HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 5
2026

Hydraulic Powered Robotic Arm

Hassan Al Aidroos
Almadina Language Charter Academy, Ogden Campus

I will make a robotic arm using cardboard, syringes, tubes, and water. Pushing the syringes moves water and makes the arm move. This project shows how water power is used in real machines like cranes and robots.

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SILVER
Grade: 8
2026

Hydraulic systems

Aran Suttipisetchart, Owen Graham
Ascension of Our Lord

Testing if different piston placements in a hydraulic arm effects its efficiency

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BRONZE
Grade: 6
2026

Hydroelectricity

Goldy Harsimran Kaur, Keeratdeep Kour
Gobind Sarvar School Guru Nanak Gate Campus

In this experiment project, we will be analyzing and investigating the conversion of water energy into electricity. Water kept at height will fall onto the turbine and electricity will be produced.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 7
2026

Hydro energy vs Wind energy

Gurshan Nanreh
Muriel Clayton Middle School

This project compares hydro and wind energy as renewable power sources. It explains how they work, their pros and cons and their environmental impacts to see which is more reliable and sustainable for the future.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 7
2026

Hyper Hydraulic wheel

Jaanvi Nandulamatam, Reha Dasari
Mount Royal School

Our project is about the principles, energy, and modern stuff of hydraulics. In this project, we are also demonstrating a model of a water wheel

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 11
2026

identifying marine microplastic hotspots and their ecological risk to endangered species using geospatial analysis!

Anika Rastogi
Westmount Mid/High School

This project looks at how plastic pollution in the ocean might be affecting where marine animals live, travel and migrate, using real life datasets.

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SILVER
Grade: 7
2026

If a widely used bioplastic (polylactic acid; PLA) is tested for structural integrity (by measuring tensile strength, creep strength, flexur

Saihaj Johal
Khalsa School Calgary Educational Foundation

PLA and PET plastics will be put through tensility, flexural, creep, and heat resistance test to test their structural integrity.

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Awards
The University of Calgary Department of Earth, Energy and Environment Award for Environmental Science
SILVER
Grade: 11
2026

”Immuni-Mama” - Risk Severity Assessment Model for Pregnant Women with Inborn Errors of Immunity and Secondary Immunodeficiency

Eileen Niftaliyeva, Inga Deryabina
Western Canada High School

Immunodeficiency in women is rather common, but Immunodeficiency in pregnant women can have detrimental health effects on both the woman and her baby. We created an application which helps this group.

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BRONZE
Grade: 9
2026

Impacts of Cannabis Consumption on Humans Mental and Physical Health

Aleena Shariff
Balmoral School

In this project I will be researching how cannabis consumption affects human's mental and physical health. I will also be researching how cannabis affects different animals in studies conducted (leading up to legalization in Canada and after).

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