Ramsey Regional Activity Center at Western Carolina University
February 7, 2012 - Elementary Division (Grades 3-5)
February 8, 2012 - Junior & Senior Divisions (Grades 6-12)

Dr. Laura Jackson will be the featured speaker at the Western Regional Science Fair on February 8. Dr. Jackson is a landscape ecologist with US EPA in Research Triangle Park, where she studies how ecological conditions affect public health and quality of life as part of EPA’s Sustainable and Healthy Communities Research Program. Her presentation will keep with the 2012 science fair theme of “Your Earth: Your Choices” She will discuss how much land-use change threatens the sustainability of forest songbirds and how a community benefits from healthy forests. Dr. Jackson will share how to assess the community’s “green infrastructure using some web-based mapping tools.
 
The Western Regional Science Fair will be held Feb 7 and 8 with all projects with projects from 17 western counties competing for a chance to go to the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh. Dr. Jackson will present on the second day of the fair during the general session from 9:15am to 10:15am for the 6-12th graders.  A chemistry magic show is planned for grades 3-5 who will be exhibiting their projects on the 8th. The fair is open to the public and projects may be viewed from 11:30am to 12:30pm each day. School groups are encouraged to bring students to the general session. For more information, visit the Western Regional Science Fair website http://sciencefair.wcu.edu.

ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST PRE-REGISTER ONLINE NO LATER THAN JANUARY 31st.

Click here to register a project

The first- and second-place students in the junior and senior divisions, as well as the winners and honorable mentions in the elementary division, have the chance to compete at the Annual North Carolina Science and Engineering Fair.

In order for student projects to be eligible for regional, state, and national competitions, students need to use the ISEF forms. Please read the information for each grade level. The forms are used to verify that the student’s work has been planned prior to starting experimentation and supervised by someone with knowledge of safety issues and regulations. 

Students can also use the ISEF Student Research Information and ISEF Rules Wizard to assist in determining which forms are needed for their project. The following information has been taken from the ISEF website and explains each form in detail.