Maine State Science Fair at Cross Center on Saturday, March 21‏

What: The 2015 Maine State Science Fair

When: Saturday, March 21, 2014:

• 9 a.m.-noon: Judging, student projects on display
• 1-3 p.m.: Students visit the Maine Science Festival
• 3-4 p.m.: Award presentation                               

Who: 150 students from 12 Maine high schools

Where: Cross Insurance Center, 515 Broadway, Bangor, Maine 

Bar Harbor, Maine — More than 150 students from 16 Maine public and home high schools will gather in the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor on Saturday for the 2015 Maine State Science Fair, organized by The Jackson Laboratory and the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance.

Students participating in this year’s Fair attend Bangor High School, Berwick Academy, Erskine

Academy, Falmouth High School, Gould Academy, Greely High School, Hebron Academy, John Bapst Memorial High School, Lewiston High School, Maine School of Science and Mathematics, Massabesic High School, Mount Desert Island Regional High School, Nokomis High School, Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School and Watershed School. A volunteer team of 35 judges will review the projects.

Since 2012, winners of the Maine State Science Fair have been eligible to qualify for the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair, the world’s largest science fair. The top three winners of the 2015 Maine Fair and their mentors will travel to Pittsburgh in May for this year's INTEL event.

This year’s Fair takes place during the Maine Science Festival, March 20-22. The weekend of science-centered events and activities for Mainers of all ages involves more than 40 organizations including The Jackson Laboratory, the MDI Biological Laboratory and the University of Maine.