Rhode Island Science and Engineering Fair

	RISEF Since 1995, the Rhode Island Science & Engineering Fair has served as a premier primary education student research showcase. With participation of approximately 500 students from 90 schools across the state, RISEF’s goal is to promote science education and investigation by RI students. With the help of great sponsors such as Base 8 Group, Bishop Hendricken High School, Raytheon, U.S. Armed Forces and more, RISEF will continue to promote the importance of science education and showcase the unique talents of Rhode Island’s brightest students. YOU BE THE JUDGE! How would you like to be part of the excitement. Volunteer to be a judge and help us find and award the best of the best in Rhode Island! CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP TO BE A JUDGE! RISEF SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES Title and Medal sponsors will have their name/logos displayed on RISEF banners throughout the hall and on T-shirts given to the participants. A proposed budget for 2011 is available for your review, upon request. Dr. Fontaine is available to meet with you to discuss your company’s involvement. Click here to find out more about our Sponsorship opportunities! RISEF 2012 Schedule of Events FRIDAY MARCH 16, 2012 - 3:00 PM ----SET UP OF CCRI (Staff only) SATURDAY MARCH 17, 2012 9:00 A.M.- 11:30 P.M. - Student check-in and set up - Display and Safety members begin inspecting projects. It is not necessary for all of the students to arrive at 9. The judging doesn't begin until noon, so there is plenty of time to set up.
	12:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.- All adults are asked to leave the exhibition hall. The students must be allowed to stand on there own two feet without adults hanging around. No students are allowed to leave the building during the judging and only science fair participants are allowed in, so the children will be fine on their own 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. - Best in Fair Finalists are contacted by phone SUNDAY MARCH 18, 2012 8:00 A.M. - Breakfast for Finalists and ISEF Judges 9:00 A.M. - Best in Fair Judging 12:00 P.M. - Fair open to public - All students must be by their projects. Many state and local VIP's are planning to attend the public viewing so it is important that we have a good showing. There will also be student raffles such as movie passes and music gift certificates (must be present to win) 3:00 – Raffle of big-ticket items (must be present to win) 3:15 - Fair closes THURSDAY MARCH 22, 2012 7:00 P. M. - Awards C.C.R.I. Warwick auditorium. All students or a representative should attend the award's ceremony in order to receive medals and/or special awards. $500 Best Buy gift certificate raffle will occur at the close of the ceremony students must be present to win SATURDAY MARCH 24, 2012 12:00 P.M. - Meeting for Senior Best in Fair winners, their teachers, and RISEF to fill out and submit required material for ISEF. YOU BE THE JUDGE! Once again it's the time of year when we ask you to serve as a judge for the RI Science and Engineering Fair on Saturday, March 26, 2011. On this day hundreds of students in grades 6-12 from across Rhode Island will gather at CCRI in Warwick to exhibit their science projects. These students have devoted many hours of work to their research and analysis and to the presentation of their results. They are excited to have been selected to represent their schools at the statewide science and engineering fair, and they are enthusiastic about science. Participation in the science fair should be a memorable positive experience for these students that will influence them to study science further and perhaps continue to a career in this field. In order to provide such a positive and enriching experience for the participants, we need a large number of judges who are themselves enthusiastic and knowledgeable about science. This year we are again using an on-line registration form for judges. Please go to the website listed below, complete the form and click "submit." You will receive an email acknowledgement that your registration has been recorded. Please select categories that best fit your scientific background and training. Go to http://www.ric.edu/risef to sign up. Be sure to use the mouse or tab key to move from field to field in this form. If you hit Enter, the incomplete form will be submitted. If you have friends or coworkers who are qualified and might be interested in judging, we would appreciate it if you could forward this message to them and encourage them to participate. As in the past, we will send you detailed directions to CCRI and information about specific times, etc. about a week before the fair, but based on past years you should plan to arrive at about 11:30 and stay for most of the afternoon. 2011 RISEF WINNERS!