From: Christa Steinkamp and Dr. Andrew Thoron, Agriscience Fair Superintendents Greetings, Advisors, with students preparing for the Georgia FFA Agriscience Fair! We have resources for you & your student on the Agriscience Fair page <https://www.georgiaffa.org/page.aspx?ID=91> on our website. Please do not wait until the last minute to work on the application or ensure students have created their AET accounts. Please call me or someone in your Region office if you need help getting your students into their accounts. *Due March 15th *on the National FFA Application center at www.ffa.org*:* **Agriscience Fair Application (complete with electronic signatures)* **Agriscience Fair Written report (pdf uploaded into the application)* *Application/Written Report* *The Agriscience Fair Application is housed in the Application Manager on FFA.org. Each student must have an active MyFFA account to begin an application. Students should log in to their MyFFA account, access the Application Manager, and create an application. Once a student has created the application, their advisor can see the application in their Application Manager. *For team projects, one student must sign in & start the application, then assign another student on the bottom of the cover page. Then, the 2nd student can log in and have editing access to the application. *The Agriscience Fair Application requires electronic signatures. Signatures must be requested from the student's login. The application manager will email the person requested for signature approval, so please do not wait until the day these are due to request electronic signatures. *The National FFA report templates are encouraged for all written reports and are available on our website. *Once the written report is complete, please upload a PDF copy to the application manager. *All successive year projects must submit an Extension form and abstract for each prior year’s work as part of written material submitted by the state deadline. *Poster/ Visual Display **(for interviews at State Convention)* *See the handbook for guidance. The same parameters must be followed. *Please see this document from Dr. Thoron on suggestions for creating a digital display or email us if you have questions. *Agriscience Fair timeline* Important Dates & Deadlines for the Georgia FFA Agriscience Fair: * March 15th: Agriscience Fair application and written report materials due online. * March 26-27: Agriscience Report Judging *(we still need judges, check the email from Mr. Lastly to sign up)* * April 1: Agriscience Fair finalist announced. * April 26: State Agriscience Fair Interviews (with posters/display boards). * April 27: State Agriscience Fair winners recognized in Sessions 5 & 6 *Tricky topics:* some topics are difficult to determine proper category placement. If a project is in question, please email the abstract to [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] and request a category determination. *Scoring* All Agriscience Fair projects submitted will be screened and scored by a committee of Ag teachers and state staff members. Projects will be scored using the Written Report Rubric (Pre-Qualifying) and the Interview Rubric (Convention Rubric) for the appropriate division. Please review the appropriate rubrics to make sure your students answer enough information for the judges to score them. Rubrics and other information is posted on the Georgia Ag Ed website <https://www.georgiaffa.org/page.aspx?ID=91> & National FFA website <https://www.ffa.org/participate/awards/agriscience-fair/>. Please review the State Agriscience Awards bulletin <http://gaaged.org/page.aspx?ID=91>. *Adding final written reports and applications to the state Submission List **(Submitting applications on the Application Manager video) <https://youtu.be/9Bp8ljdnbb0>*.*:* 1. Log in to your Georgia AgEd account. 2. In the left side menu bar, scroll down and click the “Go To Degree/Application Manager” link. 3. Go into each State Degree application and, once the application is complete, be sure to click the “Save/Print Application” button to generate a revised PDF of the final application. That version # is the one you will need to make sure is used in the next steps. You can also print that PDF file for a hard copy of the application. 4. On your main Application Manager page, look in the middle of the screen for the “State Submission List & Feedback” button and click it. 5. At the top of the screen, in the list of application types, click on the 2023 Agriscience Fair. 6. In the middle of the page, look for the “Add by version #” or “Browse” buttons. You can enter the version number of the application(s) you want to be submitted in the search box, or click the browse button to see your list of eligible applications. 7. When an application is added to the Submission List, you will see it listed on the bottom portion of your screen in the Submission List. Then repeat the process for each of your Agriscience Fair applications. 8. Confirm that all of the Agriscience Fair applications from your chapter are listed on the bottom half of the page in the “Submitted” list. That is how the applications will be reviewed for state approval. 9. You’re done…that’s it. Really, once your application(s) show up in that Submission List…that’s all you have to do. Agriscience Fair Resources: ü Georgia FFA Agriscience Fair webpage <http://gaaged.org/page.aspx?ID=91> ü National FFA Agriscience Fair Resources page <https://www.ffa.org/participate/awards/agriscience-fair/> Georgia FFA Agrisicence Fair Superintendents: - Christa Steinkamp, [log in to unmask] - Dr. Andrew Thoron, [log in to unmask] -- Christa Christa Steinkamp, EdS *Georgia Agricultural Education* Curriculum & Technology Director 1420 Experiment Station Road Watkinsville, GA 30677 [log in to unmask] www.gaaged.org 706-244-8991 Cell 706-542-6366 Office *Agricultural Education Mission* "Agricultural education prepares students for successful careers and a lifetime of informed choices in the global agriculture, food, fiber and natural resources systems."