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2009
Fair WInners list
2009 Photos
2009 Projects Grades 1-6
2009 Projects Grades 7-12
2009 Awards
2009 General Interest
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
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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:
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Washington State Science and Engineering Fair : Patrick
Murphy (South Kitsap High School, Port Orchard)
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Mid Columbia Regional Science and Engineering Fair:
Katherine Antoniak (Hanford High School, Richland), Katrina
Hui and Shilini
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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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