1. Chester County Science Research Competition
Chester County Science Research Competition
A Special Event Sponsored by the Chester County Intermediate Unit

2. 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

3. WELCOME
Welcome to the 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.

4. Contact Information
Consultant: Mary-Rita Bonner
Advisor: Roger Mecouch
CCIU
Coordinator: Jennifer Shealy
Ashley Walters

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. Delaware Valley Science Fairs
Set Up
March 29, 2016
Judging
March 30, 2016
Awards
March 31, 2016
Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks, PA

9. INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair
Phoenix, AZ
May , 2016

10. 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

11. 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, Grades 4 -5
Snow Date: March 10

12. Links Chester County Intermediate Unit Delaware Valley Science Fairs
Delaware Valley Science Fairs
INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair
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