Annual science fair hosts students in Winnipeg for a shot at a Canada-wide event – Winnipeg [Video]

Students from nearly two dozen schools across a Manitoba school division battled it out this week for a spot at the Canada Wide Science Fair in May.

The annual Frontier School Division’s Science Fair saw students from grades 4 to 12 put up displays of their projects, which ranged from detailing the impact of a hydro project in northern Manitoba to how power can be generated using potatoes and other fruits.

The fair took place at the Manitoba Museum in Winnipeg on Thursday. Winners from the event are chosen to take part in the Canada Wide Science Fair in Ottawa, representing the Frontier School Division. That event is set to take place on May 26.

Reg Klassen, the division’s chief superintendent, said that the fair first began in 2015. The pandemic may put a dent in the event, he said, but it never stopped it from happening — having gone from online versions of the event and then back to in-person once …