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
[email protected] 484-390-1121
Advisor: Roger Mecouch [email protected] [email protected] 610-517-3336
CCIU Coordinator: Jennifer Shealy
[email protected] 484-237-5053
Ashley Walters [email protected] 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