Young Scientists to Visit Cleveland

Here is an example of a cool idea that just so happens to be in my hometown.

1,300 high school students from around the world, including 34 Ohio stduents, will be in Cleveland for the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair. It's the largest high school science fair in the world, and students will compete for about $4 million in prizes and scholarships.

Northeast Ohio colleges will try to lure the students, whose weeklong activities include interacting with Nobel prize winners and astronauts. It will be interesting to see if any are successful in attracting this young talent.

The event is growing in popularity. Organizers say this year's fair, which is the 54th, has 100 more students than last year's, which was in Louisville, Ky. Donald Harless, president of Science Service, which runs the fair, said that in the last five years, participants have increased by 20 percent.

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