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The Organizational
Handbook of the Chicago Public Schools STEM Exhibition has been prepared for
administrators, coordinators, and teachers in
the Chicago Public Schools. This handbook
presents background information about the
organizational structure and functions of this
educational program. This program is designed
to assist students who wish to become
exhibitors of projects and/or symposium/ essay
participants in the Chicago Public Schools
Student STEM
Exhibition.
In the fall of 1950, a
group of physics teachers founded the Chicago
Public Schools Student Science Fair and
presented the first fair in the spring of
1951. The purpose of the fair was to serve as
a vehicle to encourage independent research
and to offer the opportunity for students to
have their research projects evaluated by
university and industrial scientists. The
activities of this educational program came to
the attention of the business community and
the officials of the Museum of Science and
Industry. As a result, technical assistance
and financial support were offered, and
incorporation of the organization followed.
The organization was chartered in the State of
Illinois as a nonprofit corporation. Agreement
was made by the business community that a
different business organization would
co-sponsor the science fair each year.
Over the years Chicago
Public Schools Student Science Fair, Inc., has
diversified its operation and has developed a
variety of specialized programs to better
serve the students of the Chicago Public
Schools. Teachers and principals, together
with their counterparts from the business
community, serve as coordinators and
chairpersons of numerous committees at various
levels of activity.
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