Students in schools located in the Frontenac, Lennox and Addington County are eligible.

Entries will be accepted from students in Grades 5 to 12 who are younger than twenty-one years of age as of June 30th of the year of the Science Fair.

To be eligible, the Application Form, together with the necessary declarations and the Pre-Fair report must be submitted before the deadline set by the Science Fair Committee. An exhibit must be set up by a date and time to be specified by the Committee and must be left on exhibit until the closing of the Fair. The committee reserves the right to reject unsuitable projects.

A project which has been presented at a previous Science Fair is not eligible. However, a project may be re-entered into competition if it has undergone substantial improvements which greatly increase the level of science presented.

CLASSIFICATION

Exhibits are given their final classification by the Science Fair Committee after the entry deadline. Projects will be classified under the following levels and categories.

Levels                                                                   Categories

Grades 5-6                                               Life and Earth Sciences(including biotechnology)

Grades 7-8                                                  Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Grades 9-10                                                  Engineering and Computer Sciences

Grades 11-12                                                  Health and Human Science

Only one exhibit per student may be entered. Individual exhibits and an exhibit done by two students will be accepted. In past years, when two student projects have been chosen to participate in the Canada Wide Science Fair, the Science Fair Committee has not been in the position to extend the financial support necessary to cover the entire cost of sending both students. In such a case the students themselves will be asked to participate in the necessary fundraising.

The exhibit must be designed and assembled entirely by the student although advice may be obtained from anyone, as long as the necessary acknowledgements have been included.

All exhibits must be confined to a table or floor space not to exceed 1.2 metres side to side, 0.8 metres front to back, and 3.0 metres high (from the floor). Construction of the exhibits must be self-supporting, safe, durable and moving parts firmly attached. An electrical outlet (110V) can be provided; however, the exhibitor must supply a CSA approved extension cord of at least 6 metres. Outlets for water, steam, compressed air or gas will not be available.

Care and operation of the exhibit is the responsibility of the exhibitor. While every effort will be made to prevent damage to any exhibits, neither the Frontenac Lennox & Addington Science Fair Committee, nor the sponsoring organizations and co-operating groups assume responsibility for loss or damage to any exhibit or part thereof.