Get started with the NEW *Chime Made Easy* quick guide or get the details in Using Chime for Students and Using Chime for Judges. These are short guides to the secure collaboration service that you’ll use to practice on Wednesday, 3/11, and for judging interviews on Thursday, 3/12.
March 10, 2020 by
March 10, 2020 by
Thank you for uploading to the project folders. This morning the scheduling team could start the complicated task of assigning 15-minute interview time slots between 12:30 and 5:30 on Thursday. An example of a Project Judging schedule is available here. Students – watch for email Wednesday afternoon!
March 8, 2020 by
The Frequently Asked Questions include what to do if you didn’t receive a link to your Google Docs folder or the link you received doesn’t seem to work. Also formats for your project documents and preliminary information about the web conference practice sessions.
March 5, 2020 by
To our eager students, here is a link to a simple sample of what your Google Drive folder will look like.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KJlKGaXxt-sSl3c-nOo0PQAjKDrgc3s8
We will get the links out to you as soon as we can. Please upload by 11:30 PM, Monday, March 9th.
Let’s do this!
Heidi Strahm Black
President, SCVSEFA
March 5, 2020 by
After much discussion and in an abundance of caution, rather than cancel the Synopsys Championship 2020 because of health concerns for our volunteers and participants, we are planning to do all of the judging via videoconferencing between students and judging teams.
A message to students with Accepted projects and their teachers is being sent today. Details will be forthcoming tomorrow. Check your email for updates, which will also be posted on this web page: https://science-fair.org/2020-synopsys-championship-teleconference/.
March 4, 2020 by
The SCVSEFA board of directors is meeting today to discuss our options regarding the Championship. We will inform everyone shortly thereafter.
February 26, 2020 by
The project database will close at midnight on Friday, Feb. 28. All the information about your project will be locked and no further changes can be made. Please run through a final check as soon as possible:
- Before Feb. 28, send any missing forms, plans, etc. to the person who requested them. Include your project number in the message subject line.
- Check your Project Status using the button on the home page. After Feb. 28 any Incomplete project will move to FTQ (Fail to Qualify).
- Check that the title is correct and student names are spelled correctly.
- Is the Field of Study accurate? This is your last chance to request a change.
On Feb 29th we’ll start printing documents, badges etc. for about 780 projects and 1000+ students, which is why there can be no more changes to the information in the database.
February 23, 2020 by
Underserved students are often missing from the finalist groups of science research competitions. In order to change this, the Society for Science & the Public created the Advocate Program to provide mentors to encourage underserved students to enter projects in competitions. The Advocates receive training and support from Society staff, a $3000 stipend and a paid trip to Washington, D.C. to meet in person at a weekend-long convening. We encourage teachers and mentors to apply!
February 17, 2020 by
We’re looking for more helping hands at the Synopsys Championship on March 11 & 12. Volunteers are needed to help set up on Day One – when students check in their projects and get ready for judging – and on Day Two, when we set up for Judging Day, help people find their way around, and finish by packing everything away for next year. Parents of students who are competing are welcome to volunteer on Check-In Day. Please sign up on the Volunteers web page!
February 6, 2020 by
Please register to be a Category Judge for the 2020 Synopsys Championship Science & Engineering Fair, to be held at the San Jose Convention Center on March 12, 2020. We need and welcome judges in all fields of study.
We are looking for biologists, chemists, engineers, environmental scientists, physicists and others who enjoy talking to enthusiastic young people about scientific inquiry and engineering challenges. Category Judges should have at least a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or in education (with a concentration in a technical field). See the Category Judging page for details.
