Virtual Science Fair Blog

Registration for the 11th annual Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair will open October 31, 2010. More details will be available in early September.

One change we are considering is requiring projects to have an alternative to Adobe Flash content (buttons, movies, animations). Recently I have purchased an iPad and I feel they may soon become very popular with students.  iPads do not support Flash and indications are that they will not in the near future.

Mon.  June 14, 2010

All certificates and award cheques have been mailed to the school in care of the registered teacher. Please inform me (via email larry@virtualsciencefair.com) of any errors. Please view the comments   HERE regarding awards etc.

Thank you,

Larry

Wed.  June 2, 2010

2010 VSF Results Posted HERE.  Please read the Remarks related to Judging and Awards etc. HERE.

Mon. May 31, 2010

Results of the 2010 VSF will be posted Wed.  June 2.

Thur. May 27, 2010

Checking Spelling of Names Used on the Certificates

The student names printed on certificates will be those submitted on the team registration forms. Teachers can verify the correct spelling etc. by entering the Teacher Zone. If you wish to make any changes please send me a note including team number and the corrections. The information for certificates will be sent to the printer Tues. June 1 so please let me know of any changes no later than Mon. May 31.

Wed. May 26, 2010

Judging is nearly complete.  Barring any unexpected problems, results should be posted June 1.

Sunday May 16, 2010

Judging continues slow but sure. I have nearly completed the second review of the projects, this time taking into account the teacher evaluations. Later this week I will be asking some judges to review selected projects in more detail.

The goal is to have the final results available by the end of May.

Sunday May 9, 2010

The first review of projects continues.  Some points of note:

• Some projects do not display using the URL www.virtualsciencefair.org/2010/project_userid and thus can not be judged.
• Many projects do not provide the sources of the images used.  See: Citations
• Some projects failed to reduce the file size of images. See: Image File Size
• There are about 10 teachers who have not submitted their evaluations. See: Teacher Evaluations

Thursday May 6, 2010

Teachers Please Note:

As emphasized in many emails, the Rules section, and the blog the project must display using the URL www.virtualsciencefair.org/2010/userid (where userid is the team/project userid)

This means the top page must have been named index.htm

When judging your students projects please do so using this URL or access the projects from the Teacher Zone ( which automatically uses this format).

Projects that do not display using this format will not be judged.

Wednesday May 5, 2010

After eliminating incomplete projects from grades K-3 and 10-12, the number of projects remaining is 502. I will be working on the first review of the 4-6 and 7-9 projects today and Thursday.

Teachers are urged to submit their evaluations as soon as possible.