Chester County Science Research Competition 2015-2016 Chester County Science Research Competition A Special Event Sponsored by the Chester County Intermediate Unit

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 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 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 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 Phoenix, AZ May 8 - 13, 2016

Project Categories for 2016 Behavioral and Social Science Biochemistry Botany Chemistry Computer Science Consumer Science (Grades 4-8 only) Earth and Space Engineering Environmental Science Mathematics Medicine and Health Microbiology Physics Zoology 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 Delaware Valley Science Fairs 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