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STEM Exhibition Symposium
The Symposium is part of the annual Chicago
Public Schools Exhibition Student STEM
Research. The Symposium is an opportunity for
the exchange of ideas between a high school
student presenter and a panel of university
and industrial scientists in a particular area
of science or mathematics. Emphasis is placed
on a student’s inherent scientific interest
and their ability to express themselves
completely and correctly in oral and written
form. Symposium entrants are required to
conduct original research as a basis for the
Symposium paper. However, this research need
not be exhibited at the Citywide STEM
Exhibition. The research paper requirements
for exhibits and the Symposium are identical.
Research involving humans, non-human
vertebrates, human and vertebrate animal
tissue, microorganisms, and recombinant DNA
may require appropriate endorsement.
Entry Procedure
Papers only go through the approval
process first. Any high school student who
desires to participate in the Symposium must
fill out the 2023 Regional STEM Exhibition
Project Registration form:
https://forms.gle/ruAzquxfHQQqLs859, selecting
Symposium (only projects selected
by their school are allowed to enter the
Exhibition). Within the form, you
will submit your research paper no later
than January
13, 2023, for
evaluation and selection. Please do not send
paper copies or email. Late papers
will not be accepted.
FOR RESEARCH PAPER: Upload Abstract,
Safety Sheet, Endorsement(s) - if applicable,
Title Page, Table of Contents,
Acknowledgements, Purpose and Hypothesis/Real
World Problem, Background Research, Materials
and Methods of Procedure, Results,
Conclusions, Reference List. The page limit of
30 pages (plus endorsement pages) also
applies to Symposium papers.
Students whose papers are selected
will be notified and given a complete set of
instructions for participation in the Citywide
Symposium. Judge feedback will be sent to all
students. Examine the Symposium Paper/IJAS
State Checklist linked in the Documents tab on
the left for helpful information in completing
the Symposium paper.
Symposium Papers
The Symposium paper is the same as the
Research Summary and Abstract described in
previous sections of the handbook. A high
school student who plans to enter a project in
the Citywide STEM Exhibition and
wishes to participate in the Symposium needs
to submit their required documents and
their research paper as outlined above.
Papers
submitted by the due date will be read and
evaluated by the Screening Committee. Any
papers that do not follow the guidelines in
the STEM Exhibition Handbook will not
advance to City. Each school is allowed
to submit to the Symposium Committee no more
than 30 research papers. The total of 30
papers includes both Symposium papers and
Essay papers.
Symposium Sessions
An orientation
meeting for all finalists will be held before
the Symposium date to familiarize the students
with the Symposium locations and available
audiovisual equipment which may include an LCD
Projector and screen. Participants will be
given complete details as to procedures and
scheduling for their presentation in the
program.
Each finalist will be
given 10 minutes to present his/her paper,
followed by a five-minute question-and-answer
period. All participating students must remain
for the entire morning or afternoon session.
The main task of the participant is to present
(in the time allotted) a recapitulation of
his/her Research Summary, highlighting the
Purpose, Hypothesis, Review of Literature,
Materials, Results, and Conclusion(s).
Judges will
not accept revisions of student papers
after they have been received from the
Symposium Committee.
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