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Every year, more than 60,000 children from around the country enter science projects in one of the science and engineering fairs affiliated with Science Service. Across the country 7,500 students were then nominated for the Discovery Channel Young Scientist Challenge (DCYSC) by the science fairs throughout the spring. Chabad Hebrew Academy students Renana Schutzer, Elan Lee, and Lee Rubinoff were among those nominated. Students are judged on the scientific merit of their work and, just as importantly, on their ability to communicate the science of their project.
More than 1,900 of these nominees from 270 fairs and at least 1,200 schools submitted DCYSC entries by the June 8, 2005, deadline. Each student received a 2005 DCYSC T-shirt for getting an entry in and is now part of the next phase of the competition.
Currently, DCYSC evaluators are busy scoring all the entries, and the pool will be narrowed to 400 semifinalists. The names of the semifinalists will be announced in mid-August. From the semifinalists, 40 finalists will be chosen for an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., where they will compete in scientific challenges and have the opportunity to win various cool awards, including scholarships and trips. Finalists will be announced in mid-September.
Congratulations to all 7,500 students who were nominated and given the chance to enter the 2005 Discovery Channel Young Scientist Channel.
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