Simcoe County students compete at national science fair

Student County District School Board students representing Team Simcoe at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Fredericton, N.B.

A half-dozen students from Simcoe County have been representing their schools on a national stage at this week’s Canada-Wide Science Fair in New Brunswick.

The Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) confirmed that six projects were selected from local grade 7-to-12 students for the Fredericton, N.B. event, making up ‘Team Simcoe.’

Here are the SCDSB students representing Team Simcoe and their respective projects:

• Aaryav S. - Cookstown Central PS, AI Waste Sorter.
• Annabel W. - Georgian Bay District HS, Pollution in the Pond: The Heavy Metal Crisis.
• Anne B. - Cookstown Central PS, The Road to a Greener Future: Exploring the Thermal Conductivity of Graphene Nanoparticles in Asphalt.
• Fatima A. - Cundles Heights PS, CardioCall: An Oxygenated Response.
• Katriina A. and Madison R. - Elmvale District HS, How Does Colour Impact Our Sense Perception.
• Solomon K. - Bear Creek SS, Mitigating stress using combined vagal stimulation and traditional therapy

The six were selected from the annual Simcoe County Regional Science and Technology Fair (SCRSTF) in April, where elementary and secondary students from across the county showcased their science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills.

The SCDSB says this year’s regional fair featured 198 projects, with 130 coming from the SCDSB’s 23 schools. The five categories were animal and plant sciences, computer science and engineering, earth and environmental sciences, human and health sciences, and physical and mathematical sciences.

The Canada-Wide Science Fair began this past Saturday and runs through this upcoming Saturday.