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General Rules
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Any student in grades 5-12 who is attending
a school in Oregon or Clark County Washington
is invited to present their project in the
NWSE System of fairs. Home school students
are welcome.
Projects may be science or engineering
in the areas of the natural sciences, the
social sciences, mathematics, or computer
science. Project categories are described
here. The
work must be conducted by the student; the
student may enlist the advice of a mentor.
NWSE is ONLY for EXPERIMENTAL research.
Students need to pose a research question
and gather the data to answer it. This may
include research that is descriptive and
pattern seeking if the student collects
the data. Or it may include asking an original
question that is answered using statistics
on data gathered by other than the student,
IF the student poses the research question,
determines the statistical methods to be
used and interprets the results. Modeling
projects are allowed if the model is used
to answer an experimental research question,
the structure of the model is explained
and the model is tested.
Intel NWSE is a state-level fair and projects
submitted should be of good quality.
IMPORTANT: HIGH
SCHOOL (9-12) STUDENT ELIGIBILITY
High school students must qualify for the Intel NWSE through a Regional Fair. Go here for a list of regional fairs.
IMPORTANT: MIDDLE
SCHOOL (5-8) STUDENT ELIGIBILITY
ALL middle school projects may go directly
to Intel NWSE-the state fair-without attending
a regional fair. The only limitation will
be a maximum of 20 projects per school.
So, while middle school students do not
have to qualify for the Intel NWSE at their regional
fair, WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND students do participate
in their regional fair. While our rule is
no more than 20 projects per school, we
can't actually accommodate that many from
each school. The spirit we want to encourage
is choosing the best of your projects to
attend the Intel NWSE state fair. We do have limited
space and there is a chance that we will
have to reduce this number. We will let
you know as soon as we can. Early registration
will help us.
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| How
do you participate at Intel NWSE? |
| Once the student or team of
students has a research topic, an adult sponsor
must be enlisted. The adult sponsor can be a teacher, parent, mentor or other responsible adult. All projects require some
form of approval before experimentation is
started. Projects that involve human subjects,
non-human vertebrate animals, pathogenic agents,
controlled substances, tissues or recombinant DNA require additional approval
by either an Institutional Review Board (IRB)
or a Scientific Review Committee (SRC). For complete information on Adut Sponsors and other adults involved click here.
IMPORTANT: For complete registration procedures
click here.
For necessary forms, click
here. After experimentation is completed,
the student creates an exhibit that communicates
the essential ideas and findings of their
research. For exhibit guidelines, click
here. For complete ISEF rules click
here.
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| How
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The most important factor in
judging is how well scientific and engineering
processes are applied in the project. The
judges first view the exhibits without students
present. Judges then interview students at
their exhibits. In general, each student can
expect to be interviewed by 3-4 judges. Judges
look for well thought-out research and students
who can discuss their work with confidence.
They are not interested in memorized speeches,
but simply want to talk with
students about their projects. Students should
be prepared to communicate their work with
enthusiasm. Judges may evaluate the student's
research data book or research paper.
The following criteria are used
for judging:
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Individual
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Team
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Creative ability |
30%
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25%
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Scientific thought & goals
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30%
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25%
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Thoroughness |
15%
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12%
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Skill |
15%
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12%
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Clarity |
10%
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10%
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Teamwork |
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16%
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The judges are scientists and engineers
from academia, government, and industry.
High school judges have advanced degrees
and research or design experience in the
category which they are judging. Awards
are based on the decision of teams of no
fewer than 3 judges. The judges decisions
are final.
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Last
updated - August 30, 2006
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