Ottawa Regional Heritage Fair Project Guidelines and Assessment

Ottawa Regional Heritage Fair Project Guidelines and Assessment

Guidelines for Creating Projects • All projects must have a Canadian theme • An individual, a group may complete a project, however only one individual per project may be chosen to attend the Provincial or National fairs • Projects may be done in either official languages of Canada • Students must be able to provide written research undertaken to develop the project

Projects may take many forms: • • 3 Dimensional Projects and Displays Performances Creative Writing Multimedia Displays

3 Dimensional Projects and Displays • • • Models Posters Maps Collections Dimensions of projects may not exceed 80 cm in depth, 150 cm in width and 100 cm in height

Performances • • Music Drama Dance These should be presented live or on video.

Creative Writing • • Short stories Poetry Diaries Dialogues

Multimedia Displays • Electronic projects – Powerpoint presentations – Web pages – Video performance • Students must provide their own equipement.

Questions to ask when selecting a topic – What am I curious about? – What is everyone doing? – Current course topic, past topic, one yet to come – Well known, obscure or unique? – Broad breadth or focused? – What information is available? – What are my choices – How does the topic match the type? – Will this be a group or an individual project?

Topics that may be awarded special awards Please see our list of awards on our website at www. ottawaheritagefair. org!

To register or learn more • To register: – directly online at our website: www. ottawaheritagefair. org • To learn more please contact: Yolaine Munter OR Tel: (613) 741 -4772 chair@ottawaheritagefair. org Margaret Stone Tel: (613)836 -4152 registrar@ottawaheritagefair. org