Bellevue College science fair March 20 expected to draw 80 of the region’s most inventive high school students

Eighty of King and Snohomish counties’ smartest and most inventive high school students will compete March 20 in Bellevue College’s Central Sound Regional Science and Engineering Fair.

The 9th to 12th grade students from public, home and private schools will work individually or in teams to conduct independent research in one of 18 science, math and engineering categories.

Information for students who wish to take part is available online at http://scidiv.bellevuecollege.edu/sami/scifair/. Registrations are being accepted through March 10.

The public is invited to view the projects from 10 a.m. to noon on March 20, free of charge, in Bellevue College’s C Building (next to the fountain on the college’s main campus).

Winners will be announced at 2 p.m., with first-, second -and third-place ribbons awarded in separate science, math and engineering categories. An overall winner will also be announced.

Projects will be judged on their creativity, depth of content, thoroughness and clarity, among other criteria.

The science fair is sponsored by the Bellevue College’s Science and Math Institute (SAMI) and Science Division.

For further information about the fair, contact Kathryn Souza at kathryn.souza@bellevuecollege.edu or 425-564-3055.

Bellevue College’s main campus is located at 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., Bellevue, at the intersection of S.E. 28th St. and 148th Ave. S.E.

The Bellevue College Science and Math Institute, or SAMI, was launched in 2008 to interest more students of all ages in science and mathematics, on campus and in the surrounding community. Its activities range from “Science to Go” programs that bring hands-on science to middle- and elementary-school classrooms, to internship opportunities for science students and an annual, one-week Summer Science Camp for 5th and 6th-graders.