Judging Information

The 2026 fair will use the same judging system as in 2025. Make sure you review the appropriate judging form for your grade and project type:

• Elementary projects (grades K-4): experiment judging form | research/study judging form

• Secondary projects (grades 5-12): experiment judging form | research/study judging form | innovation judging form

Info for Participants

• Parents need to realize that any disruptive and inappropriate behaviour on the part of their child/ren could result in disqualification.

• Each project MUST have a log book.  It is a dated diary of the steps that were followed to do the project.  It is not necessarily a neat document.

• Parents will be asked to leave the exhibit area during the judging process (9:00 AM to noon).  They need to remain outside the judging area until all judging has been completed. Committee members will be available to take things to your child.

• During the public viewing, the students are required to remain at their project.

• The participants need to have indoor shoes for the day.

• We strongly recommend that the student use photos and videos to show judges their experiments.  It's less stressful than hoping the experiment will go as planned at the fair. We also use the Canada Wide Science Fair Display Rules .  Plants, soil, items with uncovered moving parts, liquids, food (including eggs), chemicals, animals, water, sand, oil, vinegar will NOT be allowed.