February 27: Students participate in Elementary Science Fair

Curling Broom Performance, How Does Smell Affect Taste, Chill Out, and Bio Gas are a few of the topics that will be explored when Grade 7 and 8 students from Rainbow Schools participate in Rainbow District School Board’s annual Elementary Science Fair on Friday, February 27, 2015. Approximately 50 projects will be featured at this year’s fair, which takes place at Lockerby Composite School in Sudbury.

The public is invited to view the projects in the gymnasium at Lockerby Composite School from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. The awards ceremony will take place in the auditorium from 1:45 pm to 2:15 pm. Judges and community professionals with a science and/or engineering background will select up to 37 projects for the Sudbury Regional Science Fair being held at Laurentian University’s Alumni Hall on March 28 and 29, 2015.
 
"Students research specific areas of science that relate to curriculum expectations in all areas – engineering, the environment, earth sciences and more," says Elementary Science Fair Chair James Norrie. “Working on science fair projects allows students to capitalize on their instinctive curiosity to inquire and discover.”

He adds: “Students actively engage in authentic learning when they investigate questions that are real. In the process, they enhance their scientific skills and further develop interests in science related careers."

The Elementary Science Fair is the first step on the journey to the nationals. Sudbury Regional Science Fair projects will be selected for the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Fredericton, New Brunswick in May.

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Media Contact:

Michele Henschel
Curriculum Co-ordinator for Science and Technology,
Rainbow District School Board, 705-523-3308, ext. 8234