The Innisfail Junior Senior High School held its annual Grade 9 science fair last week and the overall winning project was inspired while waiting in line at the bottle depot.
Justin Quinn won first place in the Applied Science category and first overall for his machine that answered the question, "What is a more efficient way to sort bottles and cans?"
His machine was powered by an electric drill and featured a belt to move the bottles and cans and a number pistons that pushed the bottles off the track.
Quinn said that he wanted to create a better system to sort bottles because he was tired of waiting in line at the bottle depot.
Second place in the applied science category was Jodi Graham with her project on unconventional cleaners, and in third came Kassidy DeZutter and Kaylee Leichner for their project on Anti Bacterial versus Regualar Soaps.
First place in the life science category went to Devin Cooper who answered the question, "How do the type of lights we use affect a plant growth?" Shawn Abraham and Brian Beaulieu came in second with their project on the effect of filters on plants and animals and third went to Tanika Leppa and Courtney Orton who answered the question, "How does the pH of soil effect how the bean plant grows at different ages?"
Tanner Jackson and Jackson Ross won first place in the physical science category with their experiment on preservatives in food, second went to Tristan Slager whose project was to find if hot water can freeze faster then cold water, and in third was Christen Cooper and Natalie Woodruff who found out which materials made a homemade electrochemical cell with the best voltage.
All of these students will now move onto the regional championships in Red Deer where they will compete for the chance to go to nationals
