We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the following students from the Fraser Valley Region for participating in the BC/Yukon Virtual Science Fair held on June 17, 2020. They joined over 190 students from across BC where they received mentor feedback while competing for awards and prizes that were graciously donated by regional and provincial sponsors.
- Caio de Figueiroa, W.J. Mouat Secondary School, Abbotsford
“UV Lights for a Brighter safer Future“ - Xauni de Figueiroa, Chief Dan George Middle School, Abbotsford
“Can Waxworms Fight Plastic Pollution?” - Manmeet Kaur Dhaliwal, Dasmesh Punjabi School, Abbotsford
“Slime“ - Iqpreet Kaur Gill, Dasmesh Punjabi School, Abbotsford
“All About Fingerprints“ - Evia Loewen, Mennonite Educational Institute, Abbotsford
“How Effective is Hand Sanitizer?”
WINNER! Al Appleton Worksafe BC Award – $50 Cash Prize - Niki McIntosh, W.J. Mouat Secondary School, Abbotsford
“Biodiesel Production from Waste Vegetable Oil Through Transesterification”
WINNER! Engineers & Geoscientists BC Award – $50 Cash - Priyam Mehta, South Poplar Traditional Elementary School, Abbotsford
“The War Against Waste”
WINNER! BC Agriculture in the Classroom Award – $60 Cash
WINNER! BC Nature Award – $50 Cash - Himani Rana, Mennonite Educational Institute Middle School, Abbotsford
“The Tabbot”
WINNER! BC Game Developers Innovation Award – $50 Cash - Gurmannat Samra, Dashmesh Punjabi School, Abbotsford
“Environmental impacts of hydroelectric dams”
WINNER! BC Nature Award – $50 Cash
WINNER! Engineers & Geoscientists BC Award – $50 Cash - Navtaj Singh Sooch, Dasmesh Punjabi School
“RC Planes and Drones”
WINNER! BC Game Developers Innovation Award – $50 Cash
All projects entered can be viewed online at https://connectingideas.ca/projects
Thank you to all of the Event Sponsors: AbCellera, BC Hydro, Science World, Award sponsors WorkSafeBC, BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation, BC Nature, BC Science Teachers’ Association, Engineers and Geoscientists BC Student Program, Innovate BC, The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, Blackbird Interactive Inc, Codename Entertainment, DigiBC, Eastside Games, EA Games, Finger Food Advanced Technology Group, Hyper Hippo Games, KinematicSoup, Klei Entertainment; and Prize Sponsors Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Royal BC Museum, Museum of Anthropology, Clark Wilson LLP, Earnest Ice Cream, Mahony & Sons Stamps Landing, and Triple O’s!!!
Thank you to Jessica Zhang and her team from Science Fair Foundation BC for organizing this event!
WATCH the full BC Virtual Science Fair Celebration
