The following are the results from the annual Mountain View Science and Technology Science Fair held at Olds High School on March 2.
GRADES 1 AND 2
Best of Fair and Gold Medal - Olivia Thorogood and Ryker Gafner, Grade 2, River Valley School, Germ Detectives.
First Runner Up and Gold Medal - Millie Koch, Grade 2, Ecole Olds Elementary School, Oxidation Station
Second Runner Up and Gold Medal - Callum Cameron, Grade 2, Carstairs Elementary School, Will It: French Toast.
Silver medals - Madeline Palyga, Grade 2, Carstairs Elementary School, Rainbow in a Jar; Briella DeVisser, Grade 1, River Valley School, What Happens If You Don’t Brush Your Teeth; Brianna Kilpatrick, Grade 2, Ecole Olds Elementary School, The Bouncy Egg; Camdyn Copley and Myka Lorek, Grade 2, Carstairs Elementary School, A Day in the Life of My Heart
Bronze medals - Harper Walker, Grade 2, Carstairs Elementary School, Purple; Tommy Blech, Grade 2, Ross Ford Elementary School, Electromagnets; Ayaan Hossain, Grade 1, Ecole Olds Elementary School, Elephant Toothpaste; Alexa Stromsmoe, Grade 1, Ecole Olds Elementary School, What is a Crystal; Kai Sitter, Grade 2, Carstairs Elementary School, Fire Snakes; Kyla Ball, Grade 1, Carstairs Elementary School, Do Flowers Change Colour in Food Colouring
GRADES 3 AND 4
Best of Fair and Gold Medal - Noelle McFie, Grade 3, Hugh Sutherland School, Which Water
First Runner Up and Gold Medal - Claire Friesen, Grade 3, Cremona School, How Colour Affects Taste
Second Runner Up and Gold Medal - Charleigh Tishenko, Grade 3, Hugh Sutherland School, Bake or Bust
Gold medals - Nathan Martens and Holden Brown, Grade 3, Ecole Olds Elementary School, Kitchen Chemistry; Gavin Sitter, Grade 4, Hugh Sutherland School, Earthquakes; Sophia Willihnganz and Emmett Shropshall, Grade 4, River Valley School, Shape Shifters.
Silver medals - Jaelynn King, Grade 3, Hugh Sutherland School, Can You Make a Lava Lamp; Julia Adema, Grade 3, Ecole Olds Elementary School, Interesting Ink; Alex Andrew and June Poiron, Grade 3, Ecole Olds Elementary School, Egg Crystals; Kole Roberts, Grade 3, River Valley School, Levitating Pencil; Daniil Semenov, Grade 4, Ecole Olds Elementary School, Magnet Electricity; Hannah Philp, Grade 4, Hugh Sutherland School, Bulging Bottles
Bronze medals - Calli Reid, Grade 3, Cremona School, How to Melt Glass; Carter Nielsen and Graydon Feil, Grade 4. River Valley School, Can the Sun Be Used to Cook Food; Sadie Winters, Grade 3, River Valley School, Speak Life; Dorothea Lee and Saige Jacobsen, Grade 3, Ecole Olds Elementary School, Candy Rock Cycle; Liam Deschaine, Grade 4, River Valley School, Electric Fruit; Victoria Rodrigues and Lucas Normand, Grade 4, Penhold School, Dare Devils; Maki Goodwin and Evelyn Beau, Grade 3, Hush Sutherland School, Horse Lovers; Gabe Drent, Grade 4, Ecole Olds Elementary School, Building Better Buildings.
GRADES 5 AND 6
Best of Fair and Gold Medal - Austin Fuchko and Austin Nixon, Grade 6, River Valley School, Manure, a Reliable Energy Source.
First Runner Up and Gold Medal - Zander Ewert, Grade 5, Hugh Sutherland School, Eggstra Old vs Eggstra Fresh.
Second Runner Up and Gold Medal - Georgia Winters, Grade 5, River Valley School, Sugar High
All of the medal winners from grades 5 to 12 are eligible to go to the Central Alberta Rotary regional science fair to be held at Red Deer College on March 29-30.
Gold medals - Ashlyn Meek and Lorelei Reber, Grade 6, Hugh Sutherland School, Sweet Dreams.
Silver medals - Tess Parker and Lily Pollard, Grade 6, Ecole Deer Meadow School, What Keeps Apples Fresh; Ty McFie, Grade 6, Hugh Sutherland School, Splat; Kiera Pennell, Grade 6, Hugh Sutherland School, Mandela Maddness; Kirsten Eskesen and Owen Gibson, Grade 5, Hugh Sutherland School, Weathering and Erosion of Rocks.
Bronze medals - Coby St. Amand and Sara Neufeld, Grade 5, Cremona School, Balloon Pressure; Dane Roberts, Grade 6, River Valley School, What Dissolves Alka-Seltzer Tablets the Fastest; Claire Bodwell and Avery Brood, Grade 5, Westglen School, Volcano……EXPLOSION; Ben Hall, Grade 5, Penhold School, Super Wings.
GRADES 7 AND 8
Best of Fair and Gold Medal - Kaia Kennedy, Grade 7, Hugh Sutherland School, Pain=Stain.
First Runner Up and Silver Medal - Hayley Glass, Grade 7, Hugh Sutherland School, Fire Breathes Life
Second Runner Up and Silver Medal - Jayce McKean and Gus Reid, Grade 7, Cremona School, That’s a Lot of Damage.
Silver medals - Marin Cassidy and Sage Petersen, Grade 7, Ecole Deer Meadow School, That’s a Pretty Cute Baby!
Bronze medals - Abriel Johnson, Grade 7, River Valley School, Can Cell Phones Affect Human Well-being; Tehya Kinghorn, Grade 8, Hugh Sutherland School, Kiss a Rose; Jules Owen-Pole, Grade 7, Hugh Sutherland School, Pencil Ore Inc.; Sianna Vennard, Grade 7, River Valley School, Does Grooming Affect a Horse’s Heart Rate; Ronan Tierney, Grade 7, Cremona School, How Aerodynamics Affects the Speed of a Car
GRADES 10 TO 12
Best of Fair and Gold Medal - Claire Petersen, Grade 11, Olds High School, Good Thinking or Gut Feeling.
First Runner Up and Gold Medal - Parker Mogck, Grade 12, Olds High School, A Link in the System.
Second Runner Up and Gold Medal - Sophie Petersen, Grade 10, Olds High School, Refueling Our World
Gold medals - Avary Hickman and Jessica Toews, Grade 10, Olds High School, Assessing Mental Health in Adolescents; Mona Fazakas and Kennedy Chrest, Grade 10, Olds High School, Are You Smarter Than a Middle Schooler.
Silver medals - Nikki Asaris, Grade 10, Olds High School, Genetics and Medicine; Ben Hindbo, Grade 10, Olds High School, Heartbeats; Keara Nelson, Grade 11, Olds High School, Fizzy Business; Ricky Jin, Grade 11, Olds High School, Frankenantimicrobial Concoction; Isabella Erick and Ashley Bennett, Grade 10, Olds High School, Effect of Cell Phone Waves on Honeybees; Tiauna Torchia, Grade 10, Olds High School, Prosthetics and 3D Printing – Which Material is Best; Nova Van Soest and Abby Lowe, Grade 10, Olds High School, Serves Up; Noah Martens, Grade 11, Olds High School, Nature’s Filtration Systems; Zoe Cullen, Grade 11, Olds High School, Destruction of the Bite: Man vs Animal.
Bronze medals - Ellie Petersen and Kallie Clouston, Grade 10, Olds High School, What’s the Best Urgent Detergent; Scarlett Hutchison, Grade 10, Olds High School, DIY Frankenstein; Asia Elliott and Sarah-Ann Persson, Grade 10, Olds High School, Strokes; Angelina Overwater, Grade 11, Olds High School, The Magic of the Gee Yah.
The following special awards were presented.
Nutrition - Wylie Wirch, Ross Ford Elementary School, What do birds eat?; Emry Stockall, Ecole Deer Meadow School, What’s for breakfast?
Agriculture - Kaytie McIver, Ecole Olds Elementary School, Dying Fabric with Fruit.
Engineering - Zane Miller, Ecole Olds Elementary School, Why We Wear Helmets.
Humanities - Owen Davidson and Aiden Whitehead, Ross Ford Elementary, Phantom Force; Brekyn Goodwin, Hugh Sutherland School, Holy Moly, Who Pulled the Goalie.
Rookie Award - Emily Luzi, River Valley School, How Snakes Move.
Environment - Khloe Blain, Ross Ford Elementary School, Bacteria.
Nature - Brooklyn DeVisser and Jacqueline Brink, River Valley School, How to Create a Breaded Dragon Habitat; Jillian Reid, Cremona School, Can we Make an Egg Float; Bailey Hengen and Cadie Caukill, River Valley School, Couple Cats, Couple Toys.
Biology - Ewan Gustafson, Ecole Olds Elementary School, What is Bioluminescence.
Physics - Havana Aarsby, Hugh Sutherland School, Conductivity.
Chemistry - Kaiden Hammett, Penhold School, What Type of Pop Stains Your Teeth the Most.
