All activities and events will take place within the California Science Center, both its main building and the Wallis Annenberg Building.
| Monday, May 2, 2011 | ||
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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: California Science Center Administrative Offices, Conference Room 3 (Fourth floor) |
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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. - 5:30 p.m. | * | Opening Ceremony and Keynote Address Location: Big Lab, Wallis Annenberg Building |
| Tuesday, May 3, 2011 | ||
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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. |
| 9:00 a.m.- 11:00 a.m. | Science Fair Workshops for Parents and Teachers How to Think Like a Scientist Location: Multipurpose Room, Wallis Annenberg Building |
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| 10:00 a.m. | California State Science Fair Teacher of the Year Interviews Location: California Science Center Administrative Offices, Conference Room 1 (Fourth floor) |
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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: Under the Rotunda, Outside South Doors, CSC |
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch provided for all students Location: Under the Rotunda, Outside South Doors, CSC |
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| 12:30 p.m. | Students are now free. Local opportunities begin with the Science Fair Seminar at 2:00 pm , and include sites such as the 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, Conference Room 5 (Fourth floor) |
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| 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Science Fair Seminar for Everyone How to Do a Better Science Project Location: MUSES Room, Wallis Annenberg Building |
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| 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Project Removal All projects must be removed before 5:00 p.m., at which point the Science Center will be closed. Projects not removed during this period will be discarded. |
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| 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. | * | Junior Division Awards Ceremony Location: Big Lab, Wallis Annenberg Building |
| 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | * | Senior 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.