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Written by Jim Rea, ABC Ontario President

It's science fair season! While not every student (or parent) gets excited about a science fair project, science fairs offer students almost unmatched learning and acceleration opportunities.

Science fair projects open the door to mentorships, even for elementary school students – because university professors love to support kids with original ideas. Science fairs can lead to scholarships, university admission – and even publication in scientific journals before completing high school.

Written by Jessica Miklos, Chapter Executive, ABC Toronto

Gifted students have a tendency towards perfectionism and impossibly high internal standards. They don't need the adults in their lives to point out that there are bigger mountains than the ones that they are currently climbing. They know. They have a list. And they are often telling themselves that the only definition of success is to climb the highest mountain, and to do it in a way that has never been done before. Perfectionism and burnout are significant risks in the gifted population. And those can be paralysing.