The creators of two science projects from Fillmore's 33 Central School will be making a repeat trip to the Canada Wide Science Fair in mid-May, as they won gold and overall best exhibits at the Southeast Regional Science Fair held on Friday.
The level of competition from 114 entries was very impressive this year, said fair coordinator Leo Carteri, a science teacher at the Fillmore school.
"As the students get more confidence, I find over the years the competition gets keener in a way and makes the job of the judges more challenging. In general there's a lot of excitement at the junior level, and there aren't as many entries at the senior level for various reasons," said Carteri.
The senior students may not have the time to do exhibits as when they were in earlier grades, but once they know what they'd like to do, they know how to make it a good quality display, and the ones selected to go on to nationals are those with more research and information than what can be found in textbooks, he said.
This will be the third trip for Rob Shultz, whose project entitled, Songbird Response to Brood Parasitism, won a gold medal in life science for the intermediate category, and had his project named as the best overall exhibit in the intermediate category. He won a $50 prize for this placing, and a travel award of $1,000 from Sask. Education Training and Employment towards the trip to Edmonton.
Shultz didn't win anything the first time he went to the nationals two years ago in Regina, but last year he came home with a bronze medal from the fair held in Timmins, Ont.
The other project to go to the national fair is Making An Impact, by Grade 12 students Jonathan Carteri and Brice Collins, who also accompanied Shultz to Timmins last year. Their project won gold in engineering in the senior category, and also won a $50 prize as the best overall senior exhibit. They were awarded a $500 travel award by SaskEnergy.
This project centres around the mechanics of a golf swing, including the use of a machine built to simulate the action of a golf swing, along with a videotape of the project.
The other local winners in the regional science fair are as follows.
In the junior category, life science division, Kahl Boll and Aimee Procyk of 33 Central School won the gold medal for their exhibit, Change the Temp, Change the Beat; the silver medal went to Carmen Buckner of Gladmar Regional School for her project, Inside The Eye.
In physical science, Meagan Nicholas and Jessie Elias of 33 Central School won gold for their project, Hang It Up, while there was a tie for the bronze medal, including Jared Hengen of Gladmar Regional School for Jacob's Ladder, and Tamara Stewart and Kalida Kennedy of 33 Central School for, We've Got Gas.
Trevor Reder and Tyler Leas of 33 Central School won gold in engineering for their project, Aqua Clean, and Amber Stroeder and Jenna-Lee Ganje of Midale Central School won silver for Steam Power.
In the intermediate category, Rob Shultz won gold in life science, as mentioned above; Jennifer Kambeitz and Aimee Klein of Sedley-Francis High School won silver for What Is Bacteria?, tied with Nicole MacDougall and Alecia Johnson of the same school for the project, Vinegar and The Effects It Has on Various Objects; the bronze medal went to Calvin West and Ryan Lynch of Sedley School for their project, Water Filtration System.
In physical science, the bronze medal was shared between teams from Fillmore and Midale. Joel Neuberger and Matt Vollbrecht of 33 Central School won for their project, Under Pressure?, and Jennifer Scheirer and Tracy Carlson of Midale Central won for What Melts Ice Best.
The gold medal for engineering went to Conrad Wilgenbusch and Cordele Messer of Midale Central School for their Potato Shooter, which they called the Spudzooka; the silver was awarded to Shayna Scott and Brandi Meyers of Midale for their Electrostatic Motor; and sharing the bronze medal was Deanna Morrison and Claudette Vilcu of Midale for Telegraphs, and Mike Lang of 33 Central School for Round and Round It Goes.
In computer science, Charles Truman and Nolan Thompson of Midale won the gold medal for Computers: How They work, and the silver went to Curtis Avery and Darren Littlejohn of Midale for their project, MP3.
In biotechnology, the gold medal went to Lisa Greig and Jennelle Kennedy of 33 Central School for Germ Warfare, and the silver went to Jennelle Gervais and Mindy Zyla of 33 Central School for their project, Growing Household Bacteria.
In the senior category, life science division, the gold medal was awarded to Jenny Horner of 33 Central School for her project, The Nose Knows; the silver went to April Dickie of 33 Central School, for Are You Out of Breath?; and the bronze medal went to Allison Foss and Erin Foss of 33 Central School for Burger Battle. Horner's project was also a winner of a showcase award from the Regina Science Centre, and a $100 award from Wheatland Accounting.
The gold medal for physical science was won by Dana Hanson and Rhonda Sigda of 33 Central School for their project, Colour Confusion; and the silver medal went to Mishonna Mrychka and Robbi Neuberger of 33 Central School for their project, When Lightning Strikes.
In engineering, the team of Carteri and Collins won gold for Making An Impact, and Tyson Greig of 33 Central won bronze for Hydrodynamics.
The gold for computer science went to Chris Nell of Sedley School for 3-D Audio.
The South East Health District handed out the following awards in the three categories. In junior category, the gold medal was awarded to Kahl Boll and Aimee Procyk of 33 Central School for their project, Change the Temp, Change the Beat; silver went to Carmen Buckner of Gladmar Regional School for Inside The Eye.
In the intermediate category, the gold medal went to Jennifer Kambeitz and Aimee Klein of Sedley School for What Is Bacteria?, and the silver was awarded to Lisa Greig and Jennelle Kennedy of 33 Central School for their project, Germ Warfare.
In the senior category, the gold medal was awarded to Jenny Horner of 33 Central School for her project, The Nose Knows; earning the silver medal was April Dickie of 33 Central for, Are You Out of Breath?; and the bronze went to Allison Foss and Erin Foss of 33 Central for Burger Battle.
Joel Neuberger and Matt Vollbrecht, both from 33 Central School, were awarded the Saskatchewan Science Centre Award for their project, Under Pressure. A project studying tree rings, by Erica Peterson of Midale Central School, earned Erica a calculator.
A number of YSF Regional Science Fair Awards were also handed out.
Danell Johnston and Chelsea Martin of 33 Central School was named to the Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Award for their project, Little Diner. The pair were also given the AECL Award. The Chemical Institute of Canada Award went to Tamara Stewart and Kalida Kennedy of 33 Central School for their project, We've Got Gas.
Intel Awards were given to Chris Nell of Sedley School for 3-D Audio, a $100 prize; and to Curtis Avery and Darren Littlejohn of Midale Central School for their project, MP3.
A $50 award from Wheatland Accounting went to Dana Hanson and Rhonda Sigda of 33 Central School for their project, Colour Confusion.
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