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Regina Chan Young Scientist Award 2014A competition for children aged 8 to 12 or currently enrolled in school in years 3 to 6.

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Regina Chan Young Scientist Award 2014


The Regina Chan Science Award is named in honour of the late Coordinator, Service Development at Randwick City Library, Regina Chan, who was instrumental in establishing the award-winning Spark! Science program for children from the ages of 3 to 12.

what is it?

The Regina Chan Young Scientist Award is an annual competition for children currently enrolled in school in years 3 to 6, or aged 8 to 12. Each year the competition will be based around a theme, with children completing a project that explores that topic. Projects can be anything from a model, poster, drawing, diorama, collage or written report.

Entries will be judged not on scientific accuracy or outcomes, but on creativity, process and presentation. Entries should showcase the entrants’ imagination and working knowledge of scientific methods.

what are the prizes?

Entries have the chance to win fantastic prizes including:

✱ A family pass to the Children’s Discovery Museum in Wollongong (due to open in January 2015);

✱ An annual ‘standard household’ pass to the Powerhouse Museum;

✱ Fabulous science kits; ✱ Great science books.

How do I enter?

Be in it to win it! Fill in an entry form by 6 october to indicate your interest, AnD submit a project by the closing date of 24 October, to be eligible for a lucky prize draw at the judging day on Wednesday 29 October.

Entries close on Friday

24 october 2014.


Competition Guidelines and Criteria

regina Chan Young Scientist Award

Eligibility

To be eligible to enter, you must be between the ages of 8 to 12 or currently enrolled in school in years 3 to 6.

Although you may draw inspiration and ideas from other sources, your entry must be fundamentally your own individual work.

theme

Your project should address the themes of alternative energies or energy efficiency. We all know that it is important for the environment to use renewable sources of energy like sunlight, wind and water. Using energy wisely means being efficient. We use energy every day, at home and at school. By saving energy we are helping to save the world’s energy resources like natural gas, oil and water. Best of all, by using energy wisely we can cut down on pollutants in the air and water, making a better environment for everyone.

The purpose of this science competition is not (necessarily) to produce a working model but for you to showcase your imagination and your working knowledge of scientific methods.

Entries must include:

✱ A completed entry form; ✱ A completed worksheet; ✱ Your final project: this could be a

model, poster, drawing, diorama, collage or written report.

Judging criteria

The project that you submit will be judged in terms of several broad categories:

✱ Creativity: is your idea really cool and does it solve a current or future need?

✱ Process: is your research sound and hypothesis testing well thought out?

✱ Presentation: is your model or poster well-constructed and appealing?


Submitting your work

Entry forms and worksheets are available in the library and on the library website.

Entry forms, worksheets and project should be handed in to any of our three library branches.

All elements should clearly bear the title of the project, your age or school year and your name.

The judge’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Submitted projects will be disposed of after judging unless otherwise indicated on the registration form.

Important dates

Competition opens: Monday 22 September 2014

Competition closes: Friday 24 october 2014

Judging day: wednesday 29 october

✱ Judging 4:00pm – 5:00pm ✱ Awards ceremony & party:

5:00pm – 6:00pm

Prizes:

The first prize winner’s name will be engraved on a perpetual trophy which will be on permanent display at Bowen Library.

The first prize winner will also receive:

✱ A certificate of excellence; ✱ A family pass to the Children’s

Discovery Museum, which opens in January 2015 in Wollongong;

✱ An annual ‘standard household’ pass to the Powerhouse Museum (free entry for 12 months for 2 adults and 2 children);

✱ A fabulous Science kit and book.

The second prize winner will receive:

✱ A certificate of excellence; ✱ a family pass to the Children’s

Discovery Museum, which opens in January 2015 in Wollongong;

✱ a science kit and book;

The third prize winner will receive:

✱ A certificate of excellence; ✱ A Powerhouse Museum family pass; ✱ A science book.

All entrants receive a certificate of participation.

Need some assistance?


Some tips for creating a great

Science Award project

1. Select a topic based on the theme, something you would like to learn about

2. Form a question about your topic.

3. Research your question.

4. Think about the answer to your question.

5. Plan an experiment to test your hypothesis.

6. Conduct your experiment and record the data.

7. Draw conclusions from your data.

8. Prepare a report and display.

cf McGill, Jordan (2012), “Earth Science Fair Projects”, Weigl Publishers: New York

Don’t know what a hypothesis

is? need a helping hand from an

expert?

We understand that it can sometimes be difficult to get started on a science project. That’s why we have invited our scientists in residence, aka the Young Scientists of Australia, to facilitate some workshops where you can talk through your ideas and get your project up and running.

These workshops will take place at Bowen Library, Maroubra, on:

wednesday 8 october 4.00pm – 5.00pm



They are free to attend and you can come to one or all of them. We will have some materials there for you to use to test your experiment, or bring along your own materials if you have a definite idea in mind.

How to submit, important dates and prizes


register before 6 october AnD submit a project to be eligible for a

lucky entry prize (in addition to the Science Award prizes)

1. First name:

2. Surname:

3. Age:

4. Postal address:

5. Daytime contact number:

6. School’s name (if applicable):

7. Parent/guardian’s name:

8. Email address:

By checking this box I confirm that I have read the award

guidelines and wish to submit an entry into the regina Chan

Young Scientist Award.

Please return my entry to me after the competition.

Parent/guardian’s signature:

Date:

Still stuck for ideas?



Check out our wide range of science books in the library in the junior non-fiction section 500 – 508.

or look at these websites:

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_guide_index.shtml

http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_hypothesis.shtml

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/

http://www.education.com/science fair/

http://www.sustainableschools.qld.edu.au/Default.aspx?tabid=867


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