NEW JERSEY SCIENCE LEAGUE
Welcome to the New Jersey Science League home page
These pages are designed to
provide information about the League, a brief history of the League,
registration for the League competitions, a brief summary
of the rules of the League, awards,
summary of scores for the 2008 season, and information on contacting the Director of the League.
FINAL RESULTS FOR THE
2007 – 2008 SEASON ARE POSTED
Certificates will
be mailed on 5-14-2008
Student plaques
will be shipped on 5-19-2008
HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE
Links to other NJSL pages
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You are Here. Home Page |
Biology I Team & Students Final Results posted 5-12-08 |
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Biology II Team &
Students Final Results posted
5-12-2008 |
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Chem
I Team & Students Final
Results posted 5-12-2008 |
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Chem
II Team & Students Final Results posted 5-12-2008 |
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Phy I Team
& Students Final Results posted
5-12-2008 |
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Phy
II Team & Students Final Results posted 5-12-2008 |
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Physics
C Team and Students Final Results posted 5-12-2008 |
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Monthly NewsLetter updated 5-13-2008 |
Earth Science Team &
Students Final Results
posted 5-12-2008 |
Science League email njscil@enter.net |
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NJ Science Teachers Association à |
njsta.org |
Registration form for copying and faxing. |
Email address:
njscil@enter.net
The New Jersey
Science League is a competitive science organization operating within the State
of New Jersey.
The Science
League had its beginning in 1962 by Dr. Mal Sturchio,
a professor of chemistry at
Fairleigh Dickinson University. Even though the beginning
of the League was for chemistry students only,
it finally grew to its present size offering competitive
science exams in chemistry, physics, biology, and earth science.
Registration
for the New Jersey Science League is now open to all public and private schools
in the State.
Registration
will remain open until November 16, 2007.
At that time registration will be closed to allow time
for the development
of local areas of participitation.
The Science League is unique in both the State and our Nation. Having been started in 1962 by
Dr. Mal Sturchio as a chemistry league, the League now offers competitions in biology, chemistry, physics,
and earth science for all beginning students. There are also competitions at the second year level for chemistry,
biology, and physics. The topics for this year are enclosed with this letter.
The competitions are on two levels. One level is for the students. Students within any one testing
area are ranked with each other based upon their scores on 3 of the 4 exams given. Any student
completing 3 of the 4 exams receives a certificate from the Science League. The top ten percent (10%) of the
students receiving a certificate also receive a plaque. Last year the League awarded approximately 240 student plaques.
The plaques are presented to the students in conjunction with your school’s awards program at the end of the school year.
The next level of competition is with teams. The students make up teams from the various schools.
Each school only needs two members for each team, but as many as four may compete for each subject area.
Eight teams are possible. Schools may sign up for one to eight teams. Starting with the January competition, the
teams in each subject area are ranked according to the sum of the top two student scores within each team. Team scores are cumulative from January through April. Competition within each testing area is extremely keen. By the end of the season
there can be as little as one question separating first place from second place. For each competition the results are posted
on the web at www.enter.net/~njscil . The final team score for the season will be the sum of all four exams. Schools are
ranked from #1 down to the last school. The top 10 schools (not 10%) are awarded plaques. An exception may be
Physics II and Physics C. If there are less than 50 teams, in these two areas, then only the top
3 schools will receive plaques.
Last year the NJSL offered a scholarship to the first place students in Biology II, Chemistry II, and
Physics II. This scholarship was created by the teachers in the League agreeing to not receive the mailing for January,
February, and March. The savings is passed onto the students as a scholarship. The scholarship will again be
awarded this year to the first place students in those three competitions.
In order to be part of the New Jersey Science League
you need to fill out the registration form that is attached.
Local
areas are developed based upon the schools within a geographical area. Every effort is made to keep a bus
ride to a
local host school approximately 20 to 25 minutes. During the registration process schools also
sign up
to host
one of the exams. The schools in that
area will then travel to the host school for the exam. Hosting an exam
consists
of providing a location for the teachers and students in an area to take an
exam. The host school provides
refreshments
at the end of the meet, while the teachers with the use of a scan-tron grade the exams.
The results of the
exams
along with the scan-trons are returned to the League
Office where they are entered into a computer to
be posted
on the internet.
Please
return your registration in the envelope provided. You may also fax your registration to
908-213-8924.
You
may download the registration form from the internet and email it to njscil@enter.net. If you have any
questions,
please call 908-213-8923 or email and the director of the League will get back
to you as quickly as possible.
Thank you for your time. I’m looking forward to receiving your registration.
Sincerely, Bill Spears, Director of NJSL
Vanessa Rainford
TESTING DATES FOR THE NEW JERSEY SCIENCE LEAGUE
THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2008;
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008
THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2008;
**THURSDAY APRIL 10, 2008
Each area may select a date in April, other than the first week, for all schools in the area to take the exam.
No area may take the April exam during the
first week of April.
New Jersey Science League
PO Box 65
Stewartsville, NJ 08886-0065
phone # 908-213-8923 fax # 908-213-8924
email: njscil@enter.net