Following the first NL Virtual Science and Technology Fair for students outside of Eastern NL on March 9, a second virtual fair for Eastern participants took place on May 13, 2020. Both virtual fairs were organized by a subcommittee of the Eastern Newfoundland Science Fairs Council (ENSFC).  Five students competed in the NL Virtual Science and Technology Fair outside the Eastern region. Nicholas Flowers, a Grade 12 student at Amos Comenius Memorial School in Hopedale won gold and was chosen Best of Fair as he had the highest overall score. Second place and also winning gold was Amy Gillard, a Grade 10 student from St. Stephen’s All Grade in Rencontre East.  Third place and a silver medal went to Taylor Shiwak, a Grade 10 student from Northern Lights Academy in Rigolet. The other 2 participants, both Grade 7 students from Labrador won silver. Hannah Snider attends École Boréale in Happy Valley-Goose Bay while Meaghan Lee is a student at Centre éducative l’ENVOL in Labrador City.  All 5 projects from the NL virtual fair can be viewed at https://enstf.ca/virtual-fair/.

Meanwhile, there were 23 participants (20 projects) who competed in the Eastern NL Virtual Fair. This virtual version was in lieu of the 2020 Husky Energy Eastern Newfoundland Science and Technology Fair, previously scheduled for late April 2020. John Scott Pearce, a Grade 12 student at Holy Heart High School in St. John’s won gold and was chosen Best of Fair as he had the highest overall score. Second place and also winning gold was Emily Meade, a Grade 12 student, also from Holy Heart.  Third place and a gold medal went to Linnaea Bird, a Grade 10 student from Holy Trinity High in Torbay. In addition 2 more gold, as well as 7 silver, 6 bronze and 2 honourable mentions were awarded to participants. In addition to the medal certificates, monetary prizes were provided by the NLTA Math Science Special Interest Council. All student projects from the Eastern NL fair can be viewed at: https://enstf.ca/awards-and-winners/. The highlight of the fair is usually the selection of students to attend the Canada Wide Science Fair (CWSF). This national fair was scheduled for a week in May in Edmonton, Alberta. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 situation the CWSF was cancelled.