SSP Middle School Program
Program Information
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SSP Middle School Program
With much regret, Society for Science & the Public (SSP) announces that the SSP Middle School Program will be suspended, effective in 2009, because sponsorship to support the expense of the program has not yet been indentified. SSP remains committed to continuing efforts to secure a sponsor or sponsors to support a program that serves our middle school science fair participants, and, if successful, will reactivate the SSP Middle School Program in the future. We have every confidence that in less challenging economic times, we will secure sponsorship to reestablish a quality program that celebrates and encourages the critically important middle school student. We are extremely proud of the ten years of the program and the accomplishments of over 75,000 middle school science fair participants. A total of 3,900 semifinalists and 390 finalists were honored over the course of the DYSC, the DCYSC and the SSP Middle School Program from 1999-2008. We have delighted in seeing alumni of this program participate in our high school programs, the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair and the Intel Science Talent Search, and in hearing of their achievements in so many other arenas. The SSP Middle School Program was the only U.S. national science competition for science fair participants in grades 5–8. 300 semifinalists and then 30 Finalists are selected annually from a national field of thousands to participate in the finals of this competition. Gathering in Washington, DC each October, the Finalists present their projects to judges, fellow students and the public. In addition, Finalists work in teams on a variety of scientific experiments to judge their science, reasoning and communication skills. The SSP Middle School Program was born from our commitment to serving the middle school science fair audience as we have done for nine years with Discovery Communications through the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge. Society for Science & the Public is proud to offer this program to encourage middle school students to pursue their interest in science and independent research. SSP Middle School Program 2008 Winners
SSP Middle School Program 2008 finalistS SSP announced the 30 finalists of the SSP Middle School Program 2008 on September 17, with the full listing below. The 30 Finalists win an all-expense paid trip to Washington DC in October 2008 to compete for over $40,000 in scholarships. The SSP Middle School Program 2008 Finalists will have the opportunity to present their original science project to judges and the public at the Marian Koshland Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences on Sunday, October 19. The Koshland Science Museum will also host the team science experiments the following day. SSP Middle School Program 2008 semifinalistS SSP announced the 300 semifinalists of the SSP Middle School Program 2008 on September 3, with the full listing below.
SSP Middle School Program 2008 Nominees Across the country, over 7,500 students were nominated for the Society for Science & the Public Middle School Program 2008 at science fairs throughout the spring. Over 1,900 of these nominees submitted an online entry by the deadline and won an entry prize. The following is a list of nominees who came to the site to register. |
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