In
the Fall of each year, announcements of the Northern
New England JSHS Symposium are mailed to high schools in Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont. Announcements of the Southern New England JSHS Symposium are mailed
to high schools in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The NNE-JSHS and the
SNE-JSHS symposium is held jointly at the University of New Hampshire and the
judging will be done separately for each region.
Teachers
from both regions can download and then print the following two forms. The
completed forms can be sent by mail to JSHS, University of New Hampshire,
Conferences and Catering, Stillings Hall, Room G55,
20 Ballard Street, Durham, NH 03824 or by Fax to (603) 862-0245 at University
of New Hampshire Conferences and Catering. The forms must be postmarked or
received by Fax by January 20, 2012.
If you
have any problem downloading or printing these forms, please send an email to joanne.lewis-mccoy@unh.edu or call
the University of New Hampshire Conferences and Catering office at 603-862-0863
or 603-862-1900.
Nominations:
A
teacher from each school may initially nominate up to five (5) students. A
science, technology, engineering, mathematics or humanities teacher from each
school must accompany the students to the regional symposium.
Serious students in grades 9 to 12* who have
demonstrated interest in the sciences, technology, engineering or mathematics
are eligible to participate in the regional symposium. We invite all high
school students who complete a research project in the sciences, technology,
engineering or mathematics to submit a paper on their original research. The
research paper will be selected by judges to be presented as either a talk or a
poster at the symposium.
To encourage interest in scientific,
technological, engineering or mathematical (STEM) research, we welcome the
nomination of freshman, sophomore and junior high school students without research projects to attend the
symposium, also.
* To be eligible to attend, grade 12 students
must submit a research paper and if selected, must present a paper at the
regional JSHS symposium.
A panel of judges will review all papers
submitted and select at least five students to orally present the
results of their original research to the regional JSHS symposium audience at
the Paper Session. Judging during the oral presentations
will determine the first and second place top finalists who will be invited to
make a presentation at the 50th National JSHS symposium in 2012.
The student authors of the remaining papers
will be invited to present their research at a Poster
Session where they will be able to discuss their papers with their peers,
teachers, invited guests, and the judges in a more informal setting. Posters
will be judged and the winners will be announced at the Awards Banquet being
held the evening of the symposium.
Students who are nominated to attend JSHS
should give assurance that they will be present for the entire Symposium.
Students who are nominated should have
sufficient integrity to merit their teacher's trust and confidence so that they
will reflect credit to their school and to the University of New Hampshire. It is the responsibility of each teacher to supervise
his/her own students. Our objective is to provide a positive educational
experience for all participants. If disruptive behavior should arise, the
chaperones and staff will make appropriate decisions for the benefit of all
participants.
A sample of the general Program Outline is posted on this web site.
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