Origin of Aboriginal Science Fair Quebec

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Origin of Aboriginal Science Fair - Quebec

• Vision of Gilbert Whiteduck
• First ASF Quebec at Kitigan Zibi in 1998

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Provincial Aboriginal Science Fair Organized and
Managed by QASEA

• 2000 ASF-Québec in Mashteuiatsh
• 2003 ASF-Québec in Chisasibi
• 2004 ASF-Québec in Kitigan Zibi
• 2005 ASF-Québec in Kahnawake
• 2006 ASF-Québec in Wendake
• 2007 ASF-Québec in Manawan
• 2008 ASF-Québec in Uashat
• 2009 ASF-Québec in Waskaganish
• 2010 ASF-Québec in Gesgapegiag
• 2011 ASF-Québec in Mashteuiatsh (to be confirmed)
• 2012 ASF-Québec in Kuujjuaq (to be confirmed)

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ASF-Quebec Goals

• Increase the number of Aboriginal people in
  sciences and engineering
• Raise the profile of sciences in schools
• Train the teachers
• Get the parents and leaders support
• Change the perception of Quebec
• non-Aboriginal population.

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Proposal

• A workshop on science fair.

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Question / Answer

• Why a workshop on sciences fair for the teachers
  ?
• Because the science fair is a way to success and
  the teachers need to know what to do. 

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Workshop 1

• Why a science fair?
• Show to non-familiar teachers with science fair
  what is a science fair.
• Show the benefits of a science fair to a science
  et technology program.
• Show the purpose of a science fair to the
  students.

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Workshop 2

• Starting a science fair project
• Give a skill to the participants in order to help
  students with their choice of a project.
• Classify projects based on their characteristics.
• Provide tools to help for the choice of a project.

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Workshop 4

• A winning approach
• Develop a positive approach for the success of a
  science fair with the students.
• Know conditions for the success of a science fair.

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Workshop 5

• My science fair project
• Develop skills for the planning of a science fair
  activity.
• Management of a science fair activity.

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Workshop 6

• The Aboriginal Science Fair (ASF) Quebec
  Program and the Canada Wide Science Fair
• Knowledge of the structure of the program in
  Quebec and Canada.
• Knowledge of the rules.

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Time needed

• No Title Time
• 1 Why a science fair? 30 min
• 2 Starting a science fair project 45 min
• 3 A winning approach 30 min
• 4 My project a science fair activity 30 min
• 5 The program of the Aboriginal Science Fair
  (ASF) 30 min

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When and how

• Suggestion
• When Pedagogical day at the beginning of the
  scholar year
• How Visio-conference or else

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Site WEB

• asfquebec.ca