State Science Day Special Physics Award, May 16

[Aubrecht, Gordon]

Dear colleagues,

We are now less than a month away from State Science Day. OS-APS and SOS-AAPT have a sponsored prize in physics for these young scientists, for which judges are needed.

Based on past entires (I do not have this year’s yet), I will need around 30 judges, and I have just half that number, 15, at the moment. I need your help if you have not already volunteered.

We meet early on State Science Day, around 8, and begin judging at around 9, finishing by about 11:30. Everyone but me is done well before noon and can leave.

If you've volunteered before, you know how much fun it is to see what the entrants come in with (barring a few that shouldn't be there, of course, but somehow sneak in). If you haven't, volunteer now and join the fun.

Please consider volunteering if you haven’t yet. Please note that this is not a request from the Ohio Academy of Science, but from OS-APS and SOS-AAPT for a sponsored prize. You cannot judge for the Academy if you volunteer to judge for us. This year, we will have up to $750 to give to awardees. We make awards in three tiers: sixth grade (new grade level as of last year), seventh through ninth grade, and tenth through twelfth grade. In previous years, we have usually given three awards at each of the latter two levels. Occasionally, we found that we had essentially ties for third place, etc. With the additional money, we might be able to allow such ties. 

At any rate, please volunteer your time as a judge on Saturday 16 May 2015 by replying to this email. It is fun. It is rewarding. You won't regret it.

Regards,

Gordon Aubrecht

OS/APS and SOS/AAPT State Science Day physics prize judge coordinator


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Gordon Aubrecht
Professor of Physics, OSU
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