Transcript NWARSEF - PBworks

The good, the bad, and the downright ugly
Preview Meeting Agenda
Friday, September 23, 2011
Center for Mathematics and Science Education
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
8:30 - 8:45
8:45 - 10:00
Registration, Refreshments, Introductions
Review of 2011
 NWARSEF Discussion:
Problems and Positives - setup, paperwork, awards, IRB/SRC
 NWAJAS - Problems and Positives
 ASEF Report
 AJAS Report
 NWARSEF 2011 Budget
 ISEF Report
10:00 - 10:15
10:15 - 11:30
Break
NWARSEF 2012 Advisory Board and recommended budget
NWARSEF 2012 Rules and Regulations
ISEF 2012 Guidelines & Student Handbook
 Preview of 2012 NWARSEF
 2012 Important Dates:
Participating School Affiliation Agreement Due: November 1, 2011
Participating School SRC/IRB Due: November 1, 2011
2012 NWAJAS Papers due: Friday, February 3 (tentative)
2012 NWAJAS Winners Announced: Friday, February 24 (tentative)
2012 NWARSEF Paperwork due: February 29 (tentative)
2012 NWARSEF SRC: Saturday, March 3 (tentative)
2012 NWARSEF: Saturday, March 10 (tentative)
SSEF: March 30-31, 2012 (Conway)
ISEF: May 13-18, 2012 (Pittsburg, PA)
11:45 - 12:15
12:15 - 12:45
12:45 - 1:00
1:00 - 2:15
2:15 - 2:30
Lunch
Abstract Writing, Board Design, and Website helps
Break
Common Core and Next Generation Standards
Q&A, Wrap-up
Lynne Hehr, director
[email protected]
http://cmase.uark.edu
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Your name
Your school
What do you like most about science fair?
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Problems and Positives
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Problems and Positives
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IRB/SRC
Paperwork
Setup
Awards
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Problems and Positives
Awards
Materials, seals, certificates, ribbons for Awards for Science Fair 03/11
Awards
NWARSEF monetary awards - 1st to 3rd, Overall winners
889.91
Awards
Brass nameplates for Alpena & St. Vincent dePaul Overall School Winners
6,530.00
24.58
Awards Sub total
7,444.49
Fair
Office Depot and WalMart supplies and materials for NWARSEF set up and packets
444.19
Fair
Extra staff for Union wire harness and office materials loading/setup
112.50
Fair
Judges ribbons for Science Fair 03/11
Fair
2011 Arkansas Union set up and event charges 03/10-03/11
49.16
1,163.20
Fair Day Sub total
1,769.05
Food
Meal provided for September pre-Science Fair meeting
355.13
Food
Meal for SRC meeting on Science Fair 03/05
354.95
Food
Working lunch meeting for Science Fair 03/08
51.40
Food
Meal for Science Fair setup 03/10
Food
Chartwell's catering for Science Fair judges and helpers on 03/11
Food
ISEF Science Fair project and abstract meeting 03/12
40.05
2,675.22
13.96
Food Sub total
3,490.71
ISEF
ISEF 2010-11 Affiliation Fee
650.00
ISEF
Shipping reimbursement to Alpena, Alma and Ft. Smith schools to San Jose, CA
563.09
ISEF
NWARSEF project paperwork sent by UPS to ISEF
ISEF
Reimbursement for parent expenses to ISEF
ISEF
Lapel pins for ISEF conference
ISEF
Group Travel ISEF, Los Angeles, CA, 05/08-05/15
ISEF Travel, Shipping and Official Party Affiliation Fee Sub total
49.21
-765.80
101.15
18,199.88
18,797.53
31,501.78
$20,000.00 Provided by VPRED
School and Project Registration Fees,
$6,637.00 plus award donations
$4,864.78 CMASE
$31,501.78
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Mark Welch
Tiffany Scrivner
Margaret Hall
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Advisory Board
◦ Members
◦ Recommendations for 2012 budget
◦ Discussion of 2012 budget
An affiliate fair must serve a minimum of 50 students in grades 9 through 12 or have at least five high schools
participating in its fair. The fair must serve a geographic territory that is not covered by another affiliate fair,
except in cases of state or national fairs. The fair must operate under the Intel ISEF Rules and Guidelines and
ensure that students and teachers are aware of these requirements as they begin research projects. The Fair
Director agrees to hold the Affiliated Fair by the given deadline in early April.
The NWARSEF territory consists of 14 counties: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Johnson,
Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, Sebastian, and Washington
Fairs with 1, 2 or 3 projects may bring individual or team Finalists representing the projects committed, up to 3 student
observers and a maximum of 6 remaining official party. (A fair must minimally have 1 Adult-in-Charge to chaperone the
Finalists.)
Fairs pay a fee to affiliate with the Intel ISEF. The base fee is $600 for fairs that are allotted one to two projects. Fairs
with more than two projects will pay an additional $100 per project. As stated above, fairs do not have to send their
allotted number of projects to the Intel ISEF and may instead commit to sending fewer. This helps save on the
registration fee and travel costs for the finalists and may help reduce the affiliation fee as well.
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NWARSEF Affiliation Agreement
NWARSEF School SRC/IRB
NWARSEF SRC/IRB
Dates
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2012 NWAJAS Papers due: Friday, February 3 (tentative)
2012 NWAJAS Winners Announced: Friday, February 24 (tentative)
2012 NWARSEF Paperwork due: February 29 (tentative)
2012 NWARSEF SRC: Saturday, March 3 (tentative)
2012 NWARSEF: Saturday, March 10 (tentative)
SSEF: March 30-31, 2012 (Conway)
ISEF: May 13-18, 2012 (Pittsburg, PA)
Animal Sciences (AS)
Behavioral and Social Sciences (BE)
Biochemistry (BI)
Cellular and Molecular Biology (CB)
Chemistry (CH)
Computer Science (CS)
Earth and Planetary Science (EA)
Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical (EE)
Engineering: Materials and Bioengineering (EN)
Energy and Transportation (ET)
Environmental Management (EM)
Environmental Sciences (EV)
Mathematical Sciences (MA)
Medicine and Health Sciences (ME)
Microbiology (MI)
Physics and Astronomy (PH)
Plant Sciences (PS)
Team
Most Common Reasons for Projects to Fail to Qualify at Intel ISEF
1. Human, vertebrate animal, or PHBA studies that did not have preapproval
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Need IRB preapproval for human subjects studies
Need SRC or IACUC preapproval for vertebrate animal studies
Need SRC or IBC preapproval for PHBA studies
2. Prohibited Vertebrate Animal Studies
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Studies done at home/school/field that should have been done at a regulated research institution
Studies that caused more than momentary pain or suffering or that were designed to kill
Toxicity studies
Predator/vertebrate prey experiments
Studies where student performed euthanasia on a vertebrate animal
Studies with LD-30 or greater in any group or subgroup
Studies where animals have a weight loss greater than or equal to 15%
Studies where there was an inappropriate restriction of water or food
Studies treated as embryonic studies that were actually vertebrate studies
3. Prohibited Studies using Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents (PHBA's)
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Microorganisms were cultured at home
BSL-2 studies (including opening plates or containers of unknown microorganisms) done in a BSL-1 lab
4. Prohibited Human Subjects Studies
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Studies where the IRB required written documentation of consents which were not obtained
Studies where the student used surveys/questionnaires without IRB review and approval
5. Eligibility Problems
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Student worked with a partner or team but competed as an individual, or vice versa
Project was more than 1 year in length or was too old
More than three students on a team
6. Scientific Misconduct
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Plagiarism
Student presented mentor’s research as his/her own
Falsification of data.
7. Other problems that may result in an FTQ
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Continuation study which was merely a repeat of a previous project conducted by the student
Student removed or added items to the project display which he/she had been previously told to change
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Abstract Creation / Past Project Abstracts
Board Design
Website Help