All activities and events will take place within the California Science Center, including its main building and the Wallis Annenberg Building.
Monday, April 23, 2018 | ||
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10:00 a.m. | Registration Opens | |
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Affiliated County and Regional Fairs Conference Location: California Science Center Administrative Offices, Conference Room 3 (Fourth floor) |
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1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Science Fair Seminar for Everyone How to Talk with a Judge Location: Admin East |
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3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | * | Public Viewing All students are requested to be present at their displays. |
3:30 p.m. | Registration Closes All projects must be registered by this time, though a short additional time is allowed to complete the Display Approval process. |
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5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | * | Opening Ceremony and Keynote Address Keynote Speaker: Dr. Linda Spilker, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Project Scientist for the recently completed Cassini mission directing the exploration of Saturn, its rings, and its moons. Location: Big Lab, Wallis Annenberg Building |
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 | ||
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7:00 a.m. - 7:50 a.m. | Science Center opens for judges and participants only. Students must exit at 7:50 a.m. |
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8:00 a.m. - 8:25 a.m. | Mandatory Student Orientation Location: Big Lab, Wallis Annenberg Building |
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8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | All judges examine project displays before the First Judging Session. No interviews will be conducted because no students should be present at this time. |
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8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | * | First Session of Judging for all awards, in parallel. Includes:
All Category Awards
All Special Awards All Recognition Awards Science Fair Student of the Year project reviews. |
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | California Science & Engineering Fair Teacher of the Year Interviews Location: California Science Center Administrative Offices, Conference Room 3 (Third floor) |
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10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Scheduled Break in Judging No interviews will be conducted during this time. Some non-category judges may still be in attendance to review project displays, but students are not required to be at their projects. |
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11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | * | Final Session of Judging for Category and Special Awards. Recognition Awards presented to winners at their projects. |
12:30 p.m. | Judging Ends. All participants must exit the Science Center. All displays must remain in place until Removal Time (below). |
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12:30 p.m. | California Science & Engineering Fair Student of the Year Finalists Announced Location: Under the Rotunda, Outside South Doors, CSC |
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12:30 p.m. | Students are now free. Local opportunities begin with the Science Fair Seminar at 2:00 pm , and include sites such as the IMAX Theatre, California Science Center, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California African American Museum, and the USC Campus. |
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1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | California Science & Engineering Fair Student of the Year Interviews Location: California Science Center Administrative Offices, Conference Room 3 (Third floor) |
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1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Project Removal All projects must be removed now. The display tables on which the projects are set up will be broken down beginning at 3:30 pm. Projects not removed during this Project Removal period will be discarded. |
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2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Science Fair Seminars for Everyone How to Do a Better Science Project and Telling a Scientific Story: Presenting Data Location: Admin East |
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4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | * | Awards Ceremony Location: Big Lab, Wallis Annenberg Building Only participants and award presenters will be admitted to this ceremony. Awards Ceremony Viewing |
* Photographs will be taken, and press interviews (newspaper, radio, and TV) may be held at these times. Fair photographs will be posted to the World Wide Web. Please dress appropriately.