Silver Stream P.S. is excited to announce our Annual
Science Fair on Thursday, February, 16, 2017 taking place in our
gym.
The fair will be open to family and friends from 8am
Thursday morning until 3pm.
Why is a
Science Fair so important?
Providing a meaningful and engaging intermediate science and
technology program is a challenging task. Project-based science and technology
is the natural culmination of a program that involves students in developing
inquiry and design skills. These skills help students to connect science and
technology to each other and the outside world. Students selected from one of
three different inquiries; 1) Research based 2) Innovation or 3) Experimental;
for their projects.
What Happens to
Our School Fair Project Winners?
Through authentic investigations, students constructed an
understanding of how science works, and developed critical thinking skills that
will serve them well in their future endeavours. Award winners from our
school-based fair will be competing in the Regional Science Fair taking place
in April. This science fair includes all schools in the York Region area
competing to receive an award and continue on to the Canada Wide Science Fair.
We believe important connections exist between projects, a
classroom program that is both hands-on and minds-on and the Ontario Curriculum
in science and technology.
We hope to see our families on Thursday, February 16, 2017
and help make this exciting event a successful new learning experience for
everyone!
