Imhotep’s Legacy Academy’s (ILA) is hosting the FIRST VIRTUAL Young, Gifted & Black Science Fair (YGBSF). This Science Fair is designed to get students of African descent excited about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).
- Each student must register in their corresponding grade category.
- The projects must be done individually.
- All YGBSF projects will be judged, and ILA will give prizes to the top three students.
- All YGBSF projects will go to the Canadian Black Scientists Network (CBSN) national competition (Phase 1).
- The projects for YGBSF and CBSN competitions will be at the conceptual level (ideas).
- The top three projects from Phase 1 will go to CBSN Phase 2.
- For Phase 2, these students will be required to build or create their projects.
- ILA will pay for the registration fees and the cost of materials required for any YGBSF projects that win in Phase 1.
- ILA will also help to arrange STEM mentors for these students.
- The top three from CBSN (Phase 2) science fair will go to the Canada Wide Science Fair (CWSF).