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.

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.

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

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

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:

One of the highlights of the 2009 Intel ISEF was a visit by Conan O'Brien. He visited the exhibit hall during setup day and interviewed lots of people. They've finally posted some videos from those interviews and some Beaverton-Hillsboro Science Expo winners were featured prominently. Who knew we had comic geniuses as well as scientific ones? Check out the "Intel Science Fair, part 1" and "Intel Science Fair, part 2" videos here: http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/intel/.

We're collecting historical data from previous participants in NWSES fairs. If you've ever been a participant in any fair in the system (whether or not that fair is still active) please take a few moments and answer our survey questions. This data will help us achieve more funding and remind us how great all our participants are.

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Team Oregon came home with 15 Grand Awards and 11 Special Awards and scholarships, accumulating $237,000 total, from the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair held May 10-15 in Reno, Nevada.

Society for Science and the Public, the organizer of Intel ISEF, estimates that 30% of projects win grand awards. Team Oregon came home with a success rate of 58% in grand awards. Every regional fair that sent students to Intel ISEF as members of Team Oregon was represented among the winners of awards this year.

Check out the flickr photostream for Team Oregon at the 2009 Intel ISEF in Reno, Nevada. Interviews start Wednesday morning. Wish us luck!