Awards and Prizes, with 1997'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 1997 fair (from grades 7 to 12). These students represented the Vancouver Island Region at the Canada Wide Science Fair, May 10-18 in Regina. First: JILL Baxter Grade 9 St. Margarets School Second: Brenna Eldridge Grade 9 Glenlyon-Norfolk School Third: Martin Conklin Grade 9 Glenlyon-Norfolk School Fourth: Katherine Bannar-Martin Grade 10 St. Margarets School Fifth: Suzy Morris Grade 8 George Bonner Middle School Division Awards Sponsored by SAYS Up to five projects are awarded trophies in each of the following catagories.   Senior grades 10 - 12 First: Emily Gavronski Grade 12 Nanaimo District Secondary Second: Ji Hyun An Grade 10 St. Margaret's School Third: Tiffany Chong Grade 11 Nanaimo District Secondary Fourth: Caroline Friday Grade 11 Nanaimo District Secondary   Junior grades 8 - 9 First: Jesse Davis Grade 9 Glenlyon-Norfolk School Second: Christine Wunderlich Grade 9 Parkland Secondary Third: Lisa Johnson Grade 9 Parkland Secondary Fourth: Jordon Townshend Grade 9 Parkland Secondary Fifth: Nicholas Vining Grade 9 Glenlyon-Norfolk School   Intermediate grades 6 - 7 First: Kara Froese Shannon Clearly Grade 6 Grade 7 Mt. Brenton School Second: Jennifer Macualey Grade 7 Gordon Head Third: Josh Waters Grade 6 Ladysmith Intermediate Fourth: Catherine Buschhaus Grade 6 Parksville Christian Fifth: Megan Waddy Serena Sousa Grade 6 Grade 6 Alix Aitken   Elementary grades 4 - 5 First: Henry Baxter Grade 5 Bench Second: Eric Roy Grade 5 Bench Third: Amanda Archer Grade 5 Bench Fourth: Astrid Sidaway-Wolf Grade 5 St. Margaret's School Fifth: James Chrisholm Grade 5 Mt. Benton   Specialty Awards Sponsor Award Recipient University of Victoria Scholarship to the best ranked Senior student $500.00 towards tuition Katherine Bannar Martin, Grade 10, St. Margaret's School, "Fruit-C" Zonta International $300.00 plus travel costs to CWSF.   Nationally Initiated Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. Travel award to CWSF Martin Conklin, Grade 9, Glenlyon-Norfolk School, "An IQ Test for "Smart Fluids" or A Study of Electroheological Fluids Chemical Institute of Canada Certificate Katherine Bannar Martin, Grade 10, St. Margaret's School, "Fruit-C" International Business Machines Trophy/Software/Travel to CWSF Not Awarded International Development Research Centre Certificate/Gift Not Awarded Peace from Science Association Certificate/book Not Awarded Solar Energy Society of Canada Certificate/membership/ subscription Gabrielle Cole, Grade 7, and Talia Freimanis, Grade 7, Margaret Jenkins, "Purification Solar (Solar Purification)" Edison Society Achievement Awards Prizes, Plaques and Medals Not Awarded   Provincially Initiated Alzheimer Society $50.00 Lisa Johnson, Grade 9, Parkland Secondary, "Eyes and Ears: Which Can Help You Remember Best?" American Association of Physics Teachers, BC chapter $50.00 Benjamin Birch, Grade 8, North Saanich Middle, "Strength in Shapes" BC Hydro Perpetual Trophy/keeper Jamie Callendar, Grade 7, Pender Islands, "Wood Heat" BC Ministry of Employment Investment Perpetual Trophy/Book Jesse Davis, Grade 9, Glenlyon-Norfolk School, "A Magnetic Spring" BC Ministry of the Environment Perpetual Trophy/framed print Melissa Dow, Grade 7, and Melissa Nicol, Grade 7, George Bonner Middle, "Magic Eye" BC Society of Medical Technologists Christine Wunderlich, Grade 9, Parkland Secondary, "Coliform in Our Community" Council of Forest Industries of British Columbia Perpetual Trophy/keeper James Chisholm, Grade 5, Mt. Brenton, "Is Temperature the Only Factor that Affects How Quickly Lumber Dries?" Division For Advancement of Women in Engineering Geosciences [DAWEG] $50.00 Trevor Anderson, Grade 6, Bench, "Lift is Not a Drag" Science Council of BC Award $100 for student; $500 for a local teacher Ashliegh Lakas, Grade 9, Parkland Secondary, "The Uni-grip" for her teacher, Mr. Gordon Redlin Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology $100.00 Brenna Eldridge, Grade 9, Glenlyon-Norfolk School, "Does Height Matter?" Truck Loggers' Association Perpetual Trophy/keeper Emma Brownlee, Grade 6, St. Margaret's School, "Water Logged" Gifted Children's Association of BC $50.00 Not Awarded   Nominations for a Provincial Winner Association of Professional Biologists $50.00/subscription Catherine Buschhaus, Grade 6, Parksville Christian, "Splendid Spiders" Cryptozoology Award $50.00/membership Not Awarded Multivative Education Award Jesse Davis, Grade 9, Glenlyon-Norfolk School, "A Magnetic Spring" Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society Sweatshirt or poster Not Awarded Science for Peace Award $100.00 Not Awarded SubSea Engineering Science Award $100.00/medallion Not Awarded   VIRSF - Local Award Sponsors Association of Professional Biologists of BC Book Award Sarah Causton, Grade 9, Glenlyon-Norfolk School, "Countdown to Cleaner Water" and Melissa Smyth, Grade 5, St. Margaret's School, "The Bean Patch" Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC Trophy/Book (2) Not Awarded Drs. Rosemary and Walter Balfour $75.00 First: Henry Baxter, Grade 5, Bench, "Blast off with Rockets"; Second: Eric Roy, Grade 5, Bench, "Getting a Spin on Things" BC Hydro South Island Office Region $50.00 and Perpetual Plaque Kevin Johnson, Grade 8, North Saanich Middle, "More Power to You" BC Institute of Agrologists Book Prizes (4) Not Awarded Drs. J. Browning & D. Berry $50.00 Not Awarded Canadian Meterological Oceanographic Society Book Prize Oceanographic: Jennifer Macauley, Grade 7, Gordon Head, "Surface Tension"; Meteorlogical: Sean Mercer, Grade 4, North Oyster, "Air and Temperature" Chemical Institute of Canada, Vancouver Island Section $100 total between two prizes Josh Waters, Grade 6, Ladysmith Intermediate, "Which Sorbent Material Can Recover Oil the Best?" and Dana Lambert, Grade 6, Alex Aitken, "Temperature and Crystal Growth" East Bay Science and Nature Co. Merchandise Not Awarded Geminiano Family Awards Cash Not Awarded Geological Association of Canada Book Prizes Julia Petley-Jones, Grade 6 and Alexandra MacCarthy, Grade 6, Bench, "What is Liquefaction and What Does it Do in an Earthquake?" Mid Island Science, Technology and Innovation Council Cash/Plaque Kara Froese, Grade 6, and Shannon Cleary, Grade 7, Mt. Benton, "Can You Use Intertidal Organisms to Monitor Pollution?" Northwest Laboratories Ltd. Merchandise Jordan Townshend, Grade 9, Parkland Secondary, "Is Rust Good For Fish?" Rotary International, Victoria Branch $300 (1); $100 (1) Senior: Sarah Causton, Grade 9, Glenlyon-Norfolk School, "Countdown to Cleaner Water"; Junior: Suzy Morris, Grade 8, George Bonner Middle, "Waste Not, Want Not" Gordon Patterson Awards $50.00 (3) Colin Bakker, Grade 7, Parksville Christian, "Powerful Pulleys"; Catherine Buschhaus, Grade 6, Parksville Christian, "Splendid Spiders"; Astrid Sidaway-Wolf, Grade 5, St. Margaret's School, "Amaze-Ink Chromatography" Science Venture Awards James Chisholm, Grade 5, Mt. Benton, "Is Temperature the Only Factor that Affects How Quickly Lumber Dries?"; Astrid Sidaway-Wolf, Grade 5, St. Margaret's School, "Amaze-Ink Chromatography"; Amanda Archer, Grade 5, Bench, "In the Eye of the Beholder"; Henry Baxter, Grade 5, Bench, "Blast off with Rockets"; Eric Roy, Grade 5, Bench, "Getting a Spin on Things" University of Victoria Social Science Chairs Plaque/Book Megan Waddy, Grade 6, and Serena Sousa, Grade 6, Alex Aitken, "The Power of Suggestion" University of Victoria Science Chairs Plaque/Book Jesse Davis, Grade 9, Glenlyon-Norfolk School, "A Magnetic Spring" Vancouver Island Physics Teachers Association Book Prize Not Awarded Victoria Medical Society Book Prize Aaron Magi, Grade 8, North Saanich Middle, "Does the Fecal Coliform Count Increase as the Water and Air Temperature Increase?" Book Prize: Deserving Project from a Nanaimo or Ladysmith School Book Prize Christina Walker, Grade 9, Nanaimo District Secondary, "L'etude des couleurs/The Study of Colours" Book Prize: Deserving Project from a Cowichan, Lake Cowichan, or Gulk Island School Book Prize Mark Foulger, Grade 6, Pender Islands, "Pulleys", and Morgan Gregson, Grade 5, Stanley Gordon, "How is Your Memory?" Poster - Geological Theme Dana Lambert, Grade 6, Alex Aitken, "Temperature and Crystal Growth" YES Subsciptions Melissa Dow, Grade 7, and Melissa Nicol, Grade 7, George Bonner Middle, "Magic Eye"; Dana Lambert, Grade 6, Alex Aitken, "Temperature and Crystal Growth"; Shaun Baird, Grade 5, Bench, "An Electrifying Attraction"; Amanda Archer, Grade 5, Bench, "In the Eye of the Beholder"; Melissa Smyth, Grade 5, St. Margaret's School, "The Bean Patch"; Colin Bakker, Grade 7, Parksville Christian, "Powerful Pulleys"