Science Fair

Welcome! This site is your source for information on the PEI Science Fair. The pages give details on the fair for participants, judges, as well as contact information for the organizing committee. Up to five grade 7-12 students will have a chance to compete with the brightest young science students at the Canada Wide Science Fair in May. With a little innovation, hard work, and good luck, you could be one of the people representing PEI! Stay tuned for the winning projects!

Wednesday, April 05, 2023

Welcome to the PEI Science Fair 2024!



The PEI Science Fair will be held Tuesday, April 9, 2024 (storm date is Wednesday, April 10) at the Eastlink Centre (formerly the Civic Centre) at 46 Kensington Road, Charlottetown. 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE is Wednesday, March 20, 2024 at 5 pm!



Registration Form       Permission Form

During the morning, only students, chaperones, and judges will be allowed into the Exhibit Hall (gym). All participants, grades 4-12, will spend the full day at the Science Fair. The day will proceed as follows...

Set-up Time: 7:30 am - 9:00 am
Judging: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (pizza and water is provided)
Judging: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Public Viewing: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Awards Ceremony: 4:00 pm

From 12:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Science Fair students will participate in a variety of science activities, including hands-on demonstrations, science puzzles and much more. 

All students should expect to have their projects examined by 3 different judges, most of whom are research scientists, engineers and science students. In addition to the competition judges, there will be specialty prize judges visiting select projects throughout the day. There are many special prizes donated from local businesses, government, and community groups, and these judges will be looking for projects that they wish to reward with prize money.

There will also be the Science Fair Poster Design Competition. Everyone is invited to participate! Are you ready to be the best designer in PEI?

We look forward to seeing you IN PERSON at the Fair!!!

Monday, April 25, 2022

PEI Virtual Science Fair 2022 Best in Fair

Congratulations to the winners in the PEI Virtual Science Fair 2022. Clicking on the link will take you to the website to view each project.

Grade 4

1st place – Who’s room is cleaner, my brother’s room or my room?

            Bella Mae Reeves, Somerset Consolidated

https://projectboard.world/ysc/project/whos-room-is-cleaner-my-brothers-room-or-my-room

Grade 6

1st place – How Do the Eyes & Inner Ear Work Together to Keep You Balanced?

            Emma Toms & Julia Toms, West Royalty

https://projectboard.world/ysc/project/how-do-the-eyes-and-inner-ear-work-together-to-keep-you-balanced

2nd place – How Music Affects My Rabbit

            Memphis Masters, Eliot River

https://projectboard.world/ysc/project/how-music-affects-my-rabbit

 Junior Division (Grade 7-8)

1st place – Proving Bernoulli: The fun with fluid (air)

            Eric Wan, Queen Charlotte

https://projectboard.world/ysc/project/proving-bernoulli-the-fun-with-fluid-air

 Intermediate Division (Grade 9-10)

1st place – The Effect of Cinnamon on Blood Sugar Levels

            Jannah McCallum – Colonel Gray

https://projectboard.world/ysc/project/the-effect-of-cinnamon-on-blood-sugar-levels

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Virtual PEI Science Fair registration

 To register for the virtual PEI Science Fair 

1. Once the ProjectBoard has been completed and made public (instructions in previous post) log into the Youth Science Canada portal https://portal.youthscience.ca/login and select "registration" on the top left side of the screen. Fill in all the sections of the registration by selecting the edit button to the right of the section name. The last section will only be "active" when the other sections are completed. 

2. Download the permission form at 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MtNw0-YTOf4G1VBa8E1J14FCg3kiqCHR/view?usp=sharing and send the completed form to Cindy Ramsay by email cmramsay@edu.pe.ca

The deadline for registration is Thursday, March 31, 2022.