Young minds with bright ideas

The Cape Town Expo for Young Scientists is an annual event in which learners from Grade 6 to 12 showcase their investigative projects.

This web site has been designed to tell you all about Expo and to encourage you to participate. Please use it as a tool to help you prepare a successful Expo project.

Cape Town Expo is now on Facebook as well.

Regional Expo 2012

Regional Expo 2012 will take place from 21 to 23 August 2012.

Click here download a copy of the Expo 2012 calendar.

New Expo Documents

A number of new Expo documents have recently become available. They can all be downloaded from this site.

1. A new research planning document which all entrants must submit with their projects.
2. A revised list of categories for 2012 and beyond.
3. A revised plagiarism declaration which must be submitted with ALL projects.
4. A revised judging sheet.

Breaking news

Samantha Heyward jets off to the Taiwan International Science Fair!

Samantha was awarded third prize in the category Medicine and Health. Congratulations Samantha! Cape Town Regional Expo is proud of you.

Read Samantha’s report.

Other competitions

“The Google Science Fair is an online science competition seeking curious minds from the four corners of the globe. Anybody and everybody between 13 and 18 can enter. All you need is an idea.”

Ethics in Expo

A new page has been added to Expo website providing additional information for teachers and pupils regarding ethics and Expo projects.

Contact Information

For further information regarding the Cape Town Expo, please contact the Regional Science Fair director, Mrs Olga Peel.

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Site last updated 28/03/2012 at 20:46

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