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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.
Last updated:
Wed Mar 7 11:24:03 PST 2018