2nd Kiwanis science fair triples entries

The number of students competing in the Kiwanis Community Science Fair this year has nearly tripled and so have the number of entries, the Kiwanis club announced.

The first science fair in this area was held in March 2006 with 515 Cave Creek Unified School District students from kindergarten through 8th grade working on a combined total of 270 science projects.

In this second year, over 1,400 students from grades K‑12 have submitted applications for more than 650 science projects. The projects were to be on display at the Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center, however, the facility does not have sufficient space for the number of projects. As a result, organizers established a two‑tier system for judging the projects at each school in the district to determine qualifiers for the final District Fair.

Kiwanis judges will score the 650 projects and the top percentage of entries from each school will be invited to compete at the 2007 Kiwanis  Community Science Fair to be held on March 12‑14.

An open house for parents, teachers, students and the public will be held on March 14 and the awards ceremony will be held at 5 p.m. that day.

Judges will present gold, silver, bronze and honorable mention medals. The gold medal winners will get a $50 first‑prize award. Other prizes include plaques for the winning class projects, and trophies for “Best of Show” budding scientists. All students whose projects “graduate” to Tier 2 at the FAC will also be awarded a Science Fair T‑Shirt.

The organizers are members of the Science Education Committee of Kiwanis Club of Carefree partnered with the science teachers of the region’s schools.