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STEM
Exhibition Symposium
The
Symposium
is part of the annual Chicago Public Schools
Student STEM Exhibition. The Symposium is an
opportunity for the exchange of ideas between a
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
his/her ability to express himself/herself
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
Any high school
student who desires to participate in the
Symposium must submit the Official
Symposium Entry
Form, Abstract, Safety Sheet, Endorsement(s)
(if required), Photography Consent Letter
and research paper to
the Symposium Chairperson, Lucy Young via
email at cpssciencefair@gmail.com no
later than January 16, 2023 for evaluation and
selection. Please do not send paper copies
to her school. Late papers will not be
accepted.
Please submit documents as
follows:
1) Signed Official
Symposium Entry Form as one separate pdf.
2) Signed Photography
Consent Letter as one separate pdf.
3) Abstract, signed Safety
Sheet, approved Endorsement(s) (if
required), and research paper all in one
pdf.
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 in the 2019-2020
Handbook 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 also wishes to
participate in the Symposium needs to submit their
required documents and their research
paper as outlined above. The page
limit of 30 pages also applies to Symposium papers. Each
copy to be entered in the
Symposium must be accompanied by the 2022
Student STEM Exhibition Official Entry Form
for Symposium and Essay Competition, an IJAS
Safety Sheet, and the appropriate
endorsement(s) if applicable. The student is
required to do original research. Symposium
papers are due to Lucy Young at cpssciencefair@gmail.com, by 16January
th, 2023. There
will be no extension of the
deadline. Papers submitted after the deadline
will not be accepted and a reply will be sent
to the author as having missed the deadline.
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 be returned
to the student.
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 Program
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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