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Science Fairs: Burnaby Students Dominate at Regionals and Win at Nationals


Secondary students excelled at the regional science fair, and made up nearly half of the contingent who went on to compete at nationals in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

The Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair is open to students from 10 school districts (Howe Sound, Sunshine Coast, Powell River, West Vancouver, North Vancouver, Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Coquitlam, New Westminster and Ridge Meadows). Nearly three-hundred students competed at regionals, with 17 going forward to take their project to the national competition. Of those 17, eight students were from our schools:

Alpha

  • Kyle Brent, Grade 9 for “Metallurgy Mayhem”

Burnaby North

  • Charley Cai, Grade 12 for “Chagas Disease: Decoding Vector-Based Pathogen Recognition”
  • Claire & Vanessa Scrimini, Grade 10 for “Algae Meets Fungi”
  • Laura Wang, Grade 11 for “Endotoxin’s Association with Wheeze and Atopy”

Burnaby South

  • Emily Chen & Emily Miki, Grade 8 for “Which Moisturizer Best Treats Eczema?”

Moscrop

  • Wendy Fang, Grade 10 for “The Pollen G.P.S.”

At the National Science Fair in May, the students went on to earn several medals (gold, silver and bronze) and multiple scholarships. Read more in the Burnaby Now.

Below are the full list of results for Burnaby Schools students at the National Science Fair.

Claire & Vanessa Scrimini, Grade 10 for “Algae Meets Fungi”

  • Gold Medal, Excellence Award – Intermediate, Youth Science Canada
  • Challenge Award – Energy, Youth Science Canada
  • Western University Scholarship – $4000 Entrance Scholarship

Kyle Brent, Grade 9 for “Metallurgy Mayhem”

  • Silver Medal, Excellence Award – Intermediate, Youth Science Canada
  • Western University Scholarship – $2000 Entrance Scholarship

Charley Cai, Grade 12 for “Identifying Novel Peptidoglycan”

  • Silver Medal, Excellence Award – Senior, Youth Science Canada
  • Canadian Young Researcher Award – Canadian Science Publishing and STEM Fellowship, Senior ($1000)
  • Western University Scholarship – $2000 Entrance Scholarship
  • University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship – $2000 Entrance Scholarship
  • University of New Brunswick Canada-Wide Science Fair Scholarship – $2500 Entrance Scholarship
  • UBC Science (Vancouver) Entrance Award – $2000 Entrance Scholarship
  • Dalhousie University Faculty of Science Entrance Scholarship – $2500

Wendy Fang, Grade 10 for “The Pollen G.P.S.”

  • Silver Medal, Excellence Award – Intermediate, Youth Science Canada
  • Western University Scholarship – $2000 Entrance Scholarship

Laura Wang, Grade 11 for “Endotoxin’s Association with Wheeze and Atopy”

  • Bronze Medal, Excellence Award – Senior, Youth Science Canada
  • Canadian Young Researcher Award – Canadian Science Publishing and STEM Fellowship, Senior ($1000)
  • Western University Scholarship – $1000 Entrance Scholarship
  • University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship – $1000 Entrance Scholarship