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Metropolitan Science and Engineering Fair 2010
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RULES 1. Any 7th through 12th grade student who has not attained the age of 21 in a public, private or parochial school in the metropolitan Omaha area may enter a project in the Metropolitan Science and Engineering Fair/National Junior Academy of Sciences (MSEF/NJAS). 2. MSEF accepts either individual or team projects. An individual or team may enter only one project and it must the personal work of that individual or the members of the team. Refer to rule 13 for additional rules and regulations relating to team projects. 3. All MSEF/NJAS project entries are expected to comply with entry rules of the Greater Nebraska Science and Engineering Fair (GNSEF), available at each area high school science department. This includes a RESEARCH PLAN (Form 1A or Form 1A-Team) and Approval Form (Form 1B). These forms are attached. The GNSEF or your Safety Review Committee (SRC) MUST receive all Research Plans and Forms 1A and 1B for GNSEF projects BEFORE experimental research begins! 4. Any projects involving live vertebrate animals or human subjects must comply with GNSEF life research rules. Projects doing research involving DNA, tissue, pathogenic agents or controlled substances require additional forms, which may be downloaded from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) web site at http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/ or e-mail Dave Dow at mailto:dave dow@creightonprep.creighton.edu 5. Entries must include your Registration Form and Research Plan, Approval Forms (Form 1A or 1A-Team and 1B), eight (8) abstract copies and your registration fee. These must be received in complete form by Monday, February 1, 2010. Forms or additional information may be obtained by writing MSEF/NJAS or by contacting Dave Dow, 402-393-1190 or e-mail at mailto:dave dow@creightonprep.creighton.edu or the MSEF site http://www.msefomaha.org/ 6. Registration fee is $12.00, which is not refundable for any reason. Forms and registration fee MUST be received by February 1, 2010. Applications received after this date will not be accepted. 7. An awards banquet will be held at the UNOMilo Bail Student Center at 6:00 p.m., March 13, 2010. All entrants and their families and friends are urged to attend. Parents are encouraged to purchase banquet meal tickets no later than Friday, March 12th. Banquet meal tickets are not refundable after that time. Parents are encouraged to come to the free 7:00 p.m. awards ceremony even if you cannot be present for dinner. Participants will receive a complimentary meal ticket if they plan to attend the banquet. 8. Categories of Projects: Each contestant's project must be classified into one of the following categories on the registration form:
Category selection is the responsibility of the student and teacher. Category criteria are the same as used by the ISEF. A description of the type of projects included in each category is available from MSEF/NJAS on request and is included in the teacher packet. The fair director may switch a project entry to a different category to be consistent with our interpretation of category descriptions and to allow similar types of projects to be judged together. On the day of the fair, if the judges feel that a particular project is miss-classified, it may be transferred to a more appropriate category with the approval of the judging teams involved and the fair director. 9. Judging will be done as equitably as possible within the specific procedures announced to the entrants. Entrants must be present for judging to be eligible for awards. 10. Projects will be rated according to the following criteria:
11. All participants will receive a certificate. Superior projects will be awarded a plaque, trophy or other honor for the participant. 12. Other specific rules:
13. Team Projects: Each team should appoint a team leader to coordinate the work and act as spokesperson. However, each member of the team should be able to serve as spokesperson, be fully involved with the project, and be familiar with all aspects of the project. The final work should reflect the coordinated efforts of all team members and will be evaluated using the same rules and judging criteria as individual projects. Each team member must individually submit an MSEF/NJAS Registration Form and Form 1B. However, team members must jointly submit the Checklist for Adult Sponsor, one Research Plan (1A) – Team, one abstract, one response to the item that outlines each person’s tasks on Research Plan (1A) - Team, and other required forms. Full names of all team members must appear on the abstract and other forms |
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