Michael San Francisco, Ph.D. Chairman of the Board Biology, TTU Dan Burns Associate Director United Spirit Arena Walter L. Borst, Ph.D. Physics, TTU Tom Gibson, Ph.D. Physics, TTU Sandy Hancock Co-Director Harwell Elementary Donald R. Haragan, Ph.D. Honors College, TTU Sandy Henry Science Spectrum David Lamp, Ph.D. Physics, TTU Rita McDaniel Co-Director Lubbock-Cooper Elementary Julie Isom CISER, TTU Gerald Skoog, Ed.D. Education, TTU

2009 State Science Fair March 27th-30th The State Science Fair is the week prior to our Regional Fair, thus negating the opportunity for our winners to participate at the fair in San Antonio. The Board of Directors for the SPRSEF met and authorized Sandy Hancock to contact Kai Kamaka with the State Fair and ask for special consideration for our 6th-12th graders. Because of our special circumstances, they are going to allow 6th thru 12th grade projects from our region to participate. These projects must meet the approval of the Scientific Review Committee (SRC) to be authorized to compete at the State Fair. If you feel that one or more of your students have a project that could move on to state, please forward the required paperwork to Sandy Hancock no later than March 9th. The paperwork must have 2 copies of all forms and the abstract must be typed on the ISEF abstract form. When your student competes at our Regional Fair, the abstract must be typed on the SPRSEF abstract form. Once the SRC has selected the projects eligible for the State Science Fair, you will be notified by E-mail with a PIN#. You will then be able to register for the State Science Fair online. Additional forms and information may be found at www.societyforscience.org. The SRC will accept the 20 best applications. Incomplete applications will not be considered. If you have any questions feel free to call Sandy or Rita. Good Luck!