Posted: March 30, 2012
The District 16 Middle School Science Fair was hosted by North and South Esk Regional High School on Thursday March 29. Many of the fifty participants from 9 district schools impressed the judges with the quality and sophistication of their projects and like the elementary science fair, two days earlier, the decisions about winners were not easy to make. While the judges were deliberating the fair participants had an opportunity to experience “Race Car Physics” and Kodu programming. NSER high school teachers and students showed how the use of model racing cars can be used to understand some of the principals of physics and introduced Kodu which is a creative and instructive computer programming tool that is easy for students to use as it avoids the use of code. The science fair award winners are eligible to participate in the River Valley Science Fair at UNB Fredericton on April 19th.
The award winners are:
Bio-technology, Life and Health Science:
Bronze Medal: Luke MacDonald - Group Think - Miramichi Rural
Silver Medal: Kathleen Dunn - Stroop Effect - NSER
Gold Medal: Alex Stockli - An ELF/EMF Examination - Dr. Losier
Computing and Engineering:
Bronze Medal: Treyvan Munn - L'Evaluation des Risques - Dr. Losier
Silver Medal: Brett Irlam & Ben Ward - Laser Alarms using Mirrors - Nelson Rural
Gold Medal: Mike Waugh & Ashlyn Moody - Automobile Sunglasses - Blackville
Earth and Environmental Sciences:
Bronze Medal: Brian Allison - Which is Best? - NSER
Silver Medal: Madison Matchett & Taylor Blackmore - Cristaux - Harkins Middle
Gold Medal - Lyndsay Jay-Keating - Whooly Cow - Harkins Middle
Physical and Mathematical Sciences:
Bronze Medal: Jenna Tozer & Skylar Young - Lemon Electricity – NSEE Silver Medal: Andrew Lanteigne & Garret Dickson - What is the best way to cool a beverage? - Nelson Rural
Gold Medal: Bernie Keating & Matthew Henderson - Battery Life - NSER
To see photos visit D16 Middle School Science Fair