Danielle Clapper and Carly Keller, both from Southeast High School in Yoder, worked
in UW botany Professor Cynthia Weinig's laboratory during a summer mini-internship
they won at the 2018 Wyoming State Science Fair. The two students will again exhibit
at this year's fair on the UW campus, building on the lab knowledge they gained from
working with Weinig. (Erin Stoez Photo)
More than 200 students representing 36 schools will return to the University of Wyoming
campus March 3-5 for the Wyoming State Science Fair.
School groups and the public are invited to visit the 2019 Wyoming State Science Fair’s
Pre-College Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Research Competition, according
to Erin Stoez, Wyoming State Science Fair coordinator.
Students in sixth through 12th grade will display posters featuring their science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM) research.
“For many of these students, this is their first experience conducting STEM research
and presenting it in a setting similar to a research conference, where they engage
in conversations with professional scientists,” says Stoez, a lecturer in the UW Science
and Mathematics Teaching Center.
Student posters will be displayed in the UW Conference Center for public viewing Monday,
March 4, from 6:30-9 p.m., and again Tuesday, March 5, from 8:30-10:30 a.m.
Student research may cover areas as diverse as robotics, environmental management,
behavioral and social science, computational biology and chemistry.
Participating students will compete for cash prizes, scholarships and internships.
Top students are selected to represent Wyoming at the Intel International Science
and Engineering Fair (ISEF), the largest precollege celebration of science for high
school students, or at the Broadcom MASTERS competition, a national competition for
sixth- through eighth-graders. The ISEF is in Phoenix, Ariz., later this spring, and
the MASTERS competition will be held in Washington, D.C.
For more information about the Wyoming State Science Fair and how to enter the competition,
email wyostatefair@gmail.com or visit www.uwyo.edu/sciencefair/.
