All activities and events will take place within the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, adjacent to, and just south of, the California Science Center.
| Monday, May 19, 2008 | ||
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| 10:00 a.m. | Registration Opens | |
| 1:00 - 4:30 p.m. | Public Viewing of Fair Projects | |
| 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. | Affiliated County and Regional Fair Coordinators Meeting Location: Clipper Club Room, Lower Level, East side |
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| 4:00 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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| 5:00 p.m. | * | Opening Ceremony and Keynote Address |
| Tuesday, May 20, 2008 | ||
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| 7:00 a.m. | Sports Arena opens for judges and participants only. |
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| 8:00 a.m. | Student Orientation | |
| 8:00 a.m. | 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: California Science Center, Administrative Offices East, Conference Room 3 This is at the California Science Center, not the Sports Arena. |
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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 Sports Arena. 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: TBA |
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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: California Science Center, Administrative Offices East, Conference Room 3 This is at the California Science Center, not the Sports Arena. |
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| 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | * | Awards Ceremony |
| 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Project Removal No projects may be removed until the end of the Awards Ceremony. All projects must be removed during this period. |
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Last updated:
Fri Mar 21 13:03:14 PDT 2008