Need Science Fair Help? Visit Scotch™ Science Fair Central
-- School Library Journal, 3/4/2009
Is it Science Fair time again? Have your kids and science teachers just about tapped your library resources? Don’t panic–visit the Science Fair Central Website, supported by Discovery Education and 3M, and get all the tools and tips you need to help your school have the best Science Fair ever.
Have a few budding Einsteins, Curies or Kornbergs? Direct them to the Young Scientist Challenge, designed to encourage the exploration of science and innovation among America's youth and to promote the importance of science communication. Students must be in grades 5 through 8, and must submit a video entry online by May 20, 2009. Ten finalists receive an all-expense-paid trip to New York City for the competition finals, consisting of a series of challenges, some in which may be in front of a live audience. These age-appropriate challenges are developed and administered by Head Judge Steve Jacobs, science educator, creator of "Jake's Attic" and founder of Faraday Studios. Finalists will be judged on their communication and scientific problem solving skills. At the end of the competition, American's Top Young Scientist will be awarded $50,000 in U.S. savings bonds (a $25,000 cash value), and other finalists will receive exciting prizes.
