Albuquerque Area Homeschool Science & Engineering Fair - Friday, January 18, 2008

There are three attachments please let me know if you can not read them and I will email them to you!-_Tabbi


It’s that time of year again – time to get ready for the Albuquerque Area Homeschool Science & Engineering Fair. This year our fair will be held Friday, January 18th, 2008, at Heights First Church of the Nazarene on Paseo del Norte (between Wyoming and Ventura on the north side of the road – same place that we’ve always held it).

We hope you will consider participating with us. Our fair is open to all homeschoolers from kindergarten through 12th grade. We will have independent judges (no homeschool parents), and awards will go to the top three projects in the junior division (grades 6 – 8), and the top three projects in the senior division (grades 9 – 12). Children participating at the elementary level (grades K – 5) will be judged and will receive awards. Also, an overall, best-in-show award will be presented.
We’d really like to have anyone, grades kindergarten through 12th, participate and will help in any way we can. If your child has any question(s) concerning their ideas, project, methodology, analysis, etc., please don’t hesitate to have them email (hallen@swcp.com) or call (821-3612). In a few minutes we might save them hours of time, especially if they’re stuck. Also, if you’re participating in another groups’ science fair, you’re welcome to ask questions of us, share any information we provide with others, and we’d love to have you come see our fair.
We have a Scientific Review Committee (SRC) set up for the purpose of reviewing protocols. If you, or anyone you know, is conducting a study requiring an SRC review, whether you’re participating in our fair or not, you’re welcome to use our SRC.
Last year we sent 6 students on to the regional fair. This year we hope to increase that number. This year, like last, we will pay the entry fee for all students going on to the regional fair. And this year our fair entry fee has been reduced slightly. Note that the name of the regional fair has changed. It is now called the Central New Mexico Science & Engineering Research Challenge.

I will be sending out several emails with attachments that you might find helpful. These attachments have been provided by the Science Technology Engineering & Math (STEM) Education Outreach Program at the University of New Mexico.

The new STEM website can be found at:

http://www.unm.edu/~scifair/

I hope this information helps you as you get started. We have opted to err on the side of sending this to you concerning the science fair. If you are not interested in receiving this information, please let me know and I’ll take you off the list. If you find that these attachments, or any information that I distribute concerning the science fair might be of use to others, please don’t hesitate to forward it on to them for their use. Or, better yet, invite them to join with us this year.

Attached please find our Albuquerque Area Homeschool Science & Engineering Fair entry forms and project schedule.

We hope to see you at this years Albuquerque Area Homeschool Science & Engineering Fair,
Heather

Heather W. Allen
59 Crestview Lane
Edgewood, NM 87015

Phone: (505) 821-3612
Fax: (505) 821-3612
Email: hallen@swcp.com