{"id":373,"date":"2024-09-21T14:59:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T18:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/nworsf\/?page_id=373"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:15:07","slug":"2025-results","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/nworsf\/results\/2025-results\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>2025 NWORSF AWARD WINNERS<\/b><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>TEAM NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO AT THE CANADA-WIDE SCIENCE FAIR<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nordic EcoFridge &#8211; Livia Hoard<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Determining the Effects on Plant Growth When Microplastics are Present in the Soil &#8211; Gabriela Blandon Atia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fire Resistance &#8211; Abigayle Nelson &amp; Chloe Nordstrom<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Investigating Quantum Properties in Neuron Processes &#8211; Celeste Marcon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200bDrinks that Convert the Most Sucrose to Glucose &#8211; Lakelan MacKenzie<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Best in Fair<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nordic EcoFridge &#8211; Livia Hoard<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Best in Fair &#8211; Beginner<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do Flip-Flops Work? &#8211; Raina Canuel<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Green Machine: How Chickens Can Make a Difference &#8211; Paige Challen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Heat is On &#8211; Exploring how Colour Affects Home Temperature &#8211; Kamia Cullis &amp; Claire Exley<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Best in Fair &#8211; Junior \/ Intermediate<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fire Resistance &#8211; Abigayle Nelson &amp; Chloe Nordstrom<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Junior Awards of Excellence<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winter Warriors &#8211; Slate Paradis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IA &#8211; Madie Boyd<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Best Intermediate \/ Senior Project<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nordic EcoFridge &#8211; Livia Hoard<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Intermediate \/ Senior Awards of Excellence<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Determining the Effects on Plant Growth When Microplastics are Present in the Soil &#8211; Gabriela Blandon Atia<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Investigating Quantum Properties in Neuron Processes &#8211; Celeste Marcon<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Seeds, Plants &amp; Agriculture Award\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Different Soil Moisture Levels Affect the Growth of Jack Pine &#8211; Dara Onireti<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Earth Sciences Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Effects of Various Slope Gradients on the Mass and Size Distribution of Sediment Transported in RunOff &#8211; Ayan Islam<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>LU Book Awards &#8211; Junior<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fire Resistance &#8211; Abigayle Nelson &amp; Chloe Nordstrom<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Winter Warriors &#8211; Slate Paradis<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IA &#8211; Madie Boyd<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wat&#8217;er you Drinking? &#8211; Hailey Main<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Climbing Chalk Experiment &#8211; Shane Carpenter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>LU Book Awards &#8211; Intermediate \/ Senior<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Investigating Quantum Properties in Neuron Processes &#8211; Celeste Marcon<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Einstein&#8217;s Clock: A Journey Through Time Dilation &#8211; Aina Deschenes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anthropogenic Clouds Against Climate Change &#8211; Dhruv Ayare<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200bDo Fidget Toys Improve Short Term Memory? &#8211; Noey Sameshima<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Determination of the Difference in Impact Between Helmets With and Without Padding &#8211; Sameer Kapoor<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Sustainable Energy Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nordic EcoFridge &#8211; Livia Hoard<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u200bHealth Research Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drinks that Convert the Most Sucrose to Glucose &#8211; Lakelan MacKenzie<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Technological Innovation Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Effect of the Launch Angle and Projectile Weight on the Distance a Projectile Travels &#8211; Bogdan Anisca<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ken Shurget Memorial Communication Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Effect of Wind Turbine Blade Length on Power Production &#8211; Chloe Payandeh<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drinks that Convert the Most Sucrose to Glucose &#8211; Lakelan MacKenzie<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b<strong>Lakehead University Entrance Scholarship Award<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nordic EcoFridge &#8211; Livia Hoard<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Lakehead University Entrance Scholarship &#8211; Natural Resources Management<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anthropogenic Clouds Against Climate Change &#8211; Dhruv Ayare<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>\u200bRo\u0219ie Revere Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Roller Coasters &#8211; Isabella Napa<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Horticultural Society Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How Different Soil Moisture Levels Affect the Growth of Jack Pine &#8211; Dara Onireti<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Determining the Effects on Plant Growth When Microplastics are Present in the Soil &#8211; Gabriela Blandon Atia<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>OPG Renewable Energy Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Effect of Wind Turbine Blade Length on Power Production &#8211; Chloe Payandeh<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>H2O2GO Clean Water Champion Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wat&#8217;er you Drinking? &#8211; Hailey Main<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>LU Trailblazer Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Einstein&#8217;s Clock: A Journey Through Time Dilation &#8211; Aina Deschenes<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Indigenous Studies Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traditional Indigenous Medicines &#8211; Cameron Price<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Coding Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coding For a Cause &#8211; Freya Mannisto<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Innovative in Physics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Effect of Counterweight on Trebuchet Launch Distance &#8211; Keith Greenfield<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Innovative in Chemistry<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drinks that Convert the Most Sucrose to Glucose &#8211; Lakelan MacKenzie<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Innovation Science Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coding For a Cause &#8211; Freya Mannisto<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Water Environmental Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Determining the Effects on Plant Growth When Microplastics are Present in the Soil &#8211; Gabriela Blandon Atia<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Francophone Project<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IA &#8211; Madie Boyd<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Rising Voices in Scientific Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Traditional Indigenous Medicines &#8211; Cameron Price<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>The Innovating for Well-Being Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coding For a Cause &#8211; Freya Mannisto<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Ecological Consciousness Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washing Away All that is Superior About our Great Lakes &#8211; Madelynn More<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Behaviour Science Award<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Coding For a Cause &#8211; Freya Mannisto<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><b>CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR YOUTH SCIENTISTS!<\/b><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 NWORSF AWARD WINNERS &nbsp; TEAM NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO AT THE CANADA-WIDE SCIENCE FAIR Nordic EcoFridge &#8211; Livia Hoard Determining the Effects on Plant Growth When Microplastics are Present in the Soil &#8211; Gabriela Blandon Atia Fire Resistance &#8211; Abigayle Nelson &amp; Chloe Nordstrom Investigating Quantum Properties in Neuron Processes &#8211; Celeste Marcon \u200bDrinks that Convert [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":370,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-373","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/nworsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/nworsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/nworsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/nworsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/nworsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/nworsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":519,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/nworsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/373\/revisions\/519"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/nworsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/nworsf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}