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All activities and events will take place within the California Science Center.
Note that several of the times on the schedule for Monday have changed by 30 minutes since originally published in February.
| Monday, May 18, 2009 | ||
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| 10:00 a.m. | Registration Opens | |
| 12:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Public Viewing of Fair Projects | |
| 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Affiliated County and Regional Fair Coordinators Meeting Location: Wallis Annenberg Building, Room 375 — New Location |
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| 3:30 p.m. | Project Registration closes All projects must be registered by this time, though a short additional time is allowed to complete the Display Approval process. |
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| 4:30 p.m. | * | Opening Ceremony and Keynote Address Location: Big Lab, Wallis Annenberg Building |
| Tuesday, May 19, 2009 | ||
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| 7:00 a.m. | Science Center opens for judges and participants only. |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Student Orientation Location: Big Lab, Wallis Annenberg Building |
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| 8:00 a.m. | All judges examine project displays before the First Judging Session. No interviews will be conducted because students should not be present at this time. |
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| 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | * | First Session of Judging for all awards, in parallel. Includes:
All Category Awards
All Special Awards All Recognition Awards Science Fair Student of the Year project reviews. |
| 10:00 a.m. | California State Science Fair Teacher of the Year Interviews Location: Administrative Offices East, Conference Room 3 |
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| 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | Scheduled Break in Judging Some non-category judges may still be in attendance to review project displays, but students are not required to be at their projects now, and no interviews will be conducted during this time. |
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| 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | * | Final Session of Judging for Category and Special Awards. Recognition Awards presented to winners at their projects. |
| 12:30 p.m. | Judging Ends. All participants must exit the Science Center. All displays must remain in place until Removal Time (below). |
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| 12:30 p.m. | California State Science Fair Student of the Year Finalists Announced Location: Main Lobby, Wallis Annenberg Building |
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch provided for all students Location: North side of the Science Center |
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| 12:30 p.m. | Students are now free. Suggested local sites include IMAX Theater, California Science Center, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California African American Museum, and the USC Campus. |
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| 1:00 p.m. | California State Science Fair Student of the Year Interviews Location: Administrative Offices East, Conference Room 3 |
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| 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Project Removal Senior Division projects must be removed before 4:00 p.m. Junior Division projects have until 5:00 p.m. to remove projects. Projects not removed during this period will be discarded. |
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| 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | * | Senior Division Awards Ceremony Location: Big Lab, Wallis Annenberg Building |
| 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | * | Junior Division Awards Ceremony Location: Big Lab, Wallis Annenberg Building |
* Photographs will be taken, and press interviews (newspaper, radio, and TV) may be held at these times. Fair photographs will be posted to the World Wide Web. Please dress appropriately.
Last updated:
Fri May 15 08:17:26 PDT 2009