Schedule

January 1:
Online student and online judge registration opens 

 March 6, 10:00 pm (The March 8th deadline will still be honored):
Student registration closes 
(online registration must be completed, 
plus the registration fee ($15) and 
signed permission form must be received by FLASF by this deadline)
March 21, 10:00 pm:
Judge registration closes

Thursday, March 28, 2019:  Day 1 of the Fair

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm:
Student arrival and check-in at the Student Registration booth
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm:
Project set-up and safety check
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm:
 McArthur Cafeteria is open for food purchase (or bring your own).
 REMEMBER you must be at your project by 5:50 pm!

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm:
 Category and Special Awards Judging
 All students must be at their project display
NO PARENTS IN JUDGING AREAS OR GYM DURING THIS TIME
9:00 pm:
Student pickup

Friday, March 29, 2019:  Day 2 of the Fair

8:30 am – 8:45 am:
Student arrival
9:00 am – 10:00 am:
Grades 5 & 6 – Hands-On Science Workshops 
Grades 7 to 12 – Best-of-Fair and Special Awards Judging
10:00 am –12:00 pm:
Public viewing; 
Workshops for Visiting Classes (see Teacher Page for more information);
Best-of-Fair & Special Awards Judging
11:30 pm- 12:20 pm:
Lunch break
For lunch, bring a bag lunch or the cafeteria offers a full selection of a la carte menu items.
12:30 pm – 1:15 pm:
Special Presentation in the auditorium
Keynote Speaker – Dr. James McLellan, Ph.D., P.Eng.
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Academic Director, Dunin-Deshpande
Queen’s Innovation Center
Distinctive Ideas, of Value, Put to Practice: Growing Innovation and
Entrepreneurship in Student-Led Projects

1:30 pm – 2:45 pm:
Awards Ceremony in the auditorium
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm:
Take-down of projects,
Clean-up and student pickup.
Workshops (see Teachers Page for Class Registration)

The following are the workshops were hosted in 2018.  Workshops for 2019 to be announced.

  1. Making Canadian Makers (Queen’s Engineering Connections): What’s the difference between a good idea and an innovation? How do you become a maker, an innovator? In this hands-on workshop, participants will work in groups to design, iterate and prototype a idea.
  2. Introduction to Lego EV3 Robotics (Queen's RoboGals): The students will have the opportunity to learn how to program LEGO EV3 robots with Mindstorms software to complete fun challenges and activities.
  3. Our Energy System (Dan Hendry, Sustainable Initiatives Coordinator, Limestone District School Board): How much of our energy is wasted and how can we do our part to conserve it? A hands on workshop, ending with a human powered generator!

auditorium