Annual Durham Regional Science Fair open for Registration
Organizers in the Faculty of Science at ºÚÁÏÍø are getting ready to host local young scientists at the annual Durham Regional Science Fair (DRSF) on Saturday, April 6 at the Business and Information Technology Building in the Vanhaverbeke Family Atrium.
Students must compete at a local Regional Science Fair like the DRSF to be eligible to compete at the Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF), the annual national science fair hosted by Youth Science Canada (YSC).
This DRSF is open to all students in grades 4 to 12 who live in Durham Region (Ajax, Oshawa, Pickering, Whitby and the townships of Brock, Scugog and Uxbridge) who are enrolled in public or private schools or are home-schooled. Participants do not have to have participated (or won) at any other science fairs (e.g. at their schools, libraries or other local organizations). They can enter the DRSF directly with a project that they completed in school or that they did on their own while pursuing a special interest. Projects on topics in science, technology, engineering, math, computer science, environmental science and sustainability are all eligible to complete in the DRSF.
A maximum number of two presenters is permitted for each project. The registration period closes Wednesday, March 27 at 11:59 p.m. There is a registration fee of $10 for each participant, or $20 per pair of presenters in a single project.
Register online at the .
“This will be the 17th regional science fair hosted by the Faculty of Science at ºÚÁÏÍø,” says DRSF Co-ordinator Mary Olaveson. “We are hoping to grow this regional science fair by continuing the pattern we have followed over the past several years. It is a wonderful opportunity for students to share their passion and enthusiasm for science with judges, teachers, family and the public and to meet ‘real’ scientists from the ºÚÁÏÍø community.”
After the set-up and judging of the projects in the morning of Saturday, April 6, the Fair is open to the public in the afternoon (1 to 2:30 p.m.) for viewing the projects and talking to the participants. Prizes, medals, and scholarships will be presented in each of four grade categories: elementary (grades 4 to 6), junior (grades 7 and 8), intermediate (grades 9 and 10) and senior (grades 11 and 12). Students in grades 7 to 12 are eligible to win an all-expense paid trip to compete at the Canada-Wide Science Fair being held at Carleton University in Ottawa in May 2024; this prize alone is worth more than $2,000 per participant.
Judges and volunteers are needed; please contact the organizers directly at:
DurhamScienceFair@ontariotechu.ca
Anyone interested in donating to the Fair or contributing prizes can contact the organizers at: DurhamScienceFair@ontariotechu.ca
More information is available by visiting the .
