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Each year, more than 10,000 students in Nova Scotia participate in science fairs, with more than 1,000 students participating in their regional fair. In 2008, 40 students from all ten regions participated in the Canada-Wide Science Fair, held in Ottawa, taking home 16 medals (the largest number ever for Nova Scotia!) including two Gold medals, many honourable mentions, and thousands of dollars in prizes.
You can find more information on many of the award-winning projects listed below on the Sciencefairinfo.ns.ca website.
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Darren Rodenhizer:
In May, 2008 Darren Rodenhizer was a grade 12 student at Park View Education Centre. His project, 'Clean Energy from Scrap Tire Combustion', was about his successful discovery of a way to produce clean energy by burning scrap tires.
Darren brought home from the Canada Wide Science Fair a Gold Medal in the Environmental Innovation category, a Bronze Medal in the Engineering category, scholarships to the University of Western Ontario ($1000) and the University of Ottawa ($21,000!), and the NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award, which provides funding for Darren to carry on his research.
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James Harris:
James Harris was a grade 8 student at West Pictou Consolidated School when he won Gold at the 2008 Canada Wide Science Fair. His project was called 'How has English Vocabulary Changed over Time?' and analyzed how the size of English vocabulary has changed by using computer technology.
James brought home a Gold Medal in the Computing and Information Technology category and a scholarship to the University of Western Ontario ($2000).
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Automotive Category
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Graham Mann - BRONZE MEDAL Grade 10, Park View Education Centre - "Some Like it Hot! Using Thermoelectrics to Recover Waste Heat from a Car Engine"
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Engineering Category
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Graham Mann - BRONZE MEDAL Grade 10, Park View Education Centre - "Some Like it Hot! Using Thermoelectrics to Recover Waste Heat from a Car Engine"
Darren Rodenhizer - BRONZE MEDAL Grade 12, Park View Education Centre - "Clean Energy from Scrap Tire Combustion"
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Earth and Environmental Sciences Category
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Elise Tessier - SILVER MEDAL Grade 10, Ecole Rose Des Vents- "Le Compost Améliore la Santé Des Pommiers et Réduit L'infestation des Acarie" / "Compost Improves Apple Seedling Health and Reduces Two Spotted Spider Mite Infestation"
Adrian Howie - BRONZE MEDAL Grade 9, Saint Agnes School - "Sink the CO2"
Rebecca O'Connell and Amber MacLean-Hawes - HONOURABLE MENTION Grade 10, South Colchester Academy - "Lingering Herbicides"
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Health Sciences Category
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Adam Mertens - SILVER MEDAL Grade 9, New Germany Rural High School - "Ocular Trauma"
Joseph McNeil - SILVER MEDAL Grade 11, Richmond Academy - "Camellia Sinensis as an Aid in Regenerative Nerve Therapy"
Sarah Mack - BRONZE MEDAL Grade 8, Centre Consolidated School - "The Fat in Your Fries"
Alyssa Moss - HONOURABLE MENTION Grade 10, Riverview High School - "Seeing Science"
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Physical and Mathematical Sciences Category
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Maxwell Poole - SILVER MEDAL Grade 7, Maple Grove Education Centre - "Does the Angle of Your Ankle Affect the Propulsion of Your Flutter Kick?"
Florent Herbinger - BRONZE MEDAL Grade 8, Brookside Junior High School - "Tracking the Sun"
Virginia Georgallas - BRONZE MEDAL Grade 10, Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional School - "All Packed Up: A Study in Random Close Packing"
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Environmental Innovation Category
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Darren Rodenhizer - GOLD MEDAL Grade 12, Park View Education Centre - "Clean Energy from Scrap Tire Combustion"
Elise Tessier - BRONZE MEDAL Grade 10, Ecole Rose Des Vents - "Le Compost Améliore la Santé Des Pommiers et Réduit L'infestation des Acarie" / "Compost Improves Apple Seedling Health and Reduces Two Spotted Spider Mite Infestation"
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Computing and Information Technology Category
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James Harris - GOLD MEDAL Grade 8, West Pictou Consolidated School - "How Has English Vocabulary Changed Over Time?"
Johnathan MacNeil - BRONZE MEDAL Grade 10, Sydney Academy - "The Better Browser"
Arash Marzi - BRONZE MEDAL Grade 9, Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional School - "W.C.A.R. - Wireless Controllable Autonomous Robots"
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Nova Scotia Youth
Experiences in Science
2021 Brunswick Street, PO Box 578
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2S9
Tel (902) 424-8641
Fax (902) 424-0614
nsyes@sciencefairinfo.ns.ca
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