Navigating the Carver Science
Fair can be both exciting and challenging for parents and children. The
following are some simple tips to help guide you through the Carver Fair rules,
process, and expectations.
1)
Open, download,
and read the Student/Teacher Handbook from the Carver website.
This handbook contains critical information such as application deadlines,
event locations, project requirements, and similar details. We strongly suggest
consulting this handbook and the Carver website often, as deadlines, times, and
locations are subject to change.
2)
All Carver
participants do not have to live but must go to school within the City of
Philadelphia boundaries. All Philadelphia public, Archdiocesan, charter,
private, and home-schooled children are welcome to participate in the science
fair.
3)
Carver Fair
applications are submitted by the students' school or by a school teacher.
Since there is limited space at the Carver Fair, each school has a maximum
number of projects that they can enter into the Fair. Therefore, schools are
responsible for managing and entering their students' science fair projects.
This rule does not apply to home-schooled students; these students can enter
their projects without going through a school or a school teacher.
4)
Once your child's
Carver Fair application has been submitted and accepted, there are a series of
events of which you should be aware. These are described in detail on pp. of
the Student/Teacher Handbook and include your child's attendance at both the
Judging Day and Awards Ceremony.
5)
For questions
about your child's school-based science fair, application process, project and
student transportation, and other school-specific information, you must contact
your school-based science fair coordinator. Depending on the school, grade, or
other factors, this may be a science department head, classroom teacher, or
other designated individual. If you are not sure whom to contact or how to reach
that person, begin with your child's classroom teacher or the school principal.
6)
For city-wide science fair questions, contact one of the Carver Fair
coordinators:
Thomas Anderson, Jr.
Director/Co-Founder
G. W. Carver Science Fair
Temple University
University Services Building
Room 109
Broad and Oxford Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Phone: 215-204-4673
Fax: 215-204-6676
Email: thomas.anderson@temple.edu
Ambra B. Hook
Director
High School Instructional Programs
Office of Teaching & Learning
School District of Philadelphia
Second Floor - Suite 2018
440 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone:215-400-5702
Fax: 214-400-4211
7)
While many
individuals are available to help your child understand and successfully
participate in the Carver Science Fair, you are your child's most essential
advocate. Please continue to attend to the Carver Fair details and assist your
child with his or her involvement. Moreover, although not all children win
awards at the Carver Fair, it is important that you support and honor your
child's participation, regardless of whether they win or loose.
For additional details or
information, please contact Nancy Peter, Carver Committee Member and science
fair parent:
Director
Out-of-School Time Resource Center
University of Pennsylvania
School of Social Policy and Practice
3815 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6179
Phone: 215-898-0640
Fax: 215-573-2791
Email: npeter@sp2.upenn.edu