Procedure

Registration for Grade 5 - 12 Projects is a two step process.

STEP 1: School Registration 

Opens January 2026 (specific dates to be announced)

Each school should identify ONE contact teacher.  That teacher should go to the TSF website and register their school using the google form found on the registration page. This form indicates that a school is intending to send students to participate in this year’s TSF.  Teachers will be asked to estimate the number of projects that they will be sending to the fair.  TSF realizes that this total may change but your best estimate will help us plan to provide sufficient space for the projects.

Please help TSF plan the 2026 fair by completing this form as soon as you can, by <date to be announced>, if at all possible.  Early completion of the school registration form allows TSF to keep contact teachers informed about important fair information by emailing them directly.   It also allows us to make better estimates of materials and personnel needed for a successful fair.

For Home-schooled students: 

• Please complete the School Registration form using a parent/guardian as the teacher contact.

For Independent entries: 

• An independent entry is one in which the student is attending a public or private school, but that school is not doing science fair this year even to the extent of encouraging small groups of students to participate.  This is a student who is working on their own outside of classroom and school expectations. Such students are to be congratulated on their initiative and are encouraged to discuss their plans at an early stage with a teacher and ask this teacher to act as the contact for the purpose of registration.   This teacher would register their school and indicate that they expect to send only one project.  They would receive the student project registration link and would pass it on to the Independent Entry.   This staff member would also be asked to confirm that the school is not sending other projects to TSF 2026 so that we can be sure that project quotas are respected.   If this is not possible, students wishing to participate as an Independent Entry should contact TSF at torontosciencefair@gmail.com. 

A link to a project registration form for students will be sent to each contact teacher <date to be announced>.  The contact teachers will be asked to pass along this link to the students from their school who have been selected to attend TSF 2026.

STEP 2: Project Registration 

Opens before March Break (specific dates to be announced)

Students receive a link to the Student Project Registration form from their teacher.  Students must complete and submit this form by <date to be announced>.  If there are two students working on a single project, only one student needs to complete this form.  

All Students will need to complete the consent form as part of the registration process.

Grade 5-6 Science Workshops

Details to be announced

Grade 7-12 Science Workshops

Details to be announced