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Monday, 04 February 2008 10:44 |
The 27th annual Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair is right around the corner and judges are needed. Can you help us inspire and encourage around 300 students?
We are once again asking for volunteers to be a judge and/or recommend others who have a science/engineering background or related experience to judge at the fair. (Also, please pass this on to others you think would be a good judge.)
This year’s Science Fair will be held at the University of Virginia Chemistry Building on McCormick Road in Charlottesville on March 6, 2008. Directions and parking will be provided.
Approximately 300 middle and high school students from Piedmont Virginia and more than a dozen school divisions representing more than thirty different schools participate. Albemarle, Culpeper, Fluvanna, Green, King George, Louisa, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania, and Stafford counties are in the Science Fair region. Public, private and home school students are invited.
Much more than a competition, the Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair is an educational and motivating experience for the students. Your involvement as a judge, in particular, is an opportunity to encourage and support these students. The “high point” of the fair experience for most of the students is their judging interviews. Your participation will help inspire and foster the interest and skills of our talented science students.
Judges commit themselves to the following activities:
Thursday, March 6, 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Orientation begins at 9:00 a.m.
Judging hours are 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., with a 45 minute lunch break with lunch provided. Depending on the number of projects in your assigned categories, you may finish early in the judging hours. Best of Show judges may be needed until 3:30 p.m.
Students will be present during the judging hours
Donuts, bagels, coffee in the morning and sandwiches, chips, soda at noon are provided
Please visit our web site www.vprsf.org to see more about the 2008 fair. Registration for volunteers is available until March 3 at www.vprsf.org/register.htm for your selection of category preferences to judge. Sponsors are also needed for each of the eighteen categories. Have your organization support the fair and encourage our region’s future scientists and engineers. Visit www.vprsf.org/be_a_sponsor.htm.
Middle School students (Junior Division) and High School students (Senior Division) are judged separately in each category. The categories for projects are:
- Animal Sciences
- Behavioral & Social Sciences
- Biochemistry
- Cellular & Molecular Biology
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Earth Science
- Engineering: Materials & Bioengineering
- Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical
- Energy & Transportation
- Environmental Analysis
- Environmental Management
- Mathematical Science
- Medicine and Health
- Microbiology
- Physics & Astronomy
- Plant Science
- Team Projects
If you know someone who would make a good judge or would like to volunteer for other Science Fair activities, please send them to the web site or email us at
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and we will contact them. You may also contact me.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Gary Henry
Fair Director
Virginia Piedmont Regional Science Fair, Inc.
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www.vprsf.org
G F Henry and Associates, Inc.
434-981-7541
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