CAPE Convention is rockin' the giveaways

The Yakima Homeschool group is planning their 2009 Convention, and this year they have some awesome door prizes, like a computer from Green PC Academy. Head over to the CAPE website to check out the classes and workshops they have scheduled for this year's CAPE Convention. It's a fantastic annual event with family-friendly pricing, a great variety of vendors and door prizes, like a computer, gift certificates, Discovery Toys, plus curriculum items like books and parent guides.

Washington Homeschool Science & Engineering Fair

Thursday, February 26^th, 2009 6-9 p.m.

Trinity Baptist Church

18652-116^th Avenue SE, Renton, WA

(Do not send registration forms to this address)

The purpose of WHSEF is to provide a science fair which is open to all homeschooled students. All participants will receive a medallion at the end of the evening. With the feedback students receive at this fair, they can improve their projects and continue on to regional and state science fairs.

If you didn’t attend a workshop and do not know what is expected at science fairs, please feel free to come and observe. You will learn even more if you volunteer to listen to presentations. Thirty homeschool students participated last year and twelve went on to state. Six of those students won state trophies.

The fair is only 6 weeks away. If your child still needs help choosing a topic, I recommend the following Selah website: http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JHS/Brown/HowToDoAProject.htm

Please fill out the following registration form and return it by Jan. 31^st, 2009. If your child wants to do a project involving humans or animals, contact me at kpbrighton@yahoo.com as soon as possible. These projects take extra time for approval before beginning experiments.

WHSEF 2009 Registration Form

Student Name__________________________________________

Student Grade__________________________________________

Student Age___________________________________________

Parent Name___________________________________________

E-mail address _________________________________________

Phone Number_________________________________________

Parent or Adult Volunteer________________________________

For participation in this fair each child must have a parent or adult volunteer during the fair to listen to other children present their projects. For families with two or more children participating, two adults are sufficient. Fill out separate forms for each child. A $3 donation per child would be appreciated to cover the cost of the medallions.

Project Title____________________________________________

Scientific Category______________________________________

Animal Sciences, Behavioral & Social Sciences, Biochemistry, Cellular and molecular biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth & Planetary Science, Engineering: Electrical & Mechanical, Engineering (Materials & Bioengineering), Energy & transportation, Environmental Management, Environmental Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Medicine & health sciences, Microbiology, Physics and astronomy, Plant Sciences.

Send Registration Forms by 1/31/09 to:

WHSEF 18512 SE Petrovitsky Rd, Renton, WA 98058

For questions contact: kpbrighton@yahoo.com