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2009
San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair Important Dates and Information
This year's science fair will be held at the normal site, the San
Francisco County Fair Building at 9th and Lincoln in Golden Gate
Park. Please note that the daily schedule is not the same as
usual.
- February 1: Deadline for receipt of initial
papers by the Scientific Review Committee for projects involving
invertebrate or vertebrate animals, human subjects, recombinant DNA,
tissue, pathogenic agents, or controlled substances. These papers
should be filed even though students may not yet know if they are
participating in SFBASF. The Scientific Review Committee would
prefer
to screen extra projects instead of disqualifying projects that have
not filed papers. SRC Proposal forms are available at our Paperwork
link to the left.
- Tuesday, February 24: Deadline for receipt
of
entry forms
from all students who are participating in the fair.
- Sunday, March 15: Alternates who have
submitted
yellow entry blanks by the February 24
deadline will be considered for
entry to the fair, if there is space available, and will be notified by
this date via telephone. Alternates who are not notified by this date
should assume that there is not enough space available for them to
exhibit their projects and they should not bring their projects to
the fair.
- Monday, March 16: Projects may be
installed from
12:00pm to 9:00pm. Students must report to the registration desk to
receive final registration materials and to have their exhibiting space
assigned. All project installations must be complete by 9:00pm.
Projects may be installed by someone other than the registered student
exhibitor. Parents, teachers, friends, or siblings may do the
installation if necessary.
- Tuesday, March 17: Projects may be
viewed on this
date from 10:00am to 4:00pm.
- Wednesday, March 18: Projects will be
judged from
9:00am to 12:00noon. All students should plan on being at their
projects from 1:00pm to 4:30pm. They should check in at the
registration desk upon arrival. Students being considered for a 1st or
2nd place award will be scheduled for an interview and will find their
names posted at the registration desk. Parents can make an extremely
important contribution to the experiences of students at the fair if
they attend the Scientist Review Program to talk with exhibitors about
their projects.
Sometime before 4:00pm on Wednesday, March 18, all award winners will
be notified. Those receiving 1st or 2nd place awards will have been
interviewed. Those students receiving 3rd place or special awards will
find yellow cards on their projects instructiong them to attend the
award ceremony on March 19.
4th
place ribbons will have been placed
on the appropriate projects by this time. Exhibitors should take home
log books and all loose and/or valuable equipment or materials before
they leave at the end of the day. Ribbons should be left in place until
the project is removed.
- Thursday, March 19:
Projects may be viewed on this
date from 10:00am to 3:00pm; however 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards
will not yet be posted.
- Thursday, March 19: The award
ceremony
will be held
at 7:00 pm. Projects may be removed
after the Awards Ceremony is completed.
There is no facility for project storage after the science fair.
Unclaimed projects will be destroyed.
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