2009 MSEF Region V Science Fair at the Hump
March 11, 2009
Starkville, Miss.—Displaying a jellyfish’s role in the sea world; demonstrating the amount of water wasted when brushing teeth; explaining how physics affects the game of golf, all of these are just a few of the types of science projects that earned awards at last year’s Region V science fair. Young scientists, inventors and engineers are in the process of conjuring up and demonstrating more scientific experiments for this year’s Mississippi Science and Engineering Fair (MSEF) Regional V competition. More than 1,100 Mississippi elementary and high school students will fill the halls of Mississippi State’s Humphrey Coliseum with their math, science and engineering projects. The Bagley College of Engineering will host the annual event on Thursday, March 26 and Friday, March 27.
At least 48 elementary schools will have representatives competing on Thursday, March 25 and their older peers from 32 middle and high schools will compete on Friday, March 27. Award ceremonies are planned after the completion of each day’s competition.
The MSEF Region V is among Mississippi’s seven regions. The high school exhibitors who earn first, second and third places are eligible to compete at the state level at the Mississippi Science and Engineering Fair, April 1-2, at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.
Each student named an International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) exhibitor will receive an all expense-paid trip to the international competition that annually rotates within the United States. This year the ISEF will be held in Reno, Nev.
For more information about the MSEF Region V competition, please contact Eric Heiselt.