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

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.

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.

Juniors and Seniors have the opportunity to earn 4 college credits from Portland State University for meeting specific benchmarks with their research projects. The instructor of this HS Natural Science Inquiry course is knortonpdx [dot] edu (Kate Norton).  Look at the accompanying documents for more information.  

We welcome the Gresham Science Expo which will take the place of the PCC Science Expo as the at-large fair. The GSE will be Saturday March 13th at Gresham High School.  The at-large fair is for high school students from anywhere in Oregon or Clark County who are not served by another regional fair.

The adult sponsor must register first before adding projects.

If you are starting your project over the summer, high school students need to visit http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/document/ for the 2010 rules and forms.  The human subjects form has huge changes.

Who: Middle school grade students (6th, 7th or 8th grade level - currently enrolled)
What: Science & Technology Competition
When: Monday 08/31/09
Where:  Oregon State Fairgrounds in Salem, Oregon
Why: To foster Science & Technology education and innovation

Summary:
The 2009 competition will comprise of middle school students currently enrolled in the 6th, 7th, or 8th grade. The middle school grade competition will be a derivative of the current competition guidelines developed by Intel Northwest Science Expo (NWSE). The guidelines set forth by Intel NWSE were selected due to the familiarity and program awareness by Oregon Science Teachers.

There are several changes for the 2009 science competition. In 2008, the competition was open to 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. In 2009, the science competition will be open to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. The categories have also been expanded to cover more competitive categories. In addition, the science competition will be entirely open-class. There is no longer a requirement to roll-up from a county fair.

More information (guidelines and forms) can be obtain online at www.oregonstatefair.org/competition/science.

Thank you sponsors, teachers, parents, judges, volunteers, staff and students for a great science fair. 

Click on the title of this blog to reach the attached results.

Peter Stott Center is located at 930 SW Hall, Portland 97201. All Middle School events are there.

Smith Memorial Student Union is located at 1825 SW Broadway, Portland 97201. High School exhibits are on the 3rd floor.  The high school award ceremony is in Hoffman Hall at 1833 SW 11th.

All three locations are on the Portland State University Campus Map.

Non-Judging Volunteer registration is open again, if you select a job, consider yourself assigned and check in at the Stott Center lobby. If you are doing a 7AM job at Smith report to the third floor there for check in.  Please do not select overlapping job assignments.

If you are a judge looking for project abstracts please sign in at affiliatedfairs.org. Click on the judge main menu and then the abstract button.