As one of countless local events to have cancelled in the face of the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Western Manitoba Science Fair has taken the initiative of offering the next best thing for Westman’s budding scientists.
In place of the 2020 physical fair is an online edition, which gives local students from grade one through 12 the opportunity to submit and showcase projects online for judging from a distance by many of the same volunteer judges that were to judge the regular event before its cancellation.
Students with projects are able to submit video or audio presentations presenting their work along with supporting documentation. For participants that consent to it, projects are being posted on the fair’s website and Facebook page as they come in and serve as a great reminder of the fantastic bright young minds we have in Westman. With 2 1/2 weeks to go until May 15’s submission deadline, projects are already featured on the topics of “Harvesting the Rain” and “Novel Coronavirus.”
More details on registering for the Western Manitoba Science Fair’s 2020 Online Showcase are available at https://www.wmsf.com
Following the May 15 deadline, assigned judges will provide feedback reports. From that point students from grades 7-12 will have the opportunity to take that feedback into account and enter the Canada-Wide Science Fair, which is itself hosting an online event beginning May 19 in place of its 2020 national fair that was to be held in Edmonton.
Last year’s Canada-Wide Science Fair saw four local participants come home with Westman’s biggest-ever medal haul and it would be great to see a new year of participants continue to show the nation just how well Westman knows its science!
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