SUNY-ESF Outreach & Syracuse City School District proudly present
The 2008 ESF Environmental Challenge
Science Fair and Career Exploration for 7th & 8th grade students

March 14th, 2008

The Environmental Challenge is a science fair and career exploration opportunity designed especially for all Syracuse City School District seventh and eighth grade students.

Co-sponsored by the ESF Graduate Student Association (GSA) and the Faculty Governance Committee on Outreach and Public Service.

The Environmental Challenge encourages:

• Student projects that support and extend the 7/8th grade science curriculum
• Student research, scientific inquiry, and critical thinking
• Students to begin exploring science and science-related careers
• Students to explore and understand the urban environment and its relationship to the global environment

Past Challenges

• 2007 science fair page
• 2006 science fair page
• 2005 science fair page
• 2004 science fair page
• 2003 science fair page
• Eligible students to participate in the Greater Syracuse Scholastic Science Fair
• Science Project Planning Sheet (PDF)
• Environmental Challenge Rubric (criteria) - Word, PDF
• Registration Forms (school and student forms, download and print) - PDF

For information on this and next year's Environmental Challenge, contact:

• Tom Hughes
  ESF Outreach
  (315) 470-6817
  thughes@esf.edu