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34th Annual Missouri Southern Regional Science Fair Set for March 28th
The Billingsly Student Center at Missouri Southern State University will play host to the 34th annual Missouri Southern Regional Science Fair on Tuesday, March 28th. The event is affiliated with the Society for Science and the Public and will accept individual or team projects from high-school and middle-school students hailing from specific counties in Missouri and Kansas.
Junior and Senior Categories on Display
The event will feature 51 projects in the junior category (grades 5-8) and 13 projects in the senior category (grades 9-12) from various high schools and middle schools. The projects will fall under eight categories, including:
- Behavioral and social sciences
- Cell, molecular, and microbiology
- Chemistry and biochemistry
- Computer science, engineering, and mathematics
- Earth and environmental sciences
- Human and animal sciences
- Physics and astronomy
- Plant sciences
Judging will be conducted from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and public viewing will follow from 1 to 5 p.m. Missouri Junior Academy of Science presentations have been scheduled from 12:30-2:30 p.m. in Reynolds Hall in rooms 111, 204, 225, and 235. High-school and middle-school students will write a formal research paper and then present their project during a 12-minute talk. Students may enter both the science fair and junior academy of science with the same project.
Awards and Prizes
An awards ceremony for both the Missouri Southern Regional Science Fair and Missouri Junior Academy of Science will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. in Cornell Auditorium. Medals and cash prizes will be awarded to the science fair first-place winners in all categories. Grand prize winners (two seniors and two juniors) will receive certificates and cash prizes. The senior grand prize winner will have the unique opportunity to participate in the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair scheduled for May 14-19 in Dallas, TX. Three participants from the junior division will also have an opportunity to participate in the Thermo-fisher Scientific Junior Innovative Challenge.
Special awards will also be offered by various sponsors, including cash prizes. The top-performing students will have the chance to showcase their talent and hard work at state and international science fairs.
