WOOD BUFFALO REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR
March 29th - 31st, 2012
Fort McMurray, Alberta
NEWS
THANKS FOR ANOTHER GREAT FAIR!
With 200 students and over 100 judges, the 5th Annual Wood Buffalo Regional Science Fair proved to be a rousing success. We’d like to thank all of our sponsors, dedicated volunteers, and enthusiastic participants for making the past five years a rewarding experience for everyone involved.
This year we are proud to send four finalists to the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.
Our 2012 WBRSF finalists; left to right: Heli Patel (grade 11), Ashlesha Deshpande (grade 11), Usman Kamran (grade 12), Akshaya Lakshmi (grade 8).
2012 WBRSF OPENING TALK
We are very pleased to have Dr. Don Henderson, Curator of Dinosaurs at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, present the opening talks for the 5th Annual Wood Buffalo Regional Science Fair. Dr. Henderson will discuss the extraction and analysis of the “Fort McMurray Ankylosaur”, an armoured dinosaur that washed out to sea 113 million years ago and was buried 200km from shore in what is now the Athabasca Oil Sands. This public talk will take place at the Oil Sands Discovery Centre on Thursday, March 29th at 7:00pm. The talk will be followed by a brief reception. Tickets are available free of charge at the Keyano Theatre Box Office. A limited number of tickets will also be available at the door on the evening of the talk.
In addition to the evening talk, Dr. Henderson will present two daytime talks for local schools. For more information on these school talks, please contact Daron Dix.
Dr. Don Henderson is seen here with the first sample of the
“Fort McMurray Ankylosaur” to be delivered
to the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, AB.
You can learn more about this incredible find here.
JUDGES NEEDED!
With an expected 175 projects, this year’s Regional Science Fair promises to be bigger than ever. We are hoping to recruit over one hundred science enthusiasts to help in the monumental task of judging these projects. If you’d like to judge at the WBRSF but have not done so before, please contact us with a brief description of your science background or judging history. If you are a returning judge, you can reactivate your registration by visiting our online registration site.
Judges are asked to check-in at Keyano College’s Recital Theatre on Friday, March 30th at 1:00pm. A brief orientation and training session will be provided before judging begins. Judging should be complete by 5:30pm or shortly thereafter.
THE 2012 WBRSF IS NEARLY HERE!
Judging for the 2012 Wood Buffalo Regional Science Fair will commence on Friday, March 30th at 2:30pm. All participants must complete their online registration by March 23rd; signature forms and registration fees must be received no later than March 26th. Elementary students are asked to check-in at Keyano College’s Syncrude Sport & Wellness Centre (Fieldhouse Three) at 1:00pm; check-in for all other participants will begin at 1:15pm.
Only participants, judges and other volunteers are permitted to attend the Fair on the Friday. We invite everyone to join us to view the projects on Saturday, March 31st from 9:00am to 11:30am. This public viewing will be followed by a public Awards Ceremony from 11:30am to 12:30pm.
THANK YOU SPONSORS AND PARTNERS
The WBYSF Annual General Meeting was held at Keyano College on November 12th, 2011. It was an opportunity to thank our sponsors and partners and also to welcome our newest member, Corey Conroy, to our Board. This is an exciting year for us as we prepare for our 5th Annual Fair on March 30th, 2012. For details about our organization and the growth of the Fair over the past four years, please consult our Report to Sponsors and Partners.
2012 WBRSF – IMPORTANT DEADLINES
The 2011 WBRSF is fast approaching. Early registration is greatly appreciated. It is the responsibility of each school science fair organizer to register their fair with the WBYSF no later than December 9th, 2011 by mailing or faxing us a School Registration Form.
Participants must first be chosen as finalists by their school in order to register for the WBRSF. (If you are a student of a school that did not hold a fair this year and you wish to enter the WBRSF, please have a teacher from your school contact us prior to the participant registration deadline). Participants must register for the Fair using our Online Registration System. The deadlines for registration for students are as follows:
Grades 4-9: February 24th, 2012
Grades 10-12: March 23rd, 2012
