The CREST Jane Goodall Science Symposium for the West Linn and Wilsonville school districts will be held this Thursday and Friday, March 11 and 12 at West Linn High School. Links to schedules and directions can be found on the CREST page.

The Southwestern Oregon Regional Science Expo will be held in North Bend, Oregon, at The Lighthouse School, on Saturday, March 13. Schedules and fair director contact information can be found on the SORSE page.

The At-large Regional Fair this year is the Gresham Science Expo, held this Saturday, March 13 at Gresham High School. Schedules and links to maps and directions can be found at the GSE page.

Here is a direct link to the Display regulations for NWSES fairs.

Portland Public Schools Science Expo will hold its second ever fair on Thursday, March 4 at Benson High School. Transportation information and student and judge schedules are located on the PPSSE page.

Aardvark Science Expo will be held at the Oregon Episcopal School Sports and Recreation Center (SPARC) from 8am-5pm on Friday, March 5. Public viewing of projects will be from 6:30-7:30pm and the award ceremony begins at 7:30. Directions to OES can be found on their website.

Central Western Oregon Science Expo will be held at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany on Saturday, March 6. Links to schedules and directions can be found on CWOSE page.

There was a problem over the weekend with the registration link by the frog for Internet Explorer users only. It should be functional now, however you can always use the direct links under For Judges, For Students or For Adult Sponsors or try viewing the site in Firefox if browsing issues arise. Please let us know if something is not working on the website.

The Beaverton Hillsboro Science Expo will be held at the Intel Jones Farm Conference Center this Friday, February 19, 2010. For more information about this fair visit their website: http://bhse.org.

The schedule for the day is as follows:
7:30 – 8:30 Students Set Up Projects
9:00 – 9:30 Judge Orientation
9:30 – 10:30 Judging without Students
10:30 – 12:00 Student Judging, Part 1
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch for Students and Judges
1:00 – 3:00 Student Judging, Part 2
4:00 – 5:00 Final Judging Interviews and Dinner
5:00 – 6:00 Students Take Down Projects
6:30 -7:30 Awards Ceremony

Today, February 10th, is the first postmark deadline for Intel NWSE. The fee for projects postmarked by today is $5. This is a per project charge, not per person. The final deadline is March 3rd at which time the registration fee is $20 per project. See registration deadlines for the complete list.

Be sure to head over to http://affiliatedfairs.org and sign up to judge at any of our system fairs or volunteer for the Intel Northwest Science Expo. Here's some handy info:

• Volunteer Task List
• Judge Qualifications
• Regional Fair List
• Login or Create an Account at affiliatedfairs.org

How You Can Help

• Create a special award or scholarship
• Sponsor an Intel ISEF finalist
• Sponsor a category award (View our Categories)
• Send a donation (View our Sponsorship Levels)
• Judge or Volunteer at a fair (View our Regional Fair List and Fair Day Info for Intel NWSE)
• Mentor a teacher or student in scientific research

The following is a message from Clementine L. Ntshaykolo of the Conrad Foundation:

The Spirit of Innovation Awards program challenges teams of high school students to create innovative products using science, technology, and entrepreneurship. Last year’s Spirit of Innovation Awards exceeded our wildest dreams. Teams came from all over the United States and we even had a team from China. I want to extend to you a personal invitation to participate in the 2009/2010 Spirit of Innovation Awards challenges. Please see www.conradawards.org for a full description of this year’s challenge categories. Teacher’s serving as a team’s coach will also receive awards and recognition for themselves and their schools.

New and exciting resources are also available to assist you and the students: