2008-2009 Calendar

The 2009-2010 Chicago Student Science Fair Calendar for Fair Coordinators, Committee Members and Board of Directors Meetings

A Calendar of events can be found here.

September 2009

9/11	AREA SCIENCE FAIR CHAIR INFORMATION DUE. Chief Area Officers fax (553-6320) or email (amdumas@cps.edu) form to Angela Dumas

9/12-30	Area science fair committee meetings (Please hold the first meeting before the end of September)

9/14	CPS Student Science Fair, Inc. Board of Directors Meeting, Schiff-Harden, 4:15-6:15 p.m.

9/14	SCIENCE CLUB APPLICATIONS DUE. Must be received by Angela Dumas, Medill TPDC, GSR #80

9/19	Science Fair Central for students at Northeastern Illinois University (see www.neiu.edu/~sfc/ for details)

9/22	City Science Fair Council (Operating Chairpersons and Area Fair Chairpersons) Fall Meeting (Museum of Science and Industry) 4:00-6:00 p.m.

9/23	Coaching Science Fair Projects Workshop for teachers. See https://fc.cps.edu/~amdumas@cps.edu for details

9/25	Coaching Science Fair Projects Workshop for teachers. See https://fc.cps.edu/~amdumas@cps.edu for details

9/25	HS Area Science Fair Planning Meeting for high school science fair coordinators. See https://fc.cps.edu/~amdumas@cps.edu for details

9/26	Science Fair Central at Northeastern Illinois University (see www.neiu.edu/~sfc/ for details and at Chicago State University (contact Bob LeSeur at bobthechemist@gmail.com for details)

October 2009

10/03	Science Fair Central for students - Talk-to-a-Professor session at NEIU (see www.neiu.edu/~sfc/ for details)

10/10	Science Fair Central for students at Harold Washington College (contact Mike Davis at mdavis@ccc.edu for details)

10/20	Science Fair - Presentation Preparation Workshop for teachers. 3:30-5:30 p.m. See https://fc.cps.edu/~amdumas@cps.edu for details

10/22	Science Fair - School Science Fair Planning Workshop for teachers. 3:30-5:30 p.m. See https://fc.cps.edu/~amdumas@cps.edu for details

10/23	Science Fair - Presentation Preparation and School Science Fair Planning Workshop for teachers. 11:45-2:45 p.m. See https://fc.cps.edu/~amdumas@cps.edu for details

November 2009

11/02	RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR PRE-APPROVAL DUE. Send to Ms. Dubielak-Wood, Medill TPDC GSR #80

11/06	HS Area Science Fair Planning Meeting for high school science fair coordinators. See https://fc.cps.edu/~amdumas@cps.edu for details

11/18	ENDORSEMENT REQUESTS DUE for human, vertebrate, vertebrate tissue, microbiology, and DNA to be received by the appropriate Scientific Review committee member (see the request form for details)

December 2009

12/01-19	Suggested dates for local school science fairs

12/07	CPS Student Science Fair, Inc. Board of Directors Meeting, location to be announced, 4:15-6:15 p.m.

12/09	Operating funds and supplies (certificates, ribbons, and seals) mailed to area science fair chairpersons

12/09	IJAS COVER DESIGNS DUE. Send to IJAS Cover Design c/o Angela Dumas, Medill TPDC, GSR #80

January 2010

1/04-19	Suggested dates for Area Science Fairs (All Area Science Fairs must be held by the last weekday in January)

1/07	SYMPOSIUM PAPERS DUE - high school research papers for symposium and student essays for the Chicago, IJAS and Nuclear Essay contests to be received by Mrs. Hortense Brice, Lindblom HS, GSR #43

1/14	City Science Fair Operating Committee Chairpersons Meeting (Medill TPDC) 4:00-6:00 p.m.

1/16	Data Analysis workshop for students at IIT. See https://fc.cps.edu/~amdumas@cps.edu for details

February 2010

2/01	CITY FAIR PAPERWORK DUE. Recap sheets, Official Entry Forms, Abstracts, Consent Forms, and Endorsements for the area science fair winners to be received by Angela Dumas, Medill TPDC, Rm 103, GSR #80

2/04	City Science Fair Operating Committee Chairpersons Meeting (Medill TPDC) 4:00-6:00 p.m.

2/16	Notification of students selected to present high school research papers at the Science Fair Symposium

2/19	MINI & MAXI RESEARCH GRANT APPLICATIONS DUE. Send to Ms. Dubielak-Wood, Medill TPDC, GSR #80

2/25	City Science Fair Operating Committee Chairpersons Meeting (Medill TPDC) 4:00-6:00 p.m.

March 2010

3/8	CPS Student Science Fair, Inc. Board of Directors Meeting, location to be announced, 4:15–6:15 p.m.

3/16	7th & 8th grade exhibitors set up projects at the Museum of Science and Industry, 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

3/17	HS exhibitors and symposium participants set up at the Museum of Science and Industry, 9:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

3/18	Science Fair Symposium Presentations, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

3/19	City Science Fair Exhibit Judging 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Opening Ceremony 11:00 a.m. Judges Luncheon 11:30 a.m. (by invitation only) Fair open to the public 1:00-3:15 p.m.

3/20	Judging for Special Awards & International Science and Engineering Fair Sixth Grade Recognition Event (by invitation only) Fair open to the public during regular museum hours

3/21	Awards Program 1:00-3:00 p.m. (by invitation only) Fair open to the public 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon

April 2010

4/08	CPSSSF SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE. All necessary documents to be received by Rita Nelson, Scholarship Chairperson, CPS Student Science Fair, Inc., P.O. Box 803945, Chicago, IL 60680-3945

4/28	Science Fair Scholarship Oral Interviews (by invitation only), location to be announced

May 2010

5/07-08	Illinois Junior Academy of Science Exposition (State Science Fair); University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

5/09-15	International Science and Engineering Fair (International Science Fair); San Jose, California

5/18	CPS Student Science Fair Inc. Board of Directors – Special Meeting, location to be announced, 2:00 p.m.

5/18	Science Fair Scholarship Awards Reception (by invitation only), location to be announced, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

June 2010

6/03	City Science Fair Council (Operating Chairpersons and Area Fair Chairpersons) Spring Meeting (Medill TPDC) 4:00-6:00 p.m.

6/07	CPS Student Science Fair, Inc. Board of Directors Meeting, location to be announced, 4:15-6:15 p.m.

Last update 10/8/09 by R. Coleman