March 2022 Newsletter

Read below! Everything you need to know about the LRSEF 2022 Virtual Fair.
 

• The virtual fair will take place Saturday, March 5 in two rounds of interactive judging utilizing pre-set Zoom rooms for 15-minute panel interviews. The first round will take place 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. EST/8 – 11 a.m. CST for all students. Students selected as finalists will then move to the second round of judging, to take place 1 – 4 p.m. EST/12 – 3 p.m. CST with three, 15-minute Zoom interviews for each project.
   
• Saturday's Zoom invitations for students and judges will go out in the next few days. Check your STEMWizard mailbox!
  
  

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  For Students: download the custom LRSEF background to use during your Zoom presentation during judging and review best practices for Zoom to make the most of your online presentation.
   

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  For Judges: Your custom LRSEF background will be pre-loaded in your Zoom room. Please review these best practices for judging an online science fair in advance.
   

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• On Monday, March 7 at 7 p.m., you can tune into the LRSEF Virtual Fair Awards Ceremony broadcast live from GE Appliances Monogram Hall. Look for the link to access the ceremony on our website and social media. All awards will be announced that evening at both the Junior and Senior levels, including 40 special awards and the GE Best of Fair winners. LRSEF will also announce those students chosen to compete in KY-SEF as well as the national Broadcom MASTERS and the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). 
   
• For safety reasons, all awards from LRSEF will be be delivered through participating schools or the mail by the end of March.

Announcing the LRSEF T-Shirt Design Winner! 

Congratulations to Maylin Kidwell of Noe Middle School, winner of the LRSEF t-shirt design contest. Along with her submission, Maylin told us that her interest in STEM research is inspired by her dad who is an engineer. Thank you to Maylin and all of the students who submitted a design, as well as all who took the time to vote! Students who ordered a t-shirt through STEMWizard will receive a shirt with Maylin's design. T-shirts will be delivered to schools this week.

Thank you to our sponsors and partners!

The title sponsor of the 2022 LRSEF is GE Appliances, a Haier Company.
 
LRSEF‘s technology partner is the Louisville-based company Glow Touch Technologies, inventors of STEMWizard, the platform that is used by all Kentucky science and engineering fairs, and by many states in the US.  

Special thanks to all of the 2022 category award sponsors, supporting Junior and Senior prizes for all 21 categories. 

View the full list of sponsors, donors, and category and special awards sponsors.