Presentation+Venues

__ [|IJAS Region 6 Science Fair (March)] __ Our club is designed and timed so that all students will have a project ready to present at the project session of the llinois Junior Academy of Science Region 6 Fair in mid-March. Students who have a paper ready to turn in at the end of January can also enter the paper session. We highly encourage this. Here are some details about the fair:

Project session: Students prepare a poster (like the ones on the homepage) and present their experiment to a group of judges. Students are graded on their presentation as well as their paper. The fair takes place on a Saturday morning in mid March with an awards assembly in the afternoon. Students are awarded either Gold, Silver or Bronze awards, depending on the judges scores. Each category also has a "Best in Category" award. Special judges from private industry and charitable organizations also give awards. Most students who earn a Gold award will go on to compete at the IJAS State Science Fair at the University of Illinois on the first weekend in May.

Paper session: Students who have a paper complete by the end of January can have their paper sent in to be judged for the Paper Session that takes place the Wednesday night before the project session. They will present their research using a power point presentation. The judges read the paper prior to hearing the presentation. Students are also awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze. As with the Project session, most students earning Gold will go on to compete at the Project Session of the State Science Fair.

__ [|ISU Research Symposium (April)] __ (April 27th, 2012) After the Regional Science Fair, all students are welcomed to participate in the Illinois State University High School Research Symposium. This is a separate competition from IJAS. It takes place in Bloomington-Normal on a school day at the end of April. A few minor changes must be made to the poster board to participate, but nothing that will cause a new poster to have to be made. We will travel together and spend the day both presenting projects and viewing both high school and undergraduate projects. After lunch, there is a speaker and awards. The above link gives more information about the event and the projects that won awards last year.

__ [|IJAS State Fair] __ (May 4th-5th, 2012) If you earn a Gold Award at the Regional Fair, you will be invited to participate at the Illinois State Science Fair in Champaign at the University of Illinois. The Paper Session is on the 4th and Project Session is on the 5th. We will travel there as a group. Last year 6 students were invited to participate and earned awards. There are Best in Category Awards, Special Awards and Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards.