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2009 Fair WInners list

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2009 Projects Grades 7-12
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2008 Award Winners

Upcoming WSSEF Events
WSSEF volunteers will be attending the following events. Please come by and say hi!

Washington Homeschool Organization Convention 2010 – June 18 – 19, 2010

Free Parent Workshops on 'How to Create a Science Fair Project'

Upcoming Student Events

Intel Talent Search Applications - due November 18, 2009

Sanofi-Aventis International Biogenius Challenge - Applications due January 15, 2010 

Future Cities January 24, 2010

Home School Science Fair

BPA Science Bowl - January 30 & February 4, 2010

Mid Columbia Fair March 2010

Central Sound Regional Science and Engineering Fair - March 20, 2010

INTEL Talent Search March 11 – 17, 2010

South Sound Regional Science Fair -  March 26 & 27, 2010

ISWEEEP - April 14 - 17, 2010

Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2009 – May 9 -15, 2010

Imagine Tomorrow - May 21-23, 2010

Other Student Opportunities

Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF)

March 26 & 27, 2010

Are you looking for a place where students can share their science and engineering ideas? The Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) offers an opportunity to participate in a premiere educational Fair. WSSEF is open to all public, private, online and home schooled students in grades 1 – 12 in the state of Washington. Over $1,000,000 in scholarships and prizes were awarded last year to "Promote Future Scientists and Engineers."

The Washington State Science and Engineering Fair (WSSEF) is affiliated with the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). You may access registration information HERE.

Currently in our 53rd year, WSSEF began in 1957 and was jointly sponsored by the Bremerton PTA and Olympic College. In the 1980’s, the WSSEF affiliated with the International Science & Engineering Fair and expanded by inviting students from all over the state to Bremerton to participate in the Fair. Two students each year receive an expense paid trip to represent the State of Washington at the International Science & Engineering Fair.

The WSSEF is a non-profit organization under the jurisdiction of an elected board of directors and is funded solely by contributions and staffed by volunteers. 

Click here for history of the WSSEF.

Information for 2010 Fair

Fair date: March 26 & 27, 2010

Registration Deadline:
Postmarked by March 13, 2010

Registration Fee: $15.00 per student

Mailing Address for Registrations:     WSSEF, PO Box 2412, Silverdale, WA 98383

Telephone:
360-551-0012

E-mail List: Click here for contact list

Location of Fair:

Bremerton High School
1500 13th Avenue
Bremerton, WA 98337
(note: the entire 2010 Fair will be held
at Bremerton High School)
Click here for map

Download this year's poster/info HERE.

The public is encouraged to come during WSSEF’s public viewing hours to view exhibits and support the students at NO CHARGE.

 

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Attention Teachers:
Training Opportunity!

WSSEF is proud to announce a training opportunity for teachers/ educators on “Mentoring Students to Create High Quality Science Fair Projects.” This class will be held concurrently with WSSEF 2010 on Saturday, March 27 at Bremerton High School. Instructors will be Ashley Steel, Statistician, USDA Forest Service and Susan Swan, Science Specialist, Seattle Public Schools. Clock hours are available through SPS. Space will be limited.

Click here for more information.

Eleven Washington State students, six competitors and five observers attended the 2009 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Reno, Nevada. There they competed with more than 1,500 students from 51 countries for recognition at the largest pre-college science and engineering fair in the world. Washington State competitors had their best year ever with four students winning top prizes, which were announced at the Grand Award and the Special Award Ceremonies on May 13 and 14, 2009.

The list of winners is as follows:

Marley Iredale, a junior at Sequim High School (Sequim) won a First Place and the Best of Category Award in the Earth and Planetary Sciences Category for her project titled “Evaluating Tsunami Risk in Discovery Bay, Washington.” Marley’s prizes include $8000 and a new Intel CoreTM Duo processor laptop. Marley will be considered for selection by the European Organization for Nuclear Research – CERN to visit the leading laboratory for particle physics in Geneva, Switzerland. Sequim High School and the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair, which Marley represented, will also receive $1,000 grants as part of Marley’s Best of Category award. In addition to the foregoing ISEF awards, Marley also won a First Place Award of $1,500 from the Association of Women Geoscientists. 

Akshai Baskaran, a sophomore at Kennewick High School (Kennewick), won a First Place Award in the Energy and Transportation Category and $3,000 for his project titled “Optimizing the Growth of Nannochloropsis oculata for Production of Bio Fuels.” Akshai represented the Mid Columbia Regional Science and Engineering Fair. 

Eric Foss, a junior at Kentwood High School (Covington), won a Second Place in the Physics and Astronomy Category and $1,500 for his project titled “Star in a Jar.” In addition, Eric won a First Place Award of $1,250 from the Vacuum Technology Division of the American Vacuum Society. Eric represented the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair.

Max Keach Breitenbach from Bellarmine Preparatory School (Tacoma) won a 4 year full tuition “Genius Scholarship” to Sierra Nevada College for his project titled “An Analysis of Tide Interaction with Environmental Temperature to Find Precursors of a Red Tide Bloom.” Max represented the South Sound Regional Science Fair.

First and second place winners, Marley Iredale, Akshai Baskaran, and Eric Foss will have a near earth asteroid named after them. Ceres Connection, a program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory, seeks to name minor planets after students competing at Intel ISEF through the Astronomical Union for naming rights of near earth asteroids. All minor planets named in the Ceres Connection program have been discovered by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) program, operated by Lincoln Laboratory.

Each of the 1,500 plus finalists and the student observers will receive a copy of Mathematica 5.2 software from Wolfram Research, Inc. Mathematica software is used  by Nobel Winning Scientists and leading corporations. Mathematica can perform symbolic as well as numeric computations, which means it can be used as a calculator and help students with algebra, calculus, and the sciences homework. 

There are only three Intel ISEF affiliated fair in the state of Washington: Washington State Science and Engineering Fair, Mid Columbia Regional Science and Engineering Fair (Tri-Cities Area) and South Sound Regional Science Fair (Pierce and Thurston Counties).  Each affiliated fair may send two finalists doing individual projects and one team project with up to three team members as competitors to Intel ISEF. In addition, each affiliated fair has the opportunity to send two students as observers.  Student Observers are allowed to do all activities (except competing) and have a chance to learn from competing students so they can improve their projects for the following years. The success of this program was demonstrated by Eric Foss who attended Intel ISEF in 2008 as a Student Observer and returned as a competitor in 2009 to win a second place award.

Other Washington State students attending 2009 Intel ISEF besides the prize winning students listed above were:

  • Washington State Science and Engineering Fair : Patrick Murphy (South Kitsap High School, Port Orchard)
  • Mid Columbia Regional Science and Engineering Fair: Katherine Antoniak (Hanford High School, Richland), Katrina Hui and Shilini
  • South Sound Regional Science Fair: William Edwards (Bonney Lake High School, Sumner), Tim Hurd (Sumner High School, Sumner) and Matt Fruge (Bellarmine Preparatory School, Tacoma)

WSSEF Winners head to the International Science and  Engineering Fair (ISEF) May 10 – 16 in Reno, Nevada

M. Iredale and E. Foss will be attending Intel ISEF in May to compete with over 1,500 high school students from over 40 countries and have an opportunity to showcase their independent research. The Intel ISEF is the premiere science competition in the world exclusively for students in grades 9–12. The Intel ISEF unites these top young scientific minds, showcasing their talent on an international stage, enabling them to submit their work to judging by doctoral level scientists—and providing the opportunity to compete for nearly $4 million in prizes and scholarships. P. Murphy will also be attending Intel ISEF as a student observer and will also have an opportunity to interact with students around the world. For more information see Intel ISEF site at http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/index.asp

WSSEF announces the publication of a newly written Student Handbook for
Grades 7 - 12

WSSEF is pleased to announce the publications of the new Student Handbook for Grades 7 - 12. A committee of WSSEF volunteers worked very diligently over the past year to develop the handbook's information in an effort to help students create quality projects that follow the procedures or methods generally accepted for science fair projects. Although the primary target is students in grades 7 - 12, the information contained should also be useful to teachers, parents and younger students.

You may download the handbook in PDF format here.

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