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North Area Counties of Kentucky Exposition of Science

Getting Started
Subject Areas
Rules
Judging
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Awards
Schedule
Forms
Links
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Directions:
Finding NKU
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Registration:
High School Projects (9-12)
Junior Projects (4-8)
Judges
Volunteers

 

Fifthteenth Annual
North Area Counties of Kentucky Exposition of Science

Affiliated with the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair

The Fifthteenth Annual NACKES Competition
will be held February 27, 2010
at
Northern Kentucky University
in the Student Union Ballroom.
The awards ceremony will be held in Regents Hall.

IMPORTANT NEWS

!!Registration is now open!!

Please note that the event date is nearly one full month earlier than previous years. Please plan accordingly.

Deadlines:

Registration Deadline: Wednesday February 17, 2010 (Online registration closes at 7:00pm. Paper work must be postmarked on or before the 17th.)
Registration Fee=$12.00

IRB/SRC Paperwork Submission Deadline: Monday February 1, 2010

Rules Changes:

Registration Limits:
4th grade - Only the top 2 projects from any school or local fair can procede to NACKES.

Middle School(5th - 8th) - 17 project limit (no more than 2 projects in a category) from any school or local fair.

Due to space limitations we reserve the right to close registration early. High School registrations will be given priority. Middle School and 4th grade registrations will be handled in order of receipt.

Project Limits:
4th grade and Middle School level projects will not be accepted in the following areas:

  • Microbiology
  • Human or Vertebrate projects that contain or make use of tissues, fluids, cells, etc.
  • Projects pertaining to the use of recombinant DNA

IRB and SRC review:
Please also review and pay special attention to the rules regarding use of animal or human subjects, hazardous chemicals and devices. We plan to continue our strict adherence to ISEF paperwork requirements set for high school participants for the 4th grade and middle school levels as well. The ISEF Rules Wizard is the easiest way to determine what forms are required for a project. IRB and SRC project reviews must be performed prior to project research. Please refer to NACKES and ISEF rules for more details.

 

Students from fourth grade through high school in the 30-county region are eligible to compete for the opportunity to participate in this event.

Overall winners in the high school division will travel in May to San Jose, California for the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), where 1500 students from all over the United States and 40 other countries compete for various awards. 

If you are a winner in your school or community’s science fair, or if you independently have worked on a science fair project your teacher will verify is of superior quality, you may participate in the NACKES fair.

 

 

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