HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 8
2026

Growing Rock Candy

Baron Bartolome, J'Akirah Harley
Ascension of Our Lord

In this project, we are making rock candy and explaining the science behind it

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 9
2026

Growing Savings Indoors: Can a Cabinet Garden Help Reduce Grocery Costs in Calgary?

Sophia Chan
Tom Baines School

This project tests whether an indoor cabinet garden can reduce grocery costs for Calgary families. Using a display cabinet with LED lights, I will grow microgreens and small vegetables, measuring growth, yield and cost savings, compared to store prices.

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SILVER
Grade: 8
2026

H2-Oh No! The Chlorine Survival Guide

Elsa Bendiktsen, Meara Dougherty
Calgary Girls Charter School

We are doing an experiment to see how blonde hair reacts to chlorinated-salt water. Based on the results of the experiment we will also create a formula for a chlorine clarifying shampoo.

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BRONZE
Grade: 5
2026

Hand Speed Challenge

Austin Connolly, Tatem Backs
Nose Creek Elementary School

We tested if athletes have faster hand speed reaction time than non- athletes.

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BRONZE
Grade: 9
2026

"Harnessing Stem-Cell Bioengineering": Investigating Chronic Kidney Disease and the Potential of Stem-Cell-Based Artificial Kidneys

Arnav Kangralkar
FFCA South High School Campus

This study explores using stem-cell bioengineering to treat chronic kidney disease and kidney shortages, focusing on the potential of stem-cell-based artificial kidneys, and seeing if their safe and viable.(Gastroenterology, Nervous System, Human Health)

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BRONZE
Grade: 9
2026

Heartbeats & Headphones

Ravneet Khangura, Ravreet Kaur Bhullar
Gobind Sarvar School Guru Nanak Gate Campus

We investigated and analyzed the effect of different genres of music on heart rate.We compared the results for different age group like teenagers(16) and adults(40).

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BRONZE
Grade: 8
2026

Heart in Motion: How to Exercise Efficiently and Recover Properly

Samraj Bhattacharya
Glamorgan School

What I am doing is bringing people of certain fitness levels, overall health conditions, different genders, ages etc, and recording their heartbeat before, during and after exercise. I will its effect by those factors, and how we can exercise efficiently.

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BRONZE
Grade: 11
2026

Holding Water in a Dry World: Improving Drought Resilience Through Low-Cost Soil Amendments

Diksha Mehta
Kavita Mehta

This project examines how organic and inorganic soil amendments affect soil water retention to identify low-cost methods to improve soil moisture and thus plant resilience during increasing drought events.

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SILVER
Grade: 6
2026

Homemade water filters

Noah Meyerson, Sahar Manor
Calgary Jewish Academy

were going to build a couple water filters with different materials to see which materials clean dirty water better.

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