57th Annual RGV Regional Science and Engineering Fair
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Senior Division Fair (High School grades 9-12)
Location:  Jacob Brown Auditorium (600 International Blvd, Brownsville, TX)

Junior Division Fair (Middle School grades 6-8)
Location:  Garza and Annex Gym (80 Fort Brown, Gorgas Drive, Brownsville, TX)

Friday, Feb. 10
4 p.m. — Check-in, set-up, Display and Safety (NOTE:  No one can check-in on Saturday!)
7 p.m. — Doors close
7:30 p.m. — Display and Safety staff leave the building
Saturday, Feb. 11
7:30 a.m. — Students form a line to enter buildings
• Senior Division (HS) – Jacob Brown Auditorium
• Junior Division (MS) – Garza Gym (Texas Southmost College campus)
8 a.m. — Doors open for students at their respective sites
• Senior Division (HS) – Jacob Brown Auditorium
• Junior Division (MS) – Garza Gym (Texas Southmost College campus)
• Judges check-in and Breakfast & Judge Orientation
• Senior Division Judges at Stillman Hall (next to Jacob Brown Auditorium)
• Junior Division Judges at Eidman Hall (behind Garza Gym and tennis courts)
8:30 a.m. — Students must be at their projects
9 a.m. to noon — Judging begins
• Senior Division (HS) – Jacob Brown Auditorium
• Junior Division (MS) – Garza Gym (Texas Southmost College campus)
Noon to 1 p.m. — Lunch
1:15 p.m. — Students return to their projects
1:30 p.m. — Judging resumes for certain categories, Special Awards and Grand Champion Awards
4 p.m. — Judging ends for Junior Division (MS) & Senior Division (HS)
4 - 5 p.m. — Public Viewing for Junior Division (MS) & Senior Division (HS) at respective locations
6:30 p.m. — Awards Ceremony for Junior (MS) & Senior Division (HS) – Jacob Brown Auditorium
• Presentation of the Colors by ROTC
 Welcome — Derick Garcia, KVEO and Carlo Tamayo, UTRGV Director of Admissions and Recruitment
• Awards by Categories
• Special Awards
• Grand Champion Awards – Announcement of students advancing to the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair on May 14-19, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA.

Monday 1/30/2017
Review Heredity- the passage of genetic instructions from one generation to the next generation.

Tuesday 1/31/2017
DNA Model Lab

Wednesday 2/1/2017
Genetics Lab

Thursday 2/2/2017
Heredity Review

Friday 2/3/2017
Heredity Assessment

Students will recognize that inherited traits of individuals are governed in the genetic material found in the genes within chromosomes in the nucleus.

Student will create a DNA model.

Students will identify the main functions of the systems of the human organism, including the circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, muscular, digestive, excretory, reproductive, integumentary, nervous, and endocrine systems.

This week students will review and test on the human organ system.

Science Fair Regional Qualifiers Registration

@ Ac2E Middle School Computer Lab

Friday - January 13, 2017

3rd Six Wks Common Assessment- Photosynthesis

Monday - Review

Tuesday - Test

 

Friday - Wear a Christmas/ Festive/Ugly Sweater Day

Class Social

 

 

Students will identify the main functions of the system of the human organism, including the circulatory, respiratory, skeletal, muscular, digestive, excretory, reproductive, integumentary, nervous and endocrine systems.