NS YES! News Archive
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Students Take Gold Medals at National Science Fair
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Posted: May 16, 2008
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Nova Scotia's budding scientists came away with two gold, five silver and nine bronze medals from the Canada-Wide Science Fair. Medals, awards and scholarships were handed out on May 16 in Ottawa. Forty Nova Scotia students joined about 450 of their peers from across the county for the nine-day competition.
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Darren Rodenhizer, a Grade 12 student at Park View Education Centre, won a gold medal in environmental innovation and a bronze medal in engineering for creating a process where scrap tires can be used as a source of clean energy.
James Harris, a Grade 8 student at West Pictou Consolidated School, won a gold medal for his analysis of the changing size of the English vocabulary.
'The skills students learn when going through the process of developing an idea and seeing it through to the end result are applied in many other areas of life,' said Cliff Coveyduc, program director of NS YES, Nova Scotia's provincial organization for science fairs. 'We are delighted to have sent the largest-ever delegation of Nova Scotia students to the Canada Wide Science Fair this year. The future of Nova Scotia is in great hands.'
The other winners are:
- Maxwell Grimshaw Poole, Maple Grove Education Centre: Silver medal in physical and mathematical sciences for Does The Angle Of Your Ankle Affect The Propulsion of Your Flutter Kick?
- Adam Mertens, New Germany Rural High School: Silver medal in health sciences for Ocular Trauma
- Joseph McNeil, Richmond Academy: Silver medal in health sciences for Camellia Sinensis as an Aid in Regenerative Nerve Therapy
- Graham Mann, Park View Education Centre: Silver medal in engineering and bronze medal in automotive for Some Like It Hot! Using Thermoelectrics to Recover Waste Heat from a Car Engine
- Elise Tessier, École Rose-des-Vents: Silver medal in earth and environmental sciences and bronze medal in environmental innovation for Le compost améliore la santé des pommiers et réduit l'infestation des acarie
- Florent Herbinger, Brookside Junior High School: Bronze medal in physical and mathematical sciences for Tracking the Sun
- Virginia Georgallas, Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional School: Bronze medal in physical and mathematical sciences for All Packed Up: A Study in Random Close Packing
- Sarah Mack, Centre Consolidated School: Bronze medal in health sciences for Fat In Your Fries
- Adrian Howie, St. Agnes School: Bronze medal in earth and environmental sciences for Sink The CO2
- Johnathan MacNeil, Sydney Academy: Bronze medal in computing and information technology for The Better Browser
- Arash Marzi, Dr. John Hugh Gillis Regional School: Bronze medal in computing and information technology for W.C.A.R. Wireless Controllable Autonomous Robots
- Alyssa Moss, Riverview High School: Honourable mention in health sciences for Seeing Science
- Rebecca O'Connell and Amber MacLean-Hawes, South Colchester Academy: Honourable mention in earth and environmental sciences for Lingering Herbicides
For more information about NS YES! and its programs, please visit their website at ScienceFairInfo.ns.ca.
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Media Contact:
Christina Rowlands
NS YES! Nova Scotia Youth Experiences in Science
902-424-8408
rowlanck@gov.ns.ca
ScienceFairInfo.ns.ca
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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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