Kent County Science Fair 2013

2nd Annual Kent County Science Fair

on the campus of

Co-sponsored by State of Delaware, Delaware State University, Delaware

The second Kent County Science Fair is open to all Kent County students, grades 5 - 12, who attend a Kent County public, charter, or private school, as well as home schooled students residing in the county. In order to compete in the fair, student projects must be original and by the student. They can be individual or team (no more than 3 members). There is no limit on the number of teams per school, but students cannot be members of more than one team. Team projects will be evaluated using the same rules and judging criteria as individual projects.

The Kent County Delaware Science Fair will follow Intel(R) International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Rules. All projects must adhere to the Kent County Delaware Science Fair's Ethics Statement and to local, state, and U.S. Federal laws, regulations and permitting conditions. Rules and Regulations can be found at Kent County Science Fair website, www.desu.edu/kentcountysciencefair.

Guidelines, complete application with student's, parent's and Adult Sponsor's signature and all required documents may be downloaded here (3). Additional forms might be required depending on the nature of your research. Included is a summary. Refer to ISEF for more details.

Mail completed application packet to Ms. Jacquelyn Jones, Delaware State University, 1200 N. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE 19901. All participants must adhere to the Kent County Delaware Science Fair's Ethics Statement.

Important Dates

February 12, 2013

Complete Application due including Research Plan

February 17, 2013

Adult sponsors receive official notification

February 27, 2013

Set-up at DSU (1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.)

February 28, 2013

Judging at DSU (without students)

March 1, 2013

Judging (with students) and Science Fair at DSU

Teacher Training - “Teaching Your Students How to Do Student Research Projects” will be held at Delaware State University on Monday, Oct. 22 from 3:30 until 5:30 pm. The training will be held in the Mishoe Science Center South room 213. Parking will be available in parking lot 1 at the front of the campus, please stop at the welcome center off of route 13 to pick up your parking pass.

Trainers will take teachers through the process of doing a project and talk about the basic paper work involved in doing a project for the fair.

Please RSVP by October 16 if you will be in attendance. The trainers need to prepare materials for all attendees,