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This year’s Fair
is tenatively set for April 25, 2009
Location: to be determined
DIRECTIONS
please note Elementary & Middle School
Students can only be entered by their school please have the school fax
over a letter requesting forms from the school fax to this fax
(914)-205-3623
HS Students Entry Forms / unavailable at this time
all HS student direct entries are subject
to their science department Chair's
approval, each entry will be verified with your school
HS
Rules / unavailable at this
time
Past Fairs
Are you exhibiting at this year's
Fair? Please note you need to get a parent packet, usually
a 5-7 page document. This document is the "final" game plan.
Every year things are changed, please do not use previous years. If you
have not been provided with this packet at least one week prior to the
Fair BY YOUR TEACHER, please email us
JNewman@DiscoveryCtr.org
we can only accept parent packet inquiry emails "from a parent" within 7
days of the current year's fair. Your parent packet is supposed to be
distributed by your teacher.
Interested in
Judging?
Volunteering for the TCS Fair? Please fill
out the appropriate form.
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Tri-County Science & Technology Fair Origins
Many schools made science
projects a component of the science curriculum after Sputnik (October 4,
1957), in an effort to motivate and stimulate student interest in the field.
In addition to teacher evaluation, students often entered in a
school/district Science Fair for recognition and placement.
Science Teachers Association of New York State (STANYS) initiated a State
Science Congress for High School project candidates, from the sixteen local
sections of the state, over forty years ago. Its purpose is to promote
science research at the pre-college level. These students compete for
placement and scholarships monies. Each Section can send three area
finalists per one hundred participants, from a Regional Science Congress, to
this event.
Westchester Section STANYS was pleased to join with The Putnam Children’s
Discovery Center, Westchester/Putnam Technology Educators Association and
the Consortium of Scientists and Engineers to sponsor the first K-12
Tri-County Science Technology Fair in April 1994. Through this event
students have the opportunity to display their work, learn from their peers
and be inspired by parents, educators and professionals to pursue their
interest in science.
From the beginning, the Tri-County Fair has been open to participants in
three grade divisions: K-4, 5-8, and 9-12. Categories are: Earth/Space
Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, Mathematics/Computers and
Environment. All entrants present their projects both visually and orally,
to a minimum of two teams of engineer/scientist judges. The K-4 students are
encouraged to develop their interest in science and accordingly awarded
excellent or outstanding ribbons. Developing the problem solving skill at an
early age ensures productive citizens in the future. Participants in the
grade 5-8 and 9-12 divisions compete for first, second and third place in
each of the respective categories. High school students aspiring to STANYS
Science Congress competition, must work individually on an empirical or
theoretical research project.
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FUNDING
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Why Donate??
The Tri
County Science & Technology Fair is annually organized by the Putnam
Children’s Discovery Center for the purpose of sharing science with the
community and rewarding children who spend their time creating innovative
and well researched science projects. These students with support from
their parents and teachers are interested in striving for academic
excellence with a dedication and commitment to science and technology. The
Fair is open to students in grades K-8 who have won first place at their
local school fair and to high school students grades 9-12 who have been
selected by their principal or science department chair to present original
research or demonstrate a scientific principle. The high school students
who have opted to enter original research have the added benefit of an
opportunity to continue on to the NYS level. In the next few years it is
anticipated that the Discovery Center will launch it’s Original Invention
Convention which will provide new opportunities for students who have
created a qualified project.
Through
this event students have the opportunity to display their work, learn from
their peers and be inspired by parents, educators and professionals to
pursue their interest in science. Monies raised for this project go
primarily for prizes for the students.
Who Donates???
Corporate
support for this event begins at $250 with "best exposure" at the $1,000
plus level. Donations
of $1,000 or more can expect their company name to appear on the banners
that are placed throughout the event. It also ensures a spot on the front
cover of the brochure as well as on the many posters that are placed in
local libraries, schools etc.
Sponsorship
Opportunities
Won't you please consider sponsoring our Tri-County Science Technology Fair?
Your contribution would enable local children from Rockland, Putnam and
Westchester Counties, the OPPORTUNITY to compete on a regional level -- a
prerequisite for high-school students to compete on a statewide level.
Prior to the inception of the Tri-County Science & Technology Fair back in
1992, students were UNABLE to compete at a county-wide science fair because
there was no regional competition available.
With an increasing number of participants each year comes an increase in the
expenses we incur in staging this fair. Not only does your support reinforce
your company's presence in the community, but it is a continuing pledge and
show of support that our children NEED continuous exposure to mathematics,
the sciences and technology to further their interest, knowledge and
education in these areas. These students are our future engineers,
scientists, biologists, doctors, educators. THEY ARE OUR FUTURE. Aren't they
worth the investment?
Past sponsors have included: Praxair, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Industrial
Theater Inc., Philips Research, Duracell, Texaco, Consumers Union, Country
Bank, Science Teachers Association of NYC (Westchester Section), Engelhard,
TRC Raymond Keyes Associates, Todd Newman, CPA, Hudson Valley Council of
Technical Societies, Westchester/Putnam Technology Educators Association,
St. Joseph's School PTA, St. John the Baptist PTA, Milea Hudson Valley Truck
Center, Transnuclear, St. John the Evangelist PTA, Harrison High School, and
individual donors without whose support these students would have missed an
additional opportunity to display their scientific thought and talent.
Donation
Levels:
Donation Amount
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10, 000 |
Platinum Level Grand
Sponsor |
Level 5 |
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7,500 |
Diamond Level Grand
Sponsor |
Level 4 |
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5,000 |
Gold Level Grand Sponsor |
Level 3 |
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2,500 |
Silver Level Grand Sponsor |
Level 2 |
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1,000 |
Bronze Level
Grand Sponsor |
Level 1 |
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750 |
Sponsor |
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500 |
Patron |
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250 |
Friend |
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$50- $250 |
Individual Sponsorship |
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All
donations are recognized in the brochure distributed at the Fair and on the
permanent posters that are hung at the Fair. These posters then hang for one
year at the Discovery Center in Carmel.
All donations are tax
deductible (per 501 (c) 3 and are recognized in our program the day of the Tri-County Science & Technology Fair.
To make a
donation simply write a check payable to PCDC and put Tri County Science &
Technology Fair in the memo. This insures that the monies will only be used
for the Fair. To mail the check to PCDC, Attn J. Newman - PO Box 222 Carmel, NY 10512.
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About
the Tri-County Science & Technology Fair
This science fair has been organized for the sole benefit of
all grade-level students throughout Putnam, Westchester, and Rockland
counties in New York. Our goals in staging this science fair are:
1. To provide a competition in which students can compete on a regional
level against other students within their grade level from surrounding
community schools, both public and private.
2. To provide a public event which would encourage students, by learning
from other students, to pursue their own interests and studies in the fields
of science and technology.
3. To provide a public forum where students can display their own visual
interpretation of a scientific concept or principle, or technological
application, that the student has learned in school, by independent studies
or by his/her own developed interest; a forum whereby students, in the
process of designing an developing a science project from concept to
presentation, exercise specific preparation skills ( such as data gathering,
evaluation, problem solving, decision making, thought process, and creative
thinking).
4. To provide a public display of student progress in their education of
science and technology, thereby encouraging active, continual involvement by
parents, guardians, educators, governments, and the community as a whole, to
act as mentors, teachers and supporters of our children as they continue
their studies in those fields.
The following paragraph applies to High School Entrants only!!!
5. To establish a regional science fair whereby high school students from
the designated Tri-county area could compete on the required regional level,
thus allowing them to further compete on a statewide level, if the students
desire to do so.
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Here's
what people have to say about the Tri-County Science & Technology Fair...
I would like to take this
opportunity on behalf of the Westchester-Putnam Technology Educators
Association to continue the support of the fine science and technology
related activities your center provides our teachers and their students. The
Science & technology Fair is an excellent learning experience for all that
participate.
-- William Rock
Executive Secretary, New York State Technology Education Association
President, Westchester Putnam Technology Educators Association
Technology Instructor, Somers Middle School
The Westchester Section of the Science Teacher's Association of New York
State is proud to acknowledge the continuing contribution to science
education made by the Putnam Children's Discovery Center...It is more
important than ever that we look for avenues that can enrich and enhance the
curricula which is presented in schools. The hard work and dedication of the
staff of the Putnam Children's Discovery Center provides a mechanism for
students to pursue and master science concepts, talk with experts in the
sciences, and have fun at the same time...We plan to continue to support
their activities.
-- Marily H. Reiner
Chairperson
STANYS Westchester Section
I want to thank you and the Tri-County Science & Technology Fair Committee
for giving me that opportunity to exhibit my research project, and for the
generous prize awarded to me.
-- Gary T. Cirlin
New City, NY
On April 26th, I had the pleasure of competing in the Tri-County Science and
Technology Fair. I would like to thank you for sponsoring this event. The
Fair was a real learning experience. I genuinely enjoyed the judging. I
would also like to thank you for the generous award of $100 I received for
placing first in the Environmental category. College is always an expensive
endeavor. This will definitely help me defray the costs. I hope you will
continue to sponsor the Tri-County Fair in the future.
-- Matte Gerbil
Student, Sanders Trades & Technical High School, Yorkers, NY.
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