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Our lame science fair projects always consisted of withered lima bean plants gasping for water, so that’s probably why we were never chosen to exhibit at the city's Chicago Public Schools Student Science Fair, currently running now through Sunday at the Museum of Science and Industry. Elementary and High School students will be competing in sixteen specialized categories such as Botany, Chemistry, Electronics, Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Physics.
Entries – which can be a project, essay, or symposium paper – have already advanced through several levels of competition; winners from a school advance to a Chicago Public Schools Area Fair, and winners from the area fair then make it to the city fair. It should certainly be worth it for some kids, as the fair awards prizes like Space Camp participation, internships, and cold hard cash to over 200 students each year.
The City Science Fair uses volunteers to help with the judging, which is taking place throughout the day on Friday. Among a variety of other events, exhibitions will be available for public viewing during regular museum hours on Saturday, and until 12 p.m. on Sunday.
image via ChicagoStudentScienceFair website
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Hell, yeah, Space Camp! My hometown's best claim to fame.
Sponge Bean Fair Pants?! Did it take a long time for you to come up with that? Hahaha. Awesome.
it came to me in a brilliant flash of genius, but really the title doesnt even make sense, if you think about it :D
I had the opportunity to judge a few of these science fairs at the school and district levels. I was quite impressed with the initiative and critical thinking demonstrated by some of these kids.
My favorite exchange with a student:
JUDGE: If you were to repeat this study, what is one thing you might change to make this a stronger investigation?
BOY WHO MADE A CATAPULT: I'd make the catapult bigger so it could shoot farther!
Jezzz, memories.
I'm way smart enough to argue with these monkeys
on Chicagoist
But I'd feel a itimidated to be a judge. Jess memories,I made it to the city finals, Honorable Mention,I think it was a blue ribbon.
Nice post Amy, I'll raise a toast to you, I plan to have a beer or two afterwook
Don’t forget history fair hosted at the New Berry!
Unless Daley has killed it.
Its was never as big as the Science Fair
I got to go to the city-wide science fair in 6th grade, but we were disqualified by a man with a large mole on his nose. We used human substances (my spit), and that is simply not allowed.
Then my dad got into a really bad car accident that same day...man, what a bummer all that was...
Well if I still had my "Honorable Mentioned"
ribbon I'd give it to ya rhoswhenm as faded as it would be after all these years.
Amy, no, the title doesn't make sense at all. I thought about it, and thought about it, and thought about it, laughed because I thought about it too hard, and then my brain hurt and I decided you might be a genius.
well at least you are thinking of me, and spook will toast to me.
all in all, a good day.
yea what ever, Mikel. It was just a moment of nostalgic weakness.
I'm outta here,least I get acussed of being a dork like the rest of you’zzz!
I got a cyber bad boy image to maintain.
That goes for you too r-hos
It likely took a week (paid for with our money) for a CPS staffer with a Ph.D. in education to come up the peculiar "educationspeak" title.
Hopefully, the smart kids will "develop innovative possibilities" without using that phrase.
Gotta love Ward up, CPD can do no wrong, but lets beat up on CPS any time.
@ Marcus Gilmer:
You can't seriously be from Huntsville. That's where my dad's side immigrated to from Germany after the... you know.
/Great Grandson of Escaped Nazi Scientists
"Our lame science fair projects always consisted of withered lima bean plants gasping for water, so that’s probably why we were never chosen to exhibit at the city's Chicago Public Schools Student Science Fair, currently running now through Sunday ..."
a.k.a. The most depressing place in the universe. Any science fair is, with these kids so full of hope and enthusiasm for these future careers of theirs that are already over, before they've had the chance to begin. "Gee, mister, really? You've gone to graduate school in this and even taught college students? What's it like?"
How does one tell such a child that the real, adult world is run by the grown up version of the kids they see shooting spitballs at their teachers, with that sensibility making the rules?