NB Science Fairs

2023 NB Virtual Regional Science Fairs!

Students enter their school district science / STEM fair to qualify for either the North-West NB Regional Science Fair or South-East NB Regional Science Fair.

NB Regional Fairs –  April 13, 2023

The 2023 NB Regional Science Fairs were held in-person at the Currie Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB. on April 13, 2023.

Francophone School Districts qualify for:

  • L’Expo-Sciences des Districts Francophones du Nouveau Brunswick

Awards

Students in grades 6-12 are eligible for medals and prizes that will be awarded at event at 6pm on April 13, 2023.

Grand Prize winners will receive instructions to register as Finalists at the 2023 Canada-Wide Science Fair being held May . A team mentor webinar will be planned before the April 30, 2023 deadline.

Information and Registration – DEADLINE CLOSED!

Registration opens March 1, 2023 and Closes April 2, 2023 at 6pm 

Who’s Eligible?

  • Max 2 people per project
  • Grades 6-12

North-West New Brunswick Regional Fair

  • Participating students from ASD-North and ASD-West (projects must have qualified from the District Fairs), private schools, and home school.

South-East New Brunswick Regional Fair  

  • Participating students from ASD-South and ASD-East (projects must have qualified from the District Fairs), private schools, and home school.

Safety and Ethics!

Have you read through the Safety and Ethics and Important Documents? Be sure to read carefully and complete any relevant forms for your project.

Regional Judging Evaluation Rubric

Resources

Check out mySTEMspace for ideas to get started, categories, project library (previous years STEM projects) and more.

How to Start Your Project.

  • Different types of projects:
    • Discovery – these projects ask a question and involve research and/or experiments to find an answer
    • Innovation – these projects create, design, or build something new to solve a problem
  • Challenges and Topics – Choose a Challenge. The best project ideas are something you’re passionate about!

    Check out these different Challenges for topics that might inspire you.

    • Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

      My project helps ensure food security, sustainability or competitiveness in agriculture, fisheries or food production.

    • Curiosity and ingenuity

      My project helps improve our understanding or address a problem in an area of STEM not covered by the other challenges.

    • Digital Technology

      My project helps improve our quality of life or transform existing products and services through digital devices, methods or systems.

    • Disease and Illness

      My project helps enhance our diagnosis, treatment or understanding of disease, or the management of physical or mental illness.

    • Energy

      My project helps improve our use of current energy sources, enable the transition to alternative energy sources, or reduce our energy footprint.

    • Environment and Climate Change

      My project helps ensure the quality of water, air, soil or the diversity of living things, or manage the impact of climate change.

    • Health and Wellness

      My project helps prevent disease or promote physical, social, emotional, spiritual, environmental, occupational, or intellectual wellbeing.

    • Natural Resources

      My project helps ensure the sustainable management, use, reuse or recycling of Earth’s finite or renewable natural resource.

  • Initiate and Plan 

    – This is the step where anything is possible. Dream big. Follow your passions. Ask questions. What do you want to explore?My-STEM-Idea-Brainstorm.pdf (mystemspace.ca)

  • Perform and Record

    Get messy and dive into your project! This is where you test your discovery or innovation plans.

  • Analyze and Interpret

    Now it’s time to look at your results. What happened and why?

  • Exhibit and Experience
  • This is when you tell your story, sharing what you learned and where you’ll go next!
  • Safety and Ethics 

    Your safety is important. When working on your idea, it is important to always put safety first. It is your responsibility to take steps to keep yourself and others safe. Safety-in-STEM-Projects.pdf (mystemspace.ca)

    Ethics deal with social agreements on right and wrong. In the STEM community, there are rules on how to work in an ethical, or right, way. In general, your project should never cause harm people or animals. It is your responsibility to make sure you are doing ethical STEM when working on your idea. Ethics-in-STEM-Projects.pdf (mystemspace.ca)

  • Mentors 

    We all learn from experts and build on their ideas.

    Finding a mentor to support your project can be a great way to take it to the next level. Whether it is learning from them, getting access to supplies and tests, or just having their feedback and guidance, a mentor can be a valuable part of your project!

  • Resources Documents

    All of the mySTEMspace resources in one ace.  Check out these resources for more information!

    NB STEM Fair Project Evaluation Rubric

    Francophone School Districts qualify for:

    • L’Expo-Sciences des Districts Francophones du Nouveau Brunswick

    SPONSORS

    The goal of science fair participation is to empower youth to get hands-on and active in science by researching and exploring questions related to problems that interest them.

    Your support makes the New Brunswick Science Fairs possible:

    Each year Science East runs the New Brunswick Science Fair program through raising public and private funds.

    These proceeds of sponsorship and donation to the event support the expense  of coordinating the provincial fairs, organizing the campus enrichment activities, training and organizing tour leaders, enlisting and vetting judges, as well travel costs and accommodation for the Team New Brunswick’s annual journey to the national Canada-Wide Science Fair.

    Making a charitable donation to support youth science research is convenient and secure.

                Click Canada Helps  and Select “New Brunswick Regional Science Fairs” from the drop down menu in the donations section.

    Contributors

    Thank you to our contributors that make the NB Science Fair a huge success each year and support Team NB finalists at the Canada-Wide Science Fair.

    Sponsors:

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    Volunteers

    There are many ways to get involved with NB Science Fairs and volunteering at the event is one of them!

    When we return to an in-person event, volunteer opportunities will be available again.

    Join our team! Become a:

    • Registration greeter,
    • Group leader to move students around campus to various enrichment activities led by UNB staff and students,
    • Lunch monitor,
    • Judging timer,
    • Set up and tear down team member
    • A  judge!

    Contact becky.geneau@scienceeast.nb.ca for more details

“The Canada Wide Science Fair is an unbelievable experience! I loved meeting new and inspiring people, participating in all sorts of activities such as chess, GeoGuessr, virtual tours, and more. Getting involved in a stem fair is more than just you and your project. It’s a learning experience that inspires you to continue your research and find out more about anything stem related. In the long run, it’s well worth the effort, and for me, participating in a CWSF is a memory that I will treasure for the rest of my life.” — Davin MacAskill, Team NB ( Junior Bronze Award, CWSF 2021)

Contact becky.geneau@scienceeast.nb.ca for more details.

New Brunswick Regional Science Fairs are a joint project of the New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development and Science East Science Centre in cooperation with Youth Science Canada.

Have questions? Need assistance with uploading your project?
Please contact:

Becky Geneau, Regional Coordinator
NB Science Fairs
North-West New Brunswick Region
South-East New Brunswick Region
becky.geneau@scienceeast.nb.ca