By: George Z.Year: 2021School: Santa Margarita Catholic High SchoolGrade: 11Science Teacher: Yu Sun My Non-profit organization PantryGo, is an app that serves to deliver resources from food pantries directly to individual households. The application targets families who have difficulties reaching food pantries because of limited transportation, multiple jobs, absence of family members, or new financial …
By: Sydney B.Year: 2021School: Portola HighGrade: 10Science Teacher: Jeralyn Newton Steganography is the practice of concealing secret information inside of an inconspicuous carrier object. Sydney explored different methods of concealing written messages in the pixels of a digital image. Writing multiple computer programs that each concealed a given message in a picture, Sydney then tested …
A record number of SEVEN Middle-School students who submitted projects for the 2021 OCSEF were selected among the nation’s Top 300 MASTERS in the 10th annual Broadcom MASTERS® — the nation’s premier Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) competition for middle school students. The Broadcom MASTERS, a program of the Society for Science, seeks to inspire …
By: Vivian D.Year: 2021School: McPherson MagnetGrade: 7Science Teacher: Elizabeth Conrad Vivian’s project is based on fluid dynamics, she used a medium fish tank to simulate a riptide inside it along with waves. The goal of this project was to gain a better understanding of riptides and to use that information to hopefully do something interesting. …
The 67th Annual Orange County Science & Engineering Fair will take place March 9-13, 2022. Registration is now open, make sure you read and understand our guidelines before you register Read our multi-step registration process Added documents for registration can be found here Click on the “Register Here” button blow to begin the three-step registration …
Teacher Approval Form Continuation/Research Progression Projects Form Continuation/ Research Progression of Projects 1. As in the professional world, research projects may build on work performed previously. A valid continuation project is a sound scientific endeavor. Students will be judged only on laboratory experiment/data collection performed over 12 continuous months beginning no earlier than January 2021 …
A FREE online, interactive professional learning workshop for teachers and educators that will walk you through the steps of research project design, its alignment with NGSS, and support for your students entering the Orange County Science and Engineering Fair. Improve the quality of experimental design and get tips on how to start students on research …
Sign up for one of the FREE OCSEF workshops – “How to Pick a Science/Engineering Project Topic.” Wed. June 23, 2021, 11 am-12 Noon (Beginner) Sat. June 26, 2021, 10-11 am (Advanced) Sat. July 10, 2021, 10-11 am (Beginner) Sat. Sept. 25, 2021,10-11 am (Beginner) All sessions on Zoom. All the Beginner Workshop sessions will …
OCSEF announces Tuesday, December 14, 2021 as the opening day for project registrations for the 67th Annual Orange County Science & Engineering Fair. The Scientific Review Committee Applications (prerequisite to OCSEF Application) will be open from August 1, 2021 onwards. There are twenty award categories and an additional special-awards given by leading Orange County education-supporting institutes such as …
By: Thomas X.Year: 2021School: Yorba Linda HighGrade: 11Science Teacher: Daniel Eliot Drowsy driving can be lethal. Although, determining a precise number of drowsy-driving crashes, injuries, and fatalities is not yet possible, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that in 2017, 91,000 police-reported crashes involved drowsy drivers. These crashes led to an estimated 50,000 people …