More than 100 elementary and high school students from 16 Chicago Public Schools will compete in the third annual science fair, sponsored by BP, at the Chicago Zoological Society’s (CZS) Brookfield Zoo on Friday, Feb. 3.

Beginning at 10a.m., students will present science experiments to a panel of judges that includes Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board president; Corey Correnti, senior vice president of marketing, sales, and supply for BP Products North America, Inc.; Eddie Arruza, correspondent and segment host for WTTW-TV’s Chicago Tonight; and Andrea Zopp, president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League; as well as student peer mentors and CZS staff. The fair will be followed by an awards presentation at noon.

Parents of the students are also encouraged to attend the science fair and participate in a special session that will help them stimulate science learning at home. The 30-minute session, titled “Helping Students Find Science Success In and Out of the Classroom,” will be held at 10:30 a.m. in English and 11:00 a.m. in Spanish. Students participating in the science fair are from the 16 partner schools of CZS’s Levels of Engagement program. Through this program, CZS offers teacher training and student peer-to-peer education in an effort to create Centers for Science Excellence.