OLDS — Fifteen students from across the region have qualified to attend the Central Alberta Rotary Science Fair (CARSF).
The CARSF will be held April 1 at Red Deer Polytechnic. Students can set up their projects on March 31.
Local students became eligible to enter the CARSF after winning medals at the Mountainview Science and Technology Society’s Science Fair, held March 4 at École Olds High School.
Following are those local medallists:
GRADES 5 AND 6
BEST OF FAIR AND GOLD MEDAL
Kyla Ball, Grade 5, Hugh Sutherland School, “Which surface in my house holds the most bacteria?”
SECOND PLACE AND GOLD MEDAL
Ayaan Hossain, Grade 5, Deer Meadow School, “Genie in a Bottle.”
THIRD PLACE AND SILVER MEDAL
Leah Mackenzie, Grade 5, River Valley School, “Rock Your World.”
SILVER MEDAL
Tommy Blech and Parker Hiebert, Grade 6, Westglen School, “How slow can a magnetic object fall?”
BRONZE MEDALS
Brianna Kilpatrick, Grade 6, Deer Meadow School, “White Glue vs Clear Glue: which makes better slime?”
Brooklyn Butts and Emily Seidle, Grade 6, River Valley School, “Fire Ice.”
Nick de Groot and Cade Roy, Grade 5, Hugh Sutherland School, “The Power of Electromagnets."
GRADES 7 TO 9
BEST OF FAIR AND GOLD MEDAL
Claire Friesen, Grade 7, Cremona School, “The Way It Flows – Laminar vs Turbulent.”
SECOND PLACE AND SILVER MEDAL
Hayleigh Kellough and Kyla Kellough, Grade 8, Westglen School, “Shining Light on MS.”
THIRD PLACE AND BRONZE MEDAL
Khloe Blain, Grade 7, Cremona School, “Electricity from Composting.”
BRONZE MEDAL
Calli Reid, Grade 7, Cremona School, “Which Species of Wood Burns Better and Hotter.”
GRADES 10 TO 12
BEST OF FAIR AND GOLD MEDAL
Keiara Lewis, Grade 10, Olds High School, “Do Words Matter?”
SECOND PLACE AND SILVER MEDAL
Claire Andrew, Grade 11, Olds High School, “Evolving COVID-19 Proteins.”
THIRD PLACE AND BRONZE MEDAL
Melody Fuller, Grade 10, Olds High School, “SAD Diets.”
BRONZE MEDAL
Kayla Graham, Grade 10, Olds High School, “How Do Microplastics Affect Us?”
Following are other results from the Mountainview Science and Technology Society Science Fair.
KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 2
BEST OF FAIR AND GOLD MEDAL
Marin Bell, Grade 1, Ross Ford School, “All Things Slime.”
SECOND PLACE AND SILVER MEDAL
Colby Poland, Grade 1, Carstairs Elementary School, “Volcanic Eruptions.”
Aridal Luna, Grade 2, Carstairs Elementary School, “Science Has Emotions Too.”
THIRD PLACE AND BRONZE MEDAL
Melody Bird, Grade 2, Cremona School, “Finding the Best Butterfly Wings.”
Chase Cameron, Grade 2, Carstairs Elementary School, “How Do Bees Build Hives.”
Booker Wills and Willow Brooks-Pitts, Grade 2, Carstairs Elementary School, “Lava Storms.”
GRADES 3 AND 4
BEST OF FAIR AND GOLD MEDAL
Christian Pepper, Grade 4, Carstairs Elementary School, “Takeoff!”
SECOND PLACE AND GOLD MEDAL
Eli Bird, Grade 4, Cremona School, “Finding Better Lubricants.”
THIRD PLACE AND GOLD MEDAL
Hailey Sikstrom, Grade 4, Carstairs Elementary School, “Jellyfish, the Ocean and Me.”
SILVER MEDALS
Aidric Dulmage, Grade 3, Ross Ford School, “Build Your Own Beyblade.”
Taliyah Braatz, Grade 4, Carstairs Elementary School, “What can magnets do?”
Garner Pollock, Grade 4, Carstairs Elementary School, “Mugs for Muggles.”
BRONZE MEDALS
Wyatt Tunnell and Lennon Fegg, Grade 3, Carstairs Elementary School, “Floating Dry Erase Markers.”
Sadie Ouderkirk, Grade 4, Carstairs Elementary School, “What is Stained Glass?”
KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE 4 SPECIAL AWARDS
NATURE
Ruby Braybrook, Cremona School, “If I was a Gecko.”
ROOKIE AWARDS
Rae Cameron, Carstairs Elementary School, “Paper Towel Rainbows.”
Hudson Wills, Carstairs Elementary School, “Huddy’s Science.”
Kyleigh Hiebert, Carstairs Elementary School, “Acetic vs Acidic Acid.”
PHYSICS
Isabelle Brink, River Valley School, “Sink and Float.”
BIOLOGY
Drew Murphy, River Valley School, “Growth of a Rainbow Trout.”
Alia Harkies, Ross Ford School, “Rainbow Flowers.”
NUTRITION
Tenley Braatz and Rowen Cameron, Carstairs Elementary School, “Will It Be a Cupcake?”
CHEMISTRY
Heath Poland, Carstairs Elementary School, “Bouncy Egg.”
AGRICULTURE
Lyla Harvie and Gentry Harvie, Ross Ford School, “Calving Season.”
ENVIRONMENT
Gracie Flanagan and Jillian Boulton, River Valley School, “Volcano Eruption.”
GRADES 5 AND 6 SPECIAL AWARDS
AGRICULTURE
Wylie Wirch, Westglen School, “What soil do peppers grow best in?”
NUTRITION
Svea Crocker, Cremona School, “What happens to eggs indifferent liquids?”
TECHNOLOGY
Riley Maier, River Valley School, “The science of ARC welding.”
BIOLOGY
Ada Ryan and Bella Hindes, Cremona School, “Moldy Bread.”
CHEMISTRY
Lexi Lewis, Cremona School, “Bouncy Egg.”
Taya Hartt, Deer Meadow School, “Anticipation Explosation.”
PHYSICS
Colin Kaczmarski, Hugh Sutherland School, “Glowing Potato.”
ENGINEERING
Chelsea Kitzul, Deer Meadow School, “Horizontal Directional Drilling.”
GRADES 7 TO 9 SPECIAL AWARDS
BIOLOGY
Kaiden Beausoleil, Hugh Sutherland School, “Osmosis.”
PHYSICS
Eli Kaczmarski, Hugh Sutherland School, “Nerf.”
CHEMISTRY
Maria Smith, Hugh Sutherland School, “Elephant’s Toothpaste.”
ENVIRONMENT
Llewelyn Edwards, Deer Meadow School, “Deep Sea Creatures Under Pressure.”
GRADES 10 TO 12 SPECIAL AWARDS
TECHNOLOGY
Aida Hingst and Tess Parker, Olds High School, “Carbon Battery.”
NUTRITION
Cheye-Anne Wessels, École Olds High School, “U Butter Hear This.”
CHEMISTRY
Emmeline Wells, Olds High School, “Invisible Ink.”
MEDICINE/HEALTH
Jorja Schroeder, Olds High School, “It’s Just One Sip.”
