science fair

noun

|Updated on: 21 Jul 2018

Examples: science fair in a Sentence

Definition of science fair

: a typically competitive exhibition of science projects usually prepared and presented by schoolchildren

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Examples of science fair in a Sentence

She won first place at the science fair.

Recent Examples of science fair from the Web

Fernandes worked on a project dedicated to independent research and then presented it in March at a regional science fair.

— staff report, chicagotribune.com, "Shout Out: Nelson Fernandes, science enthusiast and aspiring engineer," 20 June 2018
And the science fair portion of the program was sparse.

— tom simonite, WIRED, "Big Tech Trades Splashy Conference Demos for Introspection," 31 May 2018
The Checklistinator is something Mihir created for his first grade science fair project.

— pam kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Second-grader's electronic listmaker wins global invention prize," 28 June 2018
Yat-pang Au was rejected by the University of California at Berkeley despite a straight-A average, high SAT scores, prizes from a county science fair and acclaim from his teachers.

— jay mathews, Washington Post, "Harvard interviewer confesses: I think my school had anti-Asian bias," 25 June 2018
Based on reports that the teacher reviewed the controversial McClatchy science project and that the science fair was school-sponsored, Hazelwood would most likely apply, Brownstein said.

— diana lambert and anita chabria, sacbee, "Racially offensive science project in Sacramento tests boundaries of free speech in high schools | The Sacramento Bee," 16 Feb. 2018
For 15 years, the stage and hallways at Code and its predecessor have been a glitzy science fair of innovators promising to change the world, to disrupt, to move fast and break things.

— tom simonite, WIRED, "Big Tech Trades Splashy Conference Demos for Introspection," 31 May 2018
Participants will be mentored by professionals in the fields of sea level rise and design and will receive a $600 stipend, lunch, and tools to kick off their 2019 science fair projects.

— adrianne richardson, miamiherald, "Gables High student places first in youth entrepreneurship challenge," 29 May 2018
An exploration zone — think of it as a giant science fair, but not just for kids — was set up in the middle of Fort Adams, a 19th Century army post that is now the home of the celebrated Newport Folk Festival.

— Washington Post, "Round-the-world sailing race works to protect its racetrack," 18 May 2018

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