St. Ann’s Science winners preparing for Regional Science Fair

NEWS/ SCHOOLS — Seven amazing science projects featuring 10 high school students from St. Ann’s Academy have been selected for entry in the upcoming Cariboo-Mainline Regional Science Fair next week at TRU.

Three Grade 9 and seven Grade 8 students were selected as winners for their projects in the school science fair, held just before Spring Break. They will now compete in the annual regional event that takes place April 9-10 on the TRU campus.

Tied for first in the Intermediate Division [Grade 9-10] were two projects: one testing the heat retention of different textiles by Sophia Budniknas, and a project called “Think Smart – Fuel Smart” involving the density and volume changes of gasoline by Young Seo.

Second place in the division went to Kiauna Bruno for a project titled “Air Raid” that involved looking at particles in the air in Kamloops.

In the Junior [Grade 7-8] Division, three projects were selected as winners. First place went to Megan Blower and Natalie Pietramala for their project involving water filtering, titled “To Drink or Not to Drink,” and second place to Foster Wynne and Ander Rementeria for their project titled “Diaper Dilemna.”

Third place saw a tie between the team of Anson Shapter and Corson Nordick, with their project on the effects of “Exam Preparation Activities” and Julianna Hermiston with her project on the effects of Sugar, Acid and Carbonation on teeth.

Judges for the St. Ann’s school science fair, which featured a total of 96 student participants, included two TRU undergraduate science students.

St. Ann’s Academy graduates have a strong reputation for success in sciences at TRU, including the winner of the 2010 Governor General’s Academic Medal, which is awarded to the student graduating with the highest average among all TRU degree program graduates.