BRONZE
Grade: 8
2026

Filtering Water With Cheap Materials For a Sustainable Future

Rohan Raghava Ponnuru, Rudra Pabalkar
Tom Baines School

Water filtration can be expensive, but if we use organic materials, the process can be easier and cheaper. We are going to run a small scale experiment that focuses on what the possible outcomes could be.

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GOLD
Grade: 8
2026

Floam: A Sustainable Styrofoam Alternative

Nihira Vidhya Bondalapati
Louis Riel School

Due to the rise of pollution, specifically from the packaging industry's synthetic foam production, this project will make a biodegradable alternative to it using vegan ingredients and a kitchen-level-safe process.

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Awards
ETC Foundation Builder Award for Environmental Science
GOLD
Grade: 10
2026

Floating Gateway: The Prototyping and Iterative Optimization of a Balloon Assisted Sounding Rocket

Sylvan Zheng
Western Canada High School

to provide affordable mesospheric, upper atmospheric and space access for for upper atmospheric research and smallsat development, specifically focusing on CFD and ML regression assisted aerodynamic and structural optimizations.

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Awards
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Secondary Award
BRONZE
Grade: 6
2026

FluorideFlow: How different levels of fluoride in calgary's waters affect bacterial growth.

Selena Rodrigues
Our Lady of the Assumption School

Fluoride flow is about how different levels of fluoride affect bacterial growth in water! This project includes information on bacteria, fluoride, and even about why calgary decided to add fluoride into water!

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 10
2026

Fluoride in our Water

Eloise Bartel
Brant Christian School

I am researching how fluoride in our drinking water affects our health

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 9
2026

Foam Wars: Elephant Toothpaste

Kaitlyn Libal, Nadira Gadad
St. Rose of Lima Junior High School

We are doing elephant tooth paste and measuring which one makes the most . The variable is the percent of hydrogen peroxide 3% and 12%

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GOLD
Grade: 8
2026

Focus Under Fire

Aqsa Jadalowen, Hanin El Jichi
MAC Islamic School - Calgary Chapter

To determine which genre of interference will derive the focus of Junior High students most. We will perform visual, auditory, and motionary distractions to unsuspecting participants and compare their results.

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Awards
CYSF Director's Award
SILVER
Grade: 7
2026

Fractured Earth: Energizing Tomorrow!

Hirav Sakhuja
Annie Gale School

I am proposing to harness earthquake wave energy to generate electricity using piezoelectric disc through an inventive experiment, which will be most useful in earthquake-prone areas like the " Ring of Fire "

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Awards
The University of Calgary Department of Earth, Energy and Environment Award for Energy Science
HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 6
2026

Friction

Layan Almekhlafi
Delta West Academy

I am experimenting on different carpets that are made of different materials if that affects how much friction there would be on an object

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