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UC Science Fair Rules

UC Science Fair Rules. UC Science Fair Rules. Eligibility of students 1. Students must be in grades 6 through 12.

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UC Science Fair Rules

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  1. UC Science Fair Rules

  2. UC Science Fair Rules • Eligibility of students • 1. Students must be in grades 6 through 12. • 2. Students must have been judged at a local science day or fair and have received a “superior” rating or received special permission to enter from the UC Science & Engineering Expo Coordinator. • Eligibility of projects • 3. The projects should be experimental in nature and based on the student’s own work. Some projects based on library research may also be accepted. • Scientific Inquiry vs. Technological or Engineering Design Projects • 4. Projects must be new or further developed, extended or changed in one or more aspect from that of a previous year.

  3. UC Science Fair Rules • Required forms and research data • 5. Each entrant will need to complete and return a minimum of five forms plus an abstract. Signatures of sponsoring teacher and parent are required on appropriate forms. See Registration Forms and Form wizard. • 6. Each student must give the requested information, including grade level. Field of entry must be indicated. • 7. Each student must complete a Research Plan (1A) and must display it with his or her project.

  4. UC Science Fair Rules • 8. Each student must provide an abstract of fewer than 250 words to be sent in with the entry and fee. A heading must contain the project title and name(s) of the entrant(s). The purpose of an abstract is to provide a summary of the project that will inform interested individuals of the contents. The wording must be written in a manner that any scientifically minded individual, who may not be familiar with the topic, can understand the project’s important points. The following should each be summarized in a few sentences: • Background information necessary to understand the problem and its importance. • The problem that was investigated and your hypothesis. • An outline of the materials and methods used in your experimentation. • A summary of the results obtained from your experimentation. • The conclusions drawn from your results. • The importance or potential applications your research offers.

  5. UC Science Fair Rules • 9. Each student must have a copy of his or her research report/log book and copies of all required forms at his or her project site. All projects require forms 1, 1A,1B, an individual/team registration and a consent/release form. If research involves nonhuman vertebrate animals, human subjects, pathogenic agents, controlled substances, recombinant DNA, human and nonhuman animal tissue, and/or hazardous substances and devices, additional forms are required. All forms will be reviewed by the District Scientific Review Committee. Failure to meet the requirements will lead to disqualification.

  6. UC Science Fair Rules • Display space and equipment • 10. Each student is allowed a 36″ wide by 30″ deep table space for a poster display. Floor projects are not permitted; projects may extend only 7 feet from the floor, including the table. (So the poster display itself can be no more than 55″ in height.) The exhibitor’s name must be displayed. School identification is permitted. Only data logs, notebooks and other paper data are permitted on the table top. Battery-operated computers may be used only for simulation, modeling or animation integral to the project results or data display and not for general presentations.

  7. UC Science Fair Rules • Presentation of research • 11. Each student/team is expected to present the results of research; a performance or demonstration of the experiment is not expected. Entrants should have already done an experiment or conducted many research trials and thus have adequate results in the form of charts, graphs, data tables, logbooks and laboratory notebooks—all recorded with dates—which should be with the project. Photographs or drawings of equipment on the display backdrop, in the research report, in the project notebook or in a laboratory notebook should document and explain the equipment used. Items on the display backdrop should be used as visual cues to keep the oral presentation to the judges on track or to refer to when answering questions. The whole project, in simple form, should be visible on the poster boards. Abstracts, project logbooks, laboratory notebooks, research reports and additional data should be in folders or binders close at hand for reference.

  8. UC Science Fair Rules • 12. Information such as postal, Web, and e-mail addresses, telephone, and fax numbers are allowed for the exhibitor only. The only photographs or visual depictions of identifiable or recognizable people allowed are photographs of the exhibitor, photographs taken by the exhibitor (with permission of individuals received), or photographs for which credit is displayed (such as from magazines, newspapers, journals, etc.).

  9. UC Science Fair Rules • Entry fee • 13. There is a $35 registration fee for each projected that comes to SEE. This money is used to run the program at all levels, to buy trophies and other supplies, and to support the state-wide activities of the Academy’s Junior Academy Council.

  10. UC Science Fair Rules • Judges from schools • 14. Participating schools must supply some judges from the participating schools. We suggest supplying at least one judge for every five students. • Ineligible entries • 15. Duplicate projects from the same school will not be eligible. • 16. Late entries (received after February 15, 2013) will not be accepted.

  11. UC Science Fair Rules • Judging • 17. Two judges will judge each project for the Ohio Academy of Science ratings. If each judge grants a total score within any one rating category (Superior, Excellent, Good or Satisfactory), that specific rating will be granted to the student and no rejudging is permitted. Rejudging is automatic and is permissible only if all three of the following conditions apply: • the judges' final ratings are in different categories, • the average of the judges' scores is in the lower category, and • the judges differ in their total points by more than five points. • 18. A participant signed up for a sponsored award must remain at his/her table until he/she has been judged by both general and special judging teams. If a participant must leave for any reason, please return shortly and leave an explanatory note or information with an adjacent exhibitor. Please note that sometimes special judges may arrive before general judges. Sponsored-award judging is complete when announced in the Great Hall. • 19. At least one adult representative from each school must attend the afternoon Awards Ceremony to receive his or her school’s State registration packet. These forms must be postmarked no later than the Tuesday after the Science & Engineering Expo in order to be eligible for the State Fair.

  12. UC Science Fair Rules • Judging • 17. Two judges will judge each project for the Ohio Academy of Science ratings. If each judge grants a total score within any one rating category (Superior, Excellent, Good or Satisfactory), that specific rating will be granted to the student and no rejudging is permitted. Rejudging is automatic and is permissible only if all three of the following conditions apply: • the judges' final ratings are in different categories, • the average of the judges' scores is in the lower category, and • the judges differ in their total points by more than five points. • 18. A participant signed up for a sponsored award must remain at his/her table until he/she has been judged by both general and special judging teams. If a participant must leave for any reason, please return shortly and leave an explanatory note or information with an adjacent exhibitor. Please note that sometimes special judges may arrive before general judges. Sponsored-award judging is complete when announced in the Great Hall. • 19. At least one adult representative from each school must attend the afternoon Awards Ceremony to receive his or her school’s State registration packet. These forms must be postmarked no later than the Tuesday after the Science & Engineering Expo in order to be eligible for the State Fair.

  13. UC Science Fair Rules • http://research.uc.edu/sciencefair/home.aspx

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