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SILVER
Grade: 6
2026

Burning Candles

Kate Desjardins, Sasha Schweitzer
East Lake School

Experiment to determine which candle material lasts the longest. Big Problem: Which type of candle burns the fastest? If you want a candle to last all through supper or to use if the power goes out, you want a long lasting candle.

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GOLD
Grade: 9
2026

Bye-Bye Plastic Mulch!

Gayatri Sakharkar
STEM Innovation Academy Jr. High SW

Development of a biodegradable mulch film in order to reduce microplastic pollution in soil and replace current biodegradable films which have been deemed to be unsafe.

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Awards
The Plum Foundation Travel Award
CYSF Top Intermediate Runner Up
Shad Community Changemaker Award
ACPA Rick Dillen Memorial Award in Chemistry
SILVER
Grade: 7
2026

Bystander Effect

Soren Lewis
Branton School

Testing if antibiotic resistance genes are transferable from one bacteria species to another.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 12
2026

Cabbage and Gauze; Can vegetable extract track wound recovery?

Agamya Arora, Sarah Shafiq
FFCA High School Campus

This project investigates whether natural pigments can be used in surgical gauze to indicate wound infection through color change. Cabbage contain pigments that change color depending on pH, and infected wounds tend to become more basic when infected.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 8
2026

calculating the speed of light using chocolate

Mohammad Haque, Saleh Malik
Almadina Language Charter Academy, Ogden Campus

We are using a microwave and different types of chocolate to see which one gives the most accurate calculation of the speed of light.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 7
2026

Can a F1 car drive upside down?

Farhad Feizabadi, Muhammad Imaad
William D. Pratt School

Our project is about researching whether a Formula 1 car can drive upside down on the Monaco tunnel and weather it would benefit anyone at all.

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BRONZE
Grade: 6
2026

Can a house run entirely on natural and renewable energy sources

Stella Giustini
St. Joseph Elementary Junior High School

I am going to design and build a house that can produce its own electricity and heat through renewable energy sources

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GOLD
Grade: 5
2026

Can AI help de-extinction?

Hongyi Pan, Peicheng Chen
Hillhurst School

About de-extinction and how AI can help de-extinction

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GOLD
Grade: 6
2026

Can Alzheimer's be Reversed by Changes in Lifestyle or Medication?

Hawwa Fahmy
Calgary Islamic School, Omar Bin Al-Khattab Campus

In this research project,I will be answering the question, "Can Alzheimer's be reversed by changes in lifestyle or medication?" I will be looking at different risk factors and a medication to see if Alzheimer's can be reversed.

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Awards
CYSF Elementary Life Science Award Runner Up