How to Use science fair in a Sentence

science fair

noun
  • She won first place at the science fair.
  • For so many high schoolers, the science fair is a rite of passage.
    — Kara Nesvig, Teen Vogue, 27 July 2018
  • The science fair project your child just remembered to tell you about.
    — Stephanie Burns, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2021
  • One school posted a video of a kid presenting his science fair project.
    — Wired Staff, Wired, 18 June 2020
  • Their science fair projects are quite the challenge, with a volcano that’s lost its fizz and a toy car that can’t take off.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Kyron was supposed to take part in both the expo/science fair and the talent show.
    — oregonlive, 4 June 2020
  • The same confidence emerges when a child completes his own science fair or other school project.
    — Andrea Atkins, Woman's Day, 26 Mar. 2010
  • The plot kicks off with Wednesday competing in her school science fair.
    — Dina Gachman, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • With science fair just around corner, Jules challenges Verne to race around world.
    — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 2 Jan. 2018
  • There is no bigger target for the school bullies than the nerds who just won the blue ribbon at the science fair.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Sun once made a flamethrower as part of a school science fair, said Cheng, his former tutor.
    — Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Five years ago, the country won the rights to stage what is essentially the world’s largest science fair.
    — David Segal, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2017
  • The science fair organizers were not stingy with the award ribbons.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 1 Mar. 2020
  • There was a small book exhibit next to a poster display that reminded me of a high school science fair.
    — Maggie Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The Cat in the Hat comes to their rescue and manages to save the day just in time for the science fair.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The first and second place winners in both grades will compete in the county science fair in May.
    — Mary Schneidau Sullivan, Laurel Leader, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Last year's science fair projects was a device to help people with blindness navigate the world.
    — Libby Smith, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Remember that kid who got straight As, starred in the school play, won the science fair, and was a star athlete?
    — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Ro and Benji decide to build this rocket for their seventh-grade science fair project.
    — Washington Post, 16 June 2021
  • His 8-year-old son — who now has a 4-year-old sister — recently won his way to a state science fair.
    — Scott Horsley, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026
  • So for his eighth-grade science fair project, Jurić wanted to capture that spectral light.
    — Quanta Magazine, 24 Oct. 2018
  • The starshade concept sounds disarmingly like a science fair project gone mad.
    — Corey S Powell, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2015
  • As any science fair veteran knows, at the core of a successful project is a problem in need of solving.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Think of the classic baking soda–and-vinegar volcano science fair project!
    — Lindsey E. Murphy, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2011
  • With science fair approaching, Jules challenges Verne to race around world.
    — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati.com, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Last year, during the pandemic, there was a virtual science fair.
    — Susan Goldberg, National Geographic, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Maravilla said a science fair burned into her mind about the dangers of smoking and the school’s random smells.
    — Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2021
  • The device looks less steampunk and more 21st-century science fair project.
    — Sophia Chen, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2022
  • That award is one of the top three awards given at the international science fair, billed as the largest science fairs in the world.
    — oregonlive, 17 May 2022
  • Students’ submissions for a school’s science fair become the parents’ projects.
    — George Will, Twin Cities, 1 Sep. 2019

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