Welcome to the 57th Annual District of Columbia City-wide Mathematics, Science and Technology Fair
(updated Monday March 31, 2003)


Burr Gymnasium, Howard University

Ms. Carolyn Kornegay, Fair Director
The Grand Award Winner(s) will attend the International Science and Engineering Fair
ISEF Cleveland, OHIO, May 11-17, 2003

You Missed it! But here are the Grand Prize WINNERS

Category and Special Award winners are now available

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Events:

Friday March 14

  • Project set-up by from 3 PM to 6 PM at Burr Gymnasium
  • Students with pre-registered and approved projects are eligible to set up their project boards.

Saturday March 15

  • 8-8:30 AM: Students and Judges arrive at Burr Gymnasium
  • Judging of Projects: 8:45 AM to approximately noon
  • Grand Award Judging: 1 PM to 3:30 PM. All FIRST PLACE winners in the senior categories are asked to stay for the Grand Award judging. Lunch will be provided for these students.

Sunday March 16

  • Public Viewing of Projects: Noon to 2 PM
  • Awards Ceremony: 2 PM to 4 PM
  • 4 PM to 5 PM: Breakdown and removal of projects. Projects that are not picked up will be discarded.

Intel sponsors another science, mathematics and engineering talent search, the Intel Science Talent Search. Winners of this program were announced on Tuesday March 11. 2003 Winners. DCPS Grand Prize winner, Sabrina Snell, of The School Without Walls, is also one of the TOP 40 in the Intel Science Talent Search!


Strategies for making science fair projects part of your standards-based curriculum scope and sequence

International Science and Engineering Fair rules and guidelines available here: http://www.sciserv.org/isef/document/

1. Weave authentic science learning into the curriculum through the project work.

Post students' questions around the room. Use fill time or warm-up time to have students discuss these questions and turn them into experiementally approachable projects.

2. Weave in performance and authentic assessment by using the judges' guide as the starting point for assessment.

(From the ISEF judges' guide) Assessment will examine art, writing, mathematics and science, creativity, logic, evidence, analysis, communication and presentation, information technology, adherence to instructions, adherence to deadlines.

3. Use the science fair documents as your reading material.

Students discuss the meanings of rules and instructions, look up documentation referenced in the instructions, provide information in the very manner requested

Resources for science project development and display

Ideas for specific projects

National Association of Biology Teachers' Position Statements (Use of Animals in the Classroom, Teaching of Evolution, etc.)

National Science Teachers' Association Position Statements

Research using animals

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