Action Plan Intel ISEF 2008

Educator AcademyMay 2008

Sri Lanka

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High Level Goals

• Long term goals (3-5 years)– Every school in the country to participate at the

National Science and Engineering competition (5,000 students from 10,000 schools).

– Make research based projects an important part of school curriculum.

• Short term goals (1-2 years)– Promote Intel ISEF among schools. – Strengthen local competitions with workshops.– Win an award at Intel ISEF 2009.

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• Ways to identify our success– Increase in the number of competitors to

5,000 in five years.– All projects based on scientific research

methodology.– Increase in quality of projects submitted.– Win an award at Intel ISEF 2009.

Objectives

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Action Plan

Action Measure success? Who’s Responsible?

By when?

Promote ISEF. More children participating at local fairs.

MoE/NSF/IESL/

Intel

June 2008

Improve the SLSEF booklet. Everyone can understand the requirements clearly and prepare their projects as per the guidelines.

NSF/IESL June 2008

Workshop for Science Review Committee.

All projects reviewed without any ambiguity.

MoE/NSF/IESL/

Intel

June 2008

Cabinet paper to setup a official committee to make SLSEF an annual calendar event.

Additional support to improve local competitions government support.

MoE/NSF/IESL June 2008

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Action Plan…

Action Measure success? Who’s Responsible?

By when?

Identify potential group of teachers as key promoters within schools and Workshop for them as local facilitators and judges.

To promote SLSEF among school children and everyone to understand the process and can teach the others.

NSF/IESL

/Intel

July 2008

Conduct Junior Inventor of the Year (JIY) competition.

Increased number of competitors at JIY.

IESL October 2008

Conduct Science Research Competition (SRPC) competition.

Increased number of competitors at SRPC.

NSF November 2008

Conduct SLSEF. Select two Winners and an Observer for ISEF and felicitate teachers.

NSF/IESL December 2008

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Action Plan…

Action Measure success? Who’s Responsible?

By when?

Re-Affiliate SLSEF with Intel ISEF.

Signing of MoU and completing ISEF affiliation.

Intel October 2008

Harness private sector support.

Sponsorships to support student and local competition activities.

IESL. November 2008

Prepare winners of local competitions for ISEF.

Projects of Intel ISEF standard.

NSF/IESL/Intel January - April 2009

Sponsor winners to attend Intel ISEF.

Students participate at the Intel ISEF 2009.

Intel. May 2009

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Intel ISEF Educator AcademyReflection

– Key learning from the Educator Academy• Various local fair models and methodologies used by

different countries.

– Most beneficial Shop Talks• Affiliating new science fairs – Sharon Snyder.• Encouraging and mentoring research based

science/engineering projects – Dr. Arnab Bhattacharya.

– Types of Shop Talks missing• How local ISEF Workshops are conducted.

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Sri Lanka Team

• Prof. M. T. M. Jiffry – National Science Foundation (NSF), Sri Lanka– Chairperson, Advisory Committee of NSF– Chairperson, Science Review Committee of SLSEF

• Mr. Jayavilal Meegoda– Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL)– Chairperson, “Junior Inventor of the Year” Competition

• Mr. Priyantha K. Weerabahu– Intel, Sri Lanka– Education Program Manager

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• Mr. Anura Dissanayake

– Project Director

– Secondary Education Modernization Project (SEMP)

– Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka

MoE Guest & Team Member