle school in the area of science
education.
They will fund projects as well as PAY teachers to support different
projects.
Another magnaminous decision was to increase support towards lower
income
areas of Santa Clara Valley : East San Jose, by way of special
contests.
See link below:
Synopsys
Silicon Valley Science and Technology Championships
Santa Clara County Science Fairs (TBD).
October 16,2000
The US First foundation in conjunction with Lego is
encouraging Lego
Robotics as a way for students in middle schools and high schools to
become
more hands on in usage and understanding of technology to address
different
technical problems. This gives the students an early idea of how
fun and challenging engineering is as a career. They organize
contests
all across the United States with the finalists going to Disneyworld to
hack it out.
See https://www.legomindstorms.com/fll/
The Northern California contest will be conducted on
December 3,2000
at the SJSU Event Center where 70 teams will participate and be a part
of this action. It is being co-sponsored with Adept Technology of
San Jose.
In addition to large regional contests there are also
small exhibition
Lego contests. There is one tentatively planned for November
18,2000
at Cupertino High School.
See https://www.egroups.com/group/worm-events/
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