{"id":511,"date":"2023-04-02T11:12:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T15:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/renfrew-county\/blog\/rcrsf-2023-winners\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T21:30:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T01:30:06","slug":"rcrsf-2023-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/renfrew-county\/blog\/rcrsf-2023-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"RCRSF 2023 Winners!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And that&#8217;s a wrap for the 2023 Renfrew County Regional Science Fair! Thank you to our sponsors, volunteers, parents and students for making this first in-person fair since 2019 so memorable!<\/p>\n<p>Here is a full list of project winners:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Earth and Environmental Division sponsored by the Town of Deep River:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Grade 5\/6: Olivia McWhirter &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Which method will make this water safe to drink?<\/span><br \/>\nJunior: Zak McCabe and Elizabeth Hartwick\u00a0 &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">what materials\/shape creates the best rainbow using light refraction<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Engineering and Computer Science Division sponsored by the Petawawa Legion:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Grade 5\/6 &#8211; 1st: Dhara Alexander &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Types of electric circuits<\/span><br \/>\nGrade 5\/6 &#8211; 2nd: Ava Young and Mackenzie Harrigan &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Water and Juice Dispenser<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Junior &#8211; 1st: Mark Wendland &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tank vs AI Tanks Computer Game<\/span><br \/>\nJunior &#8211; 2nd: Logan Lynde &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning to fly<\/span><br \/>\nJunior &#8211; 3rd: Joey MacKinnon &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Happy hour drink mixer<\/span><br \/>\nJunior &#8211; Honourable Mention: Juliette Fischer &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">H2O Alarms<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Health Science Division sponsored by SRB Technologies:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Grade 5\/6 &#8211; 1st: Caitlyn Wolfe &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pump Up the Music!<\/span><br \/>\nGrade 5\/6 &#8211; 2nd: Hayley Howat &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seeing is Believing! How to find your blind spot<\/span><br \/>\nGrade 5\/6 &#8211; 3rd: Oliver Phinney &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And The Beat Goes On! a study of the heart<\/span><br \/>\nGrade 5\/6 &#8211; Honourable Mention: Ahnaf Sarker &#8211; Polygraphs<\/p>\n<p>Junior &#8211; 1st: Jordyn Scantland Proulx &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The power of Lysol wipes<\/span><br \/>\nJunior &#8211; 2nd: Norah Lynde and Zaina Ali &#8211; Mold 101<br \/>\nJunior &#8211; 3rd: Maxwell Tippeneskum &#8211; Moody Teens<br \/>\nJunior &#8211; Honourable Mention: Ellinor Gj\u00e6re, Hanna Tucker and Farida Khalifa<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Life Science Division sponsored by the City of Pembroke:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Grade 5\/6 &#8211; 1st: Hayden Woods &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Testing Candy for Glucose<\/span><br \/>\nGrade 5\/6 &#8211; 2nd: Lydia McCabe and Julie Harrison &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Effects of Calming Techniques on Horse Heart Rate<\/span><br \/>\nGrade 5\/6 &#8211; 3rd: Abigail Baker &#8211; The Periodic Table<br \/>\nGrade 5\/6 &#8211; Honourable Mention: Quinn Bonville &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can a hamster get through a maze with scent<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Junior &#8211; 1st: Maggie Alexander &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who&#8217;s Cell Phone Is The Grossest?<\/span><br \/>\nJunior &#8211; 2nd: James Shaugnessy and Vaghn Croteau &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Measuring Electrolytes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Physical and Mathematical Sciences Division sponsored by Ontario Power Generation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Grade 5\/6 &#8211; 1st: Eva Charette &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taller: Why we&#8217;re taller in space<\/span><br \/>\nGrade 5\/6 &#8211; 2nd: Jovie Hersak, Hannah Vaughan &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">M&amp;M Experimental<\/span><br \/>\nGrade 5\/6 &#8211; 3rd: Nathan Delage, Sam Donihee &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Strongest Tape<\/span><br \/>\nGrade 5\/6 &#8211; Honourable Mention: Brooke-Lynn Sheppard &#8211; I<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nvisible Ink<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Junior &#8211; 1st: Jackson Vossos &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nerf or Nothing??<\/span><br \/>\nJunior &#8211; 2nd: Sonia Ahmad, Alice Yang &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Marble Roller Coaster<\/span><br \/>\nJunior &#8211; 3rd: Alexandria Chaput &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Magic Indicator<\/span><br \/>\nJunior &#8211; Honourable Mention: Stella Ziegler &#8211; <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Does the moon affect your sleep?&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:513,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Does the moon affect your sleep?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Best Energy Project sponsored by Ontario Power Generation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>James Shaugnessy and Vaghn Croteau &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Measuring Electrolytes<\/span><br \/>\nCarson Rey-McIntyre and Sam Ha &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Electric Dough<\/span><br \/>\nJuliette Fischer &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">H2O Alarms<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Petawawa Legion Award for Best Project Improving the Lives of Veterans<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Joey MacKinnon &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Happy hour drink mixer<\/span><br \/>\nCaitlyn Wolfe &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pump Up the Music!<\/span><br \/>\nHayden Woods &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Testing Candy for Glucose<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Best Nuclear Project sponsored by the Canadian Nuclear Society Chalk River Branch<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Logan Lynde &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning to fly<\/span><br \/>\nAbigail Baker &#8211; The Periodic Table<br \/>\nEva Charette &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taller: Why we&#8217;re taller in space<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) Award<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Joey MacKinnon &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Happy hour drink mixer<\/span><br \/>\nLogan Lynde &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learning to fly<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>RCRSF Judges&#8217; Choice Award<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kenny Harrigan and Isaac Nugent &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What Makes a Better Sugar Snake<\/span><br \/>\nZo\u00eb Seguin and Charlotte Stitt &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How much Salt does it take to make an Egg Float?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Best Environmental Innovation sponsored by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Olivia McWhirter &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Which method will make this water safe to drink?<\/span><br \/>\nNorah Lynde and Zaina Ali &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mold 101<\/span><br \/>\nJordyn Scantland Proulx &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The power of Lysol wipes<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Budding Young Scientist Award for best first-time regional fair project<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Jackson Vossos &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nerf or Nothing??<\/span><br \/>\nMark Wendland &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tank vs AI Tanks Computer Game<\/span><br \/>\nCaitlyn Wolfe &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pump Up the Music!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Best Grade 5\/6 Project Sponsored by the Renfrew County District School Board<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Eva Charette &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Taller: Why we&#8217;re taller in space<\/span><br \/>\nCaitlyn Wolfe &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pump Up the Music!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Grand Prize Winners sponsored by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mark Wendland &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tank vs AI Tanks Computer Game<\/span><br \/>\nJordyn Scantland Proulx &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The power of Lysol wipes<\/span><br \/>\nMaggie Alexander &#8211; <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Who&#8217;s Cell Phone Is The Grossest?<\/span><br \/>\nLogan Lynde &#8211; 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Thank you to our sponsors, volunteers, parents and students for making this first in-person fair since 2019 so memorable! Here is a full list of project winners: Earth and Environmental Division sponsored by the Town of Deep River: Grade 5\/6: Olivia McWhirter &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/renfrew-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/renfrew-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/renfrew-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/renfrew-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/renfrew-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/renfrew-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":514,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/renfrew-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions\/514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/renfrew-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/renfrew-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/region.youthscience.ca\/renfrew-county\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}