
Fall South Suburban Science
Meeting Sept 5, 2007
Reavis High School
Brendan Noon - Argo 2007-08 SSS Co-Chaair
Sue Galloy - Bremen 2007-08 SSS Co-CChair
Peg Macabobby – Tinley Park, Secretary
Schools in Attendance at the Fall Meeting:
Argo Hillcrest
Eisenhower Evergreen Park
Lemont Oak Forest
Richards Shephard
Oak Lawn Tinley Park
Reavis
*Savka Mladenovich- SSC liaison also in attendance
Schools Absent at the Fall Meeting:
Bremen
Discussion was held concerning the date of the Science Invitational. Concern was expressed about the date conflicting with a Mathletes’ competition. Some Science Club sponsors felt the conflicting date last year drastically decreased the number of students who could participate for some schools. Brendan will check with MVCC and see if March 1st will be okay for this year’s competition. (It was not!)
Every school will be required to run an event at the Festival.
Every school is required to bring an extra adult to supervise the students when the sponsor is running their event.
The 2008 Science Invitational will be held on Saturday, February 23 at Morraine Valley Community College.
The Schedule of events are as Follows:
8:30 Registration & Judges/Coaches Meeting
8:45 Welcome to the Students Instructions and announcements for students
9:00-9:40 Session I
9:50-10:30 Session II
10:40-11:20 Session III
11:30-11:50 Science Bowl Finals
12:00-12:30 Awards
There is a $75 entry fee per school. The 12 Conference members have already paid those fees. Additional School’s fees should be directed to Brendan Noon at Argo Community High School.
Once Brendan confirms the schools competing this year, a lottery will determine the rounds in which schools will participate in the various events.
Invitations will be sent out to TF North and South, Joliet, Crete Monee, Andrew, Stagg, and Sandburg.
Rules for events should be sent to Brendan by September 30th, so they may be posted on the website he has set up.
The following events will be held this year:
3) Biology (Fresh/Soph)Exam – Rich South
***Discussion was held to have 2 bio exams one for Freshmen/Sophomores and one for students who are in AP Bio.
5) Geology/Meteorology Exam – Lemont
***Discussion was held concerning 2 earth science exams. These exams will be held in 2 rounds so not to conflict with the other exams. If a school has 2 students taking these exams, they must both take it during the same time/round.
7) What Are You Trying To Tell Me? – Tinley Park
8) Bridge Building - Evergreen Park
***Discussion was held about the type of wood and type of glue acceptable.
Any wooden toothpick, and any glue may be used. Bridges can not be laminated.
9) Mousetrap Vehicles – Eisenhower
***directions will be altered this year to have the vehicle carry a 200g mass.
11) Acid Base Titration – Hillcrest
12) Science Bowl – Little Red School House
13) Qualitative Analysis – Oak Forest
14) Anatomy/Physiology – Andrew
16) Crime Scene Investigation – Reavis
Guest Speakers for the day will be looked into once the date has been confirmed by Brendan after he speaks with Dr. Fraites from MVCC.
Awards will be given to the top 5 in each event. 1st place will recieve a Borders Gift Certificate.
Brendan will check with Dr. Fraites to see how many MVCC will supply.
Spring Meeting will not be held after the event, instead it will be held the week following the event on Thursday at 4:00 at Oak Forest High School
minutes respectfully submitted 9/09/07, Peg Macabobby, TPHS
Contact List:
Brendan Noon Argo bnoon@argo217.k12.il.us
Bradley Wright Eisenhower bradley.wright@CHSD218.org 219-742-5608
Kathy Augustyn Evergreen Park Kaugustyn@evergreenpark.org 424-7400x360
Linda Griffin Hillcrest lgriffin@bhsd228.com 335-3210
Tim Leffler Lemont tim@mail.lemont.k12.il.us 630-257-5838x3266
Sue Harmon Oak Forest sharmon@bhsd228.com 687-0500x3712
Faith Nelson Oak Lawn fnelson@olchs.org 424-5200x5679
Jenny Kimmey Oak Lawn jkimmey@olchs.org
Linda Coyne Reavis lcoyne@d220.org 912-4592
Linda Zayed Reavis lzayed @d220.org 599-7200x176
Tim Prost Richards timothy.prost@chds218.org 499-2550x5389
Jeff Partynski Shephard JEFF.PARTYNSKI@CHSD218.ORG 630-728-8570
Sue Galloy Bremen sgalloy@bhsd228.com 371-3600x3314
Peg Macabobby Tinley Park pmacabobby@bhsd228.com 532-1900x3815
*Savka Mladenovich Oak Forest smladenovich@bhsd228.com 687-0500x2604
*SSC liason Science