| Date(s) | March 22 - March 25, 2010 Awards Ceremony: Thursday, March 25 |
| This fair accepts participants in the following grades: | 7 - 12 |
| Participation This fair accepts participants from: |
Alameda County Contra Costa County Marin County Napa County San Francisco County San Mateo County Solano County Sonoma County |
| Authorization This fair is authorized to qualify to CSSF participants from: |
Alameda County (partial — see next section) Contra Costa County (partial — see next section) Marin County Napa County San Francisco County Solano County (partial — see next section) |
| CSSF Qualification Issues: |
1. Students attending schools in San Mateo or Sonoma Counties cannot qualify to CSSF through the San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair, though they are eligible to participate in SFBASF for the many other opportunities offered there, including the opportunity to qualify to the International Science & Engineering Fair. Students in San Mateo County may qualify to CSSF through the San Mateo County Science Fair, while Sonoma County students may qualify through the Sonoma County Science Fair.
2. The authority for qualifying students from Alameda county is divided along geographical lines, not county boundaries. The San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair is authorized to qualify to CSSF students attending schools in communities in western Alameda County bordering the San Francisco Bay. See the Tri-Valley Science & Engineering Fair for its area of authority. 3. The authority for qualifying students from Contra Costa county is divided along geographical lines, not county boundaries. The San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair is authorized to qualify to CSSF students attending schools in communities in western Contra Costa County bordering the San Francisco Bay. See the Contra Costa County Science & Engineering Fair for its area of authority. 4. The authority for qualifying students from Solano county is divided along geographical lines, not county boundaries. The San Francisco Bay Area Science Fair is authorized to qualify to CSSF students attending schools in communities in southern Solano County bordering the San Francisco Bay. See the Sacramento Regional Science & Engineering Fair for its area of authority. |
| Comments: |
1. Since this fair does not accept team projects among its participants, such projects have no qualification route to CSSF. We therefore advise students and teachers in schools in the areas enumerated in the “Authorization” section above not to initiate science projects based upon teams if attendance at CSSF is a potential goal.
2. Since this fair does not accept students in grade 6, such students attending schools within the areas enumerated in the “Authorization” section above have no qualification mechanism to CSSF. 3. This fair is also an ISEF affiliate. |
| Web Site: | http://www.sfbasf.org/ |
| Contact for CSSF Qualification Issues: |
Greta Dahlke Lawrence Hall of Science University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 (925)842-3047 Greta.Mayfield@chevron.com |