Science Fair Information

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The Northern Lights Science Fair will be at 1:10 on March 18. All students will participate in the Northern Lights Science Fair who wish. 


Some students wish to participate in the competitive portion of the Science Fair. Science Fair projects will be judged by at least two judges who are not current NLS staff. The top 3 projects will be selected to go to the CYSF (Calgary Youth Science Fair) at the Olympic Oval.  Here is the rubric that the students will be judged on if they want to be considered for the Calgary Wide Science Fair.


If the project is one of the three winning projects, the students will go to the Olympic Oval on Thursday, April 10, after school to set up. On Friday, April 11, the three groups will go down to the Olympic Oval for the day. This is not a field trip, so students must find their own way there. It is closed to the public on Friday, so only students and supervisors will be in the area. Before noon, students can get judged 2-5 times. In the afternoon, additional judging determines who should move forward for awards. Saturday is the awards ceremony, and the projects are open to the public. Participants do not need to attend.

Here is a link to more detailed information.


The  Fair follows the guidelines of the Calgary Youth Science Fair.  Here is a page that has tips and tricks.    


The last thing I should mention is the online platform. It must be done by March 21 if students are accepted into CYSF. Students can copy paste the information they typed up for their trifold to this online program. It is used by judges if there is a discrepancy between which project should move forward into the winning round as projects will be competing against one another, which different people have judged. 


Here is a resource for students to use if they are doing an experimental project.


Please see this Google Slide to help understand the format.


Trifolds are scarce at this time of year.  Students have made cardboard trifolds in the past or purchased them from Walmart.


Please email Ms Blyth at vjblyth@cbe.ab.ca if you have any questions.





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