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The Google Science Fair is an online science competition sponsored by Google, Lego, CERN, and Scientific American.[1][2][3] It was announced in January 2011; all entries are due at 11:59:59 pm Eastern Daylight Time on April 7, 2011 and judging will occur in July 2011. The competition is open to 13–18 year old students around the globe, who will formulate a hypothesis, perform an experiment, and present their results.[1][2] All students must have an internet connection and a free Google Account to participate, as the project will be submitted through Google Sites. The final submission must include ten sections, which are the summary, an "About Me" page, the steps of the project, and a works cited page.[4]

Entries will be judged on eight core criteria, which include the student's presentation, question, hypothesis, research, experiment, data, observations, and conclusion.[5] Prizes will be awarded to three finalists. The grand prize includes a National Geographic trip to the Galapagos Islands, a US$50,000 scholarship, and an "experience" at a sponsoring organization[6]; finalists will receive a US$25,000 scholarship and assorted packages from sponsoring organizations.[7] While Larry Page and Sergey Brin were PhD students at Stanford University in California, they created Google in January 1996 as a research project; Google employee Tom Oliveri highlighted the company's early days:[8]

"Science fairs help students to explore their vision and curiosity through science. Our company was founded on an experiment. We firmly believe that science can change the world."

Google's page states, "The Competition is not open to residents of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Myanmar/Burma, Syria, Zimbabwe and any other U.S. sanctioned country and is void where prohibited by law."[9]


Guest Interviews

The on-line site also contains a number of highlighted guest interviews with selected individuals, each well established and prominent in their field of science. The aim being for them to act as inspiration to youngsters[10]. The individuals chosen include Mitch Resnick, Spencer Wells, Kevin Warwick and Mariette DiChristina.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Yin, Sara. "Google Launches Worldwide Science Fair". PC Magazine. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b Roach, John. "The science fair goes online". msnbc.com. msnbc.com. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
  3. ^ Salter, Chuck (2011-01-12). "Google launches first-ever global online science fair". CNN. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
  4. ^ Google Inc. "Creating your project submission". Retrieved 2011-01-14. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ Google Inc. "Google Global Science Fair 2011". Retrieved 2011-01-14. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Jerome Taylor (January 13, 2011). "Google offers $50,000 prize in search for young Einsteins". The Independent. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  7. ^ Google Inc. "Google Global Science Fair 2011". Retrieved 2011-01-14. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ "Google unveils global science fair competition". 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
  9. ^ Google Inc. "Google Global Science Fair 2011 - Official Rules". Retrieved 2011-01-14. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  10. ^ http://www.google.com/events/sciencefair/blog.html
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