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KYVL: High School Resources: For High School Students

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Louisville Regional Science & Engineering Fair

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In the midst of final exams, six students from LRSEF 2017 are preparing to attend the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) from May 14-19 in Los Angeles, CA.

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Any everyday occurrence can spark an interest in science, which is why Regeneron Science Talent Search Finalists and Scholars are an extremely diverse group. They come from all walks of life, from schools that are large and small, rural and urban, public and private. Some are just naturally drawn to science of their own accord, some have families with scientists, and some simply see a problem and use science to fix it. Some students jump in as early as middle school, while others complete research in as little as a month, just before their last year in high school. No single path is the right one for every student, but one thing always holds true - no matter which path you take, you have an equal chance of winning the Regeneron Science Talent Search.

Not sure where to begin? Here are some of the pathways you might choose:

Pathway #1 - Complete Research at Your High School

Some high schools have science research classes in which you can enroll and complete a science research project over the course of a semester. If an official course isn't offered at your school, some teachers have research programs where students meet during lunch or on weekends to complete research right in the school. If that isn't established yet, try talking to your teacher or the sponsor of the science, engineering, math, or robotics club to see if you could work on some research during lunch, after school, or whenever their club meets.

Pathway #2 - High School Science Research Programs Outside of School

Across the country there are established research programs for high school students. Most of these programs are through universities and companies who employ scientists. Many summer programs have applications due in January, so start searching early.

Pathway #3 - Connect with a Scientist One-on-One

If you have an interest in a specific area of science, or you weren't able to join an established research program, you can get permission from your parents to contact scientists on your own and ask if they would accept a high school student into their lab. First you should decide what subject area interests you - see the section below entitled "Deciding on a Subject Area." Then look online at local colleges and universities to find professors in that subject area. To increase your chances, it is best to read about the research each scientist does, then call or email the scientist explaining why you are interested in that particular topic. Sometimes friends, family members, or teachers know scientists who might enjoy working with you. Try to be as independent as possible in contacting those scientists and selecting a research question.

Pathway #4 - Solve a Problem in Your Community

Do you have a question about the world that you could investigate on your own? Can you build a model to test a scientific question? Is there a problem in your community that could be solved using science? If any of these are true for you, you might be able to complete your research outside of any program or research institution. If you live in an area that is not near research institutions, this might be a great option for you.

Pathway #5 - Theoretical Research

Some students choose to skip the lab bench and do some theoretical research. Some mathematics research can be performed without any special equipment and without leaving your home (except for a few trips to the library). You can read journal articles in the subject area of your choice and initiate your own exploration using your own ideas.

Deciding on a Subject Area

Sometimes a particular topic or subject area really stands out and gets you thinking. If you're not sure what subject areas you like, one good idea is to look at the topics in Science News and Science News for Students. On the landing page, you'll see articles divided by subject area. Here are the subject areas of science that might match up with those topics:

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Any everyday occurrence can spark an interest in science, which is why Regeneron Science Talent Search Finalists and Scholars are an extremely diverse group. They come from all walks of life, from schools that are large and small, rural and urban, public and private.

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The categories listed below are those that will be used at the Intel ISEF 2018.

Local, regional, state and country fairs may or may not choose to use these new categories, dependent on the needs of their area. Please check with your affiliated fair(s) for the appropriate category listings at that level of competition.

Category Selection Advisement:

Many projects could easily fit into more than one Intel ISEF category. We highly recommend that you review the entire listing of the new categories before choosing the category that most accurately describes your project.

You don't need to compete in the same category as in your regional or state competition. Furthermore, most regional and state competitions do not use subcategories. You should carefully consider which subcategory best describes your project because your judges will be assigned based on their expertise in your chosen subcategory. If the project could be in multiple subcategories (or categories), it is best to select the primary subcategory of your project rather than "Other."

Ask yourself the following questions to help in the selection of a category:

1. Who will be the most qualified to judge my project? What area of expertise is the most important for the judge to have? (For example, a medical background or an engineering background?)

2. What is the emphasis of my project? What characteristic of my project is the most innovative, unique or important? (For example, is it the application in medicine or the engineering of the machine? Is it inserting the proper gene or the method of computer mapping to demonstrate the results?)

Animal Sciences (ANIM)
Behavioral and Social Sciences (BEHA)
Biochemistry (BCHM)
Biomedical and Health Sciences (BMED)
Biomedical Engineering (ENBM)
Cellular and Molecular Biology (CELL)
Chemistry (CHEM)
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CBIO)
Earth and Environmental Sciences (EAEV)
Embedded Systems (EBED)
Energy: Chemical (EGCH)
Energy: Physical (EGPH)
Engineering Mechanics (ENMC)
Environmental Engineering (ENEV)
Materials Science (MATS)
Mathematics (MATH)
Microbiology (MCRO)
Physics and Astronomy (PHYS)
Plant Sciences (PLNT)
Robotics and Intelligent Machines (ROBO)
Systems Software (SOFT)
Translational Medical Science (TMED)
ANIMAL SCIENCES (Code: ANIM)

This category includes all aspects of animals and animal life, animal life cycles, and animal interactions with one another or with their environment. Examples of investigations included in this category would involve the study of the structure, physiology, development, and classification of animals, animal ecology, animal husbandry, entomology, ichthyology, ornithology, and herpetology, as well as the study of animals at the cellular and molecular level which would include cytology, histology, and cellular physiology.

Subcategories:

Cellular Studies
Development
Ecology
Genetics
Nutrition and Growth
Physiology
Systematics and Evolution
Other

Animal Behavior (BEH): The study of animal activities which includes investigating animal interactions within and between species or an animal's response to environmental factors. Examples are animal communication, learning, and intelligence, rhythmic functions, sensory preferences, pheromones, and environmental effects on behaviors, both naturally and experimentally induced.

BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (Code: BEHA)

The science or study of the thought processes and behavior of humans and other animals in their interactions with the environment studied through observational and experimental methods.

Subcategories:

Clinical & Developmental Psychology
Cognitive Psychology

Neuroscience
Physiological Psychology
Sociology and Social Psychology
Other

Clinical and Developmental Psychology (CLN): The study and treatment of emotional or behavioral disorders. Developmental psychology is concerned with the study of progressive behavioral changes in an individual from birth until death.

Neuroscience (NEU): Studies of the neural basis of cognitive processes, including learning and memory, language and thought, perception, attention, and affect. It investigates the human brain, from the functional organization of large scale cerebral systems to microscopic neurochemical processes.

BIOCHEMISTRY (Code: BCHM)

The study of the chemical basis of processes occurring in living organisms, including the processes by which these substances enter into, or are formed in, the organisms and react with each other and the environment.

Subcategories:

General Biochemistry
Medicinal Biochemistry
Structural Biochemistry
Other

Analytical Biochemistry (ANB): The study of biochemical components found in a cell or other biological sample. The study of the separation, identification, and quantification of chemical components relevant to living organisms.

BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES (Code: BMED)

This category focuses on studies specifically designed to address issues of human health and disease. It includes studies on the diagnosis, treatment, prevention or epidemiology of disease and other damage to the human body or mental systems. Includes studies of normal functioning and may investigate internal as well as external factors such as feedback mechanisms, stress or environmental impact on human health and disease.

Subcategories:

Cell, Organ, and Systems Physiology

Genetics and Molecular Biology of Disease

Nutrition and Natural Products

Nutrition and Natural Products (NTR): The study of food, nutrients and dietary need in humans, and the effects of food and nourishment on the body. These studies may include the effects of natural or supplemental nutrients and nutrition.

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (Code: ENBM)

Projects that involve the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes including diagnosis, monitoring and therapy. Prominent biomedical engineering applications include the development of biocompatible prostheses, various diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices ranging from clinical equipment to micro-implants, common imaging equipment such as MRIs and EEGs, regenerative tissue growth, pharmaceutical drugs and therapeutic biologicals.

Subcategories:

Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine

Cell and Tissue Engineering

Biomedical Devices (BDV): The study and/or construction of an apparatus that use electronics and other measurement techniques to diagnose, prevent and/or treat diseases or other conditions within or on the body.

Synthetic Biology (SYN): Studies that involve the design and construction of new biological parts, devices and systems. Such studies include biological circuit design, genetic circuits, protein engineering, nucleic acid engineering, rational design, directed evolution and metabolic engineering.

OTH Other (OTH): Studies that cannot be assigned to one of the above subcategories. If the project involves multiple subcategories, the principal subcategory should be chosen instead of Other.

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (Code: CELL)

This is an interdisciplinary field that studies the structure, function, intracellular pathways, and formation of cells. Studies involve understanding life and cellular processes specifically at the molecular level.

Subcategories:

OTH Other (OTH): Studies that cannot be assigned to one of the above subcategories. If the project involves multiple subcategories, the principal subcategory should be chosen instead of Other.

CHEMISTRY (Code: CHEM)

Studies exploring the science of the composition, structure, properties, and reactions of matter not involving biochemical systems.

Subcategories:

Environmental Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry

Materials Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Other

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY AND BIOINFORMATICS (Code: CBIO)

Studies that primarily focus on the discipline and techniques of computer science and mathematics as they relate to biological systems. This includes the development and application of data-analytical and theoretical methods, mathematical modeling and computational simulation techniques to the study of biological, behavior, and social systems.

Subcategories:

Computational Biomodeling

Computational Epidemiology

Computational Evolutionary Biology

Computational Neuroscience

Computational Pharmacology

Computational Epidemiology (EPD): The study of disease frequency and distribution, and risk factors and socioeconomic determinants of health within populations. Such studies may include gathering information to confirm existence of disease outbreaks, developing case definitions and analyzing epidemic data, establishing disease surveillance, and implementing methods of disease prevention and control.

EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES (Code: EAEV)

Studies of the environment and its effect on organisms/systems, including investigations of biological processes such as growth and life span, as well as studies of Earth systems and their evolution.

Subcategories:

Environmental Effects on Ecosystems

Atmospheric Science (AIR): The study of the Earth's atmosphere, its processes, the effects other systems have on the atmosphere, and the effects of the atmosphere on these other systems as well as meteorological investigations. Further investigation in this field relates to atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric physics, atmospheric changes (both long and short-term) that define average climates and their change over time, and upper layers of the atmosphere, where dissociation and ionization are important.

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS (Code: EBED)

Studies involving electrical systems in which information is conveyed via signals and waveforms for purposes of enhancing communications, control and/or sensing.

Subcategories:

Networking and Data Communications

ENERGY: CHEMICAL (Code: EGCH)

Studies involving biological and chemical processes of renewable energy sources, clean transport, and alternative fuels.

Subcategories:

Computational Energy Science

Fuel Cells and Battery Development

ENERGY: PHYSICAL (Code: EGPH)

Studies of renewable energy structures/processes including energy production and efficiency.

Subcategories:

Thermal Power (THR): The application of engineering principles and design concepts to capture energy from the Earth's crust to be converted to another form of energy.

Wind (WIN): The application of engineering principles and design concepts to capture energy from the wind to be converted to another form of energy.

ENGINEERING MECHANICS (Code: ENMC)

Studies that focus on the science and engineering that involve movement or structure. The movement can be by the apparatus or the movement can affect the apparatus.

Subcategories:

Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering

Industrial Engineering-Processing
Mechanical Engineering

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (Code: ENEV)

Studies that engineer or develop processes and infrastructure to solve environmental problems in the supply of water, the disposal of waste, or the control of pollution.

Subcategories:

Recycling and Waste Management

Water Resources Management
Other

Pollution Control (PLL): Studies that use engineering principles and design to prevent or control air, water and solid waste pollution.

MATERIALS SCIENCE (Code: MATS)

The study of the integration of various materials forms in systems, devices, and components that rely on their unique and specific properties. It involves their synthesis and processing in the form of nanoparticles, nanofibers, and nanolayered structures, to coatings and laminates, to bulk monolithic, single-/poly-crystalline, glassy, soft/hard solid, composite, and cellular structures. It also involves measurements of various properties and characterization of the structure across length scales, in addition to multi-scale modeling and computations for process-structure and structure-property correlations.

Subcategories:

Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials

Composite Materials (CMP): Studies that integrate multiple materials such as ceramics, fiber, metals or polymers to create a superior and unique material.

MATHEMATICS (Code: MATH)

The study of the measurement, properties, and relationships of quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols. The deductive study of numbers, geometry, and various abstract constructs, or structures.

Subcategories:

Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Game Theory
Geometry and Topology

Number Theory
Probability and Statistics
Other

MICROBIOLOGY (Code: MCRO)

The study of micro-organisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, prokaryotes, and simple eukaryotes as well as antimicrobial and antibiotic substances.

Subcategories:

Antimicrobial and Antibiotics
Applied Microbiology
Bacteriology

Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Genetics
Virology
Other

Environmental Microbiology (ENV): Studies involving microbial interactions and processes within the environment. Air microbiology, soil microbiology and water microbiology as well as the study of biofilms would be included in this subcategory.

Microbial Genetics (GEN): The study of the genetics of microorganisms such as bacteria, archaea and some protozoa and fungi and their chromosomes, plasmids, transposons and phages. Studies can also include gene transfer systems such as transformation, conjugation and transduction.

Virology (VIR): The study of viruses - submicroscopic, parasitic particles of genetic material contained in a protein coat - and virus-like agents. Research in this subcategory may focus on the development and effectiveness of treatments for viruses, the development and life cycle of a particular virus, or how the immune system recognizes a virus and what stimulates immune responses.

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY (Code: PHYS)

Physics is the science of matter and energy and of interactions between the two. Astronomy is the study of anything in the universe beyond the Earth.

Subcategories:

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Astronomy and Cosmology
Biological Physics

Condensed Matter and Materials
Mechanics
Nuclear and Particle Physics
Theoretical, Computational, and Quantum Physics
Other

Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (AMO): The study of atoms, simple molecules, electrons, light, and their interactions. Projects studying non-solid state lasers and masers also belong in this subcategory.

Biological Physics (BIP): The study of the physics of biological processes and systems.

PLANT SCIENCES (Code: PLNT)

Studies of plants and how they live, including structure, physiology, development, and classification. Includes plant cultivation, development, ecology, genetics and plant breeding, pathology, physiology, systematics and evolution.

Subcategories:

Agriculture and Agronomy
Ecology

Growth and Development
Pathology
Plant Physiology
Systematics and Evolution
Other

ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT MACHINES (Code: ROBO)

Studies in which the use of machine intelligence is paramount to reducing the reliance on human intervention.

Subcategories:

SYSTEMS SOFTWARE (Code: SOFT)

The study or development of software, information processes or methodologies to demonstrate, analyze, or control a process/solution.

Subcategories:

Languages and Operating Systems

Human/Machine Interface (HMC): Software application that presents information to a user about the state of a process and to accept and implement the operator's control instructions.

Online Learning (LRN): Studies that focus on utilizing electronic technologies to access educational curriculum outside of a traditional means. Studies explore the design of learning activities and programs with online technologies, as well as the effective use of e-learning systems.

Translational Medical Science (Code: TMED)

Projects that aim to improve human health and longevity by translating novel discoveries in the biomedical sciences into effective activities and tools for clinical and public health use. Bi-directional in concept, projects can be those developed through basic research moving toward clinical testing (bench-to-bedside) or projects that provide feedback about the applications of new treatments and how they can be improved (beside-to-bench).

Subcategories:

Disease Detection and Diagnosis

Disease Treatment and Therapies

Drug Identification and Testing

Disease Detection and Diagnosis (DIS): Studies in this category encompass a variety of novel assay methods to promote the identification, detection and determination of disorders and disease. They may involve studies at the system, organ, or cellular levels.

Drug Identification and Testing (DRU): These studies would be conducted to identify potential drugs or extracts that could be used to treat or cure disorders or disease. Studies in this category would involve initial testing of the compounds against an intended target. This category could also include testing a range of different compounds or extracts to determine relative potency and efficacy.

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The categories listed below are those that will be used at the Intel ISEF 2018. Local, regional, state and country fairs may or may not choose to use these new categories, dependent on the needs of their area. Please check with your affiliated fair(s) for the appropriate category listings at that level of competition.

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The International Rules & Guidelines include the forms necessary to document adherence to the rules. These forms constitute written documentation of what will occur, or in some cases, has already occurred, in a research project. They are designed to provide the information that is needed to review the project to ensure compliance with the Intel ISEF rules and with laws and regulations that apply to the project.

The forms should be filled out and signed before any research takes place. (Only Forms 1C, 5B, 7, and the abstract are done after the research.) The dates of the signatures reflect when the approval or consent is given. Use MM/DD/YY format for all dates.

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