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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Virtual Science Fair?
When is the Virtual Science Fair?
What is Internet2?
What is an Internet2 Sponsored Education Group
Participant (SEGP)?
Who can participate?
How can I register?
When is the deadline to register?
What project descriptions can we submit?
How do I get started?
What are the evaluation criteria?
Can it be a team project?
Who do I send my project description too?
What does it cost to participate?
I don't have video conference equipment,
can I still participate?
Who is judging?
What are the prizes?
When will winners be announced?
Who do I contact for more information?
What is the Virtual Science Fair?
This event will allow students in K-12 schools throughout Oklahoma
to have the opportunity to participate in a science fair utilizing
the cutting-edge technology of videoconferencing and Internet2.
16 university and college science faculty will be stationed
at various institutions throughout the state and will judge
students' entries via video conference (H.323). The Virtual
Science Fair will be similar in all aspects of typical science
fair events; however, the students will present their entries
to a video conference camera which will project the images of
the science project through Internet2 for viewing by the judges
and students from other participating schools.
When is the Virtual Science Fair?
The Virtual Science Fair will be held on April 13, 2005.
What is Internet2?
Internet2
is a not-for-profit consortium led by over 200 universities
working in partnership with government and industry to develop
and deploy advanced network applications and technologies. The
primary goals of the Internet2 consortium are to: " Create a
leading edge network capability for the national research community
" Enable revolutionary Internet applications " Ensure the rapid
transfer of new network services and applications to the broader
Internet community. The term "Internet2" is often used to refer
to the high performance network used by the Internet2 consortium,
but this is a misnomer. Internet2 is a network of organizations
and people, not wires and routers.
What is an Internet2 Sponsored Education
Group Participant (SEGP)?
Internet2 Sponsored Education
Group Participants (SEGP) are sponsored by member universities
that allow expanded access to Abilene for state and regional
education networks, through sponsorship by Internet2 university
members. State and regional networks may include nonprofit and
for-profit K-20 educational institutions, museums, libraries,
art galleries, or hospitals that require routine collaboration
on instructional, clinical and/or research projects, services
and content with Internet2 members or with other sponsored participants.
Who can participate?
Any K-12 student in Oklahoma. There is a limit of two students
per school to participate.
How can I register?
You can fill out the registration form. It is located at www.okepscor.org/sciencefair/register.html
When is the deadline to register?
The NEW deadline to register is Friday, March 18, 2005
What project descriptions can
we submit?
How do I get started?
Fill out the registration form and you will be registered. Review
the checklist for what the judges are looking for at www.okepscor.org/sciencefair/criteria.html
What are the evaluation criteria?
We have a webpage that shows you, check out www.okepscor.org/sciencefair/criteria.html
Can it be a team project?
No, it must be an individual project
Who do I send my project description
too?
Email it to the project manager, Kristen Byers at kristenbyers@cox.net
What does it cost to participate?
There is no cost to participate. You will be responsible for
the expenses to your project.
I don't have video conference equipment,
can I still participate?
No, you will not be able to participate. Since this is a virtual
science fair we would have no way of seeing your project if
you aren't using videoconference equipment.
Who is judging?
We have a wonderful panel of judges who are scientists from
Oklahoma universities and colleges. To review them, check out
www.okepscor.org/sciencefair/judges.html
What are the prizes?
Everyone who participates will get a certificate of recognition
and first, second and third place award winners will receive
a trophy.
When will winners be announced?
The winners will be announced the first of May 2005.
Who do I contact for more information?
Contact Kristen Byers at kristenbyers@cox.net
or (918) 360-3081 for more details.
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