Definition of SCIENCE FAIR

Examples of science fair in a Sentence

She won first place at the science fair.

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What began as a project for a school science fair ended up competing at the World Exhibition of Achievement of Young Inventors. — Jill Kiedaisch, Popular Mechanics, "32 Women Who’ve Changed Life As We Know It," 31 Mar. 2019 That's why Marissa Streng decided to invent the Puff-N-Fluff for her third grade science fair. — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, "Huge Fluffy Hair Dryers for Dogs Exist And I Can’t Stop Laughing," 15 May 2019 With access to their conversations, emails and text messages, Ms. Tesoriero discovers a disparate set of impulses compelling them to put in the heavy hours of reading and experimentation necessary to win a science fair. — John Donvan, WSJ, "‘The Class’ Review: Science-Fair Conﬁdential," 16 Dec. 2018 Anyone who's visited a middle-school science fair is familiar the potato's ability to generate electricity. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "Your Next Electrical Source: Bionic Mushrooms," 9 Nov. 2018 Aguilar announced after the science fair controversy that the district would review academically challenging programs to assess if changes are needed to ensure access for all students. — Diana Lambert And Anita Chabria, sacbee, "Parents and students seek answers after ‘Race and IQ’ controversy at McClatchy High | The Sacramento Bee," 21 Feb. 2018 Sun once made a flamethrower as part of a school science fair, said Cheng, his former tutor. — Washington Post, "Taiwan suspect in US school attack plot had ‘unusual ideas’," 30 Mar. 2018 Sunday morning, time is called at 10:00, and the programmers set up their creations like students at a science fair. — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, "Behind the Scenes at the Most Important Hackathon on Earth," 20 Nov. 2015 Here, the German automaker will deliver your new car to you on a glass elevator with plenty of pomp in the BMW Welt, an architecturally beautiful exhibition center that's part showroom, part science fair exhibit meant to show off BMW's newer models. — Matthew Jancer, Popular Mechanics, "How To Get a (Mostly) Free European Road Trip When You Buy a Car," 24 Sep. 2018

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