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Bad weather and a stubborn flu bug combined to put the students about a month behind with their science projects.
Teacher Katherine McDonald says the fact the local fair actually took place after the regional event didn't dampen student enthusiasm for displaying their projects.
"The science fair is a lot more about the smaller kids in Whale Cove because they dominate our overall student numbers," says McDonald.
"We did have five projects from 10 students in our senior classes, but the vast majority of this year's efforts came from our Grade 4-5 class."
McDonald says the younger Whale students have a wide variety of interests when it comes to preparing their science fair projects.
She says the students often look to past fairs for their inspiration.
"Our kids tend to like 'canned' experiments that have been done before.
"Experiments on static electricity or other demonstrations that are cool to them are always the most popular."
The vast majority of projects undertaken by Inuglak students this year dealt with modern science, rather than traditional studies.
However, McDonald says a number of them were quite relevant to their environment.
"We did have a number of kids who took an interest in health issues.
"As a result, we had a number of anti-smoking projects.
"They may not be what you would call traditional, but they're certainly relevant to life in the North."
Staff at Inuglak school go all out to make the local science fair attractive to the community.
An open house was held on April 9 for people in the community to come to the school and see what the students created.
"The younger kids definitely get excited over the science fair. We ordered little science kits from the Scholastic Book Club this year and every class received a little prize.
"That was a nice little added bonus the kids really seemed to enjoy."
