2000 Awards and Prizes

2005 Awards and Prizes

 2004 Awards and Prizes

2003 Awards and Prizes

2002 Awards and Prizes

 2001 Awards and Prizes

2000 Awards and Prizes

1999 Awards and Prizes

1998 Awards and Prizes
   

1997 Awards and Prizes

Awards and Prizes, with 2000's winners are sorted by type.

Overall Awards
Division Awards
Specialty Awards:
Nationally Initiated
Provincially Initiated
Nominations for a Provincial Winner
VIRSF - Local Award Sponsors


Overall Awards
Sponsored by SAYS
The top five projects in the 2000 fair (from grades 7 to 12). These students represented the Vancouver Island Region at the Canada Wide Science Fair in May .
First: Catherine Buschhaus Independent
  Fending Off Formica rufa
Second: David Ludgate Glenlyon Norfolk
  Ionizing Radiation on Golf Balls
Third: Yan Aoki Glenlyon Norfolk
  Magnetizing Water
Fourth: Tieg Clark Parkland Secondary
  Hoof Care
Fifth: Ben Cunningham George Bonner
  Don't Tread on Me!

Division Awards
Sponsored by SAYS
Up to five projects are awarded trophies in each of the following catagories.

 

Senior grades 10 - 12

First: Mark Salter Reynold's Secondary
  Interference
Second: Christie MacIntyre St. Margaret's School
  When Nature Fights Back
Third: Ashley Wan St. Margaret's School
  Light Plight
Fourth: Angela Hill Stelly's Secondary
  The Little Beta Carotene That Could
 Fifth:  Aisha Malik St. Margaret's School
  Cloning the Squirrel Protamine Gene

 

Junior grades 8 - 9

First: Alexis Theroux North Saanich School
  Ridding a Plant of Aphids
Second: Phillip Curran North Saanich School
  Adhesives
Third: Stephanie Terlson St. Margaret's School
  Cl Vs. O3
Fourth: Ben Fox Frances Kelsey
  Parabolic Ear II
Fifth: Melissa Smyth St. Margaret's School
  Sticky Solutions

 

Intermediate grades 6 - 7

First: Greg Friesen Gordon head
  What's Your Angle?
Second:  Brady Johnson George Bonner
  CO2 and You
Third: Colin Rowe Uplands Elementary
  Native Healing Remedies
Fourth: Jordan Harris Wishart Elementary
   Ventilation Rates
 Fifth:  Wanda Boyer   St. Margaret's School
  Organic Plastics

 

Elementary grades 4 - 5

Patrick Johnston
First: Lucas Froese Mount Brenton
  Molds
Second: Janelle Henry Happy Valley Elem.
  Do Worms Have Reflex Behaviour?
Third: Katie Fitzpatrick St. Margaret's School
  Which Toothpaste Cleans Best?
Fourth: Dominic Swift Willows Elem.
  Teeth and Gums
Fifth: Gregory Sedun Sansbury Elem.
  Fat for Feathered Friends

Specialty Awards

 Zonta International $300 + travel to CWSF  Catherine Buschhaus, Independent, Fending Off Formica rufa
Alexa Geminiano Award $100 and perpetual trophy Yan Aoki, Glenlyon-Norfolk, Magnetizing Water
Alexa Geminiano Award $100 and perpetual trophy Catherine Buscchaus, Independent, Fending Off Formica Rufa
University of Victoria Science Fair Scholarship $500 Yan Aoki, Glenlyon-Norfolk, Magnetizing Water
Dr. Masanori Aoki Award $100 + travel to CWSF David Ludgate, Glenlyon Norfolk, Ionizing Radiation on Golf Balls
 Nationally Initiated

Sponsor

Award

Recipient

Atomic Energy of Canada $100 Mark Salter, Reynold's Secondary, Interference
Chemical Institute of Canada $50 + Mouse pad Wanda Boyer, St. Margaret's, Organic Plastics
Chevron Canada Ltd. Award (Env./Habitat Preservation) $100  Alexis Theroux, North Saanich, Ridding Plants of Aphids
Intel $100 and $50

James Smith, Stelly's Secondary, Optical Computation

Taras Glek, Reynold's Secondary, Distributed Application Framework

 

Provincially Initiated

Alzheimer Society $50 Alyson Kowalewsky, Wishart Elementary, Short Term Memory Loss
American Association of Physics Teachers, BC chapter $50 Greg Friesen, Gordon Head, What's Your Angle?
BCAA Award $100 student/ $100 teacher Ben Cunningham, George Bonner, Don't Tread on Me!
BC Hydro Keepers plaque + $100 Ashley Wan, St. Margaret's, Light Plight
BC Ministry of Employment and Investment Perpetual trophy Wanda Boyer, St. Margaret's, Organic Plastics
BC Ministry of the Environment, Lands and Parks Nature Print (courtesy of Habitat Conservation Trust Fund) + certificate of appreciation Thea Chamberlain, Willows Elem., Flush!
BC Science Council (Turning Ideas into Solutions) $100 student $500 teacher Wanda Boyer, St. Margaret's, Organic Plastics
Division For Advancement of Women in Engineering & Geosciences [DAWEG] $100 Stephanie Terlson, St. Margaret's, Cl Vs. O3
Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon Plaque + nomination to a summer research fellowship if student in Grade 11 Celeste Pakstas, George Bonner, And the Beat Goes On
Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST) $100 Aisha Malik, St. Margaret's, Cloning the Squirrel Protamine Gene

 

Nominations for a Provincial Winner

Brainium .com $300 James Smith, Stelly's Secondary, Optical Computation
Canadian Land Reclamation, BC Chapter (W.E. Coates Award) $100 Garrett Therrien, Willows Elem., Can Plants Clean Water?
Federation of BC Naturalists $100 Natalie Tran, Parkland Secondary, Western vs. Eastern Medicine
Technology & Research Committee on Reclamation $500 scholarship if in Grade 11 or 12 Angela Hill, Stelly's Secondary, The Little Beta Carotene That Could
 VIRSF - Local Award Sponsors
Drs. Rosemary and Walter Balfour $50 and $25

Lauren Matthias, St. Margaret's School, Moving Water

Trevor Verwolf, Sangster Elem., When Do We Grow More?

Drs. Jane Browning & Dave Berry $50 Alan Manning and Evan MacRae, Monterey Elem., Programmable Robot
Gordon Patterson Awards $50 (X3)

Garrett Therrien, Willows Elem., Can Plants Clean Water?

Dan Sanders, Somenos Elem., Insulation Breakdown

Kristina Vuckovic and Kayla Depuit, Marigold Elem., Water Quality

Association of Professional Biologists, BC, Victoria Branch Book Colin Rowe, Uplands Elem., Native Healing Remedies
Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists $50 each

Yan Aoki, Glenlyon Norfolk, Magnetizing Water

Greg Webb, Monterey Elementary, Infrared Sensors for Robots

Jordan Harris, Wishart Elementary, Ventilation Rates

BC Hydro, Vancouver Island Region Keeper plaque + $50 Sarah Jones, St. Andrew's Elem., Acid Rain on Plants
B.C. Institute of Agrologists Book

(Elementary)- Lucas Froese, Mt. Brenton Elem., Molds

(Intermediate)- Sarah Jones, St. Andrew's Elem., Acid Rain on Plants

(Junior)- Catherine Buschhaus, Independent, Fending Off Formica rufa

(Senior)- Angela Hill, Stelly's Secondary, The Little Beta Carotene That Could

Canadian Federation of University Women - Saanich Peninsula Branch Book

Christina van Citters, Glenlyon Norfolk, Taste and the Action of Olfaction

Jessi Henry, Happy Valley Elem., Pavlovs Squirrel

Natalie Tran, Parkland Secondary, Western vs. Eastern Medicine

Geological Association of Canada, Pacific Section Book

Katelyn Davy-Traynor, Queen Margaret's, Building For The Future

Julian Yates and Eric Sanderson, Monterey Elem., Seismology

Rotary International - Victoria Branch $300 and $200

Angela Hill, Stelly's Secondary, The Little Beta Carotene That Could

Catherine Buschhaus, Independent, Fending Off Formica rufa

Science Venture Awards T-shirt + visit to school class next year by Science Venture

Lucas Froese, Mount Brenton, Molds

Janelle Henry, Happy Valley Elem., Do Worms Have Reflex Behaviour?

Katie Fitzpatrick, St. Margaret's, Which Toothpaste Cleans Best?

University of Victoria Science Chairs Keeper plaque +$50 book certificate Dominic Swift, Willows Elem., Teeth & Gums
University of Victoria Social Science Charis Keeper plaque +$50 book certificate Karla Ridley and Jessalyn Pechie, Sangster Elem., Memory

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