GOLD
Grade: 9
2026

Mapping Memory

Harpaavan Sahota
STEM Innovation Academy Jr. High SW

I will make a program in which the participants play 4 memory games. While they are playing these games, their brainwaves are being recorded using an EEG headset. They are analyzed and complied into a report which gives an overview of a person's memory.

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Awards
CYSF Junior Life Science Award
BRONZE
Grade: 6
2026

Mars versus Earth

Eden Avramson, Olivia Spanglet
Calgary Jewish Academy

This science fair project will answer the questions "Does homemade Martian soil affect the fact that plants don't grow on Mars, or is it the atmosphere?"

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GOLD
Grade: 11
2026

MediPass: A Pre-Arrival AI Triage and Redirection System to Reduce Emergency Room Overcrowding

Achindra Paul, Reese Lahey
Joane Cardinal-Schubert High School

Medipass is an AI system that triages patients by collecting symptoms, analyzing them using machine learning and rule-based methods, identifying potential issues, and recommending appropriate care, guiding patients to the ER, urgent care, clinic, or home.

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Awards
Hunter Hub Overall Entrepreneurial Award
HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 8
2026

Memory On Trial: Understanding Eyewitness Fail-ability

Mayokun Fafiolu
Bearspaw Christian School & College

This experiment explores how eyewitness memory can be altered by influences that occur after an event has already happened. It focuses on two main factors: the wording of post-event questions (neutral versus leading) and the presence or absence of confirm

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BRONZE
Grade: 9
2026

Mental Pressure Checker

Ting Chi Cheng
Branton School

Coding a form that test mental pressure.

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BRONZE
Grade: 7
2026

Microplastics in Soil

Owen Chen
Louis Riel School

I will use different types and concentrations of microplastics in soil to see how they affect plant growth.

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GOLD
Grade: 8
2026

Microscopic Allies Against Climate Change: A Comparative Analysis of Carbon Dioxide Sequestration by Chlorella and Spirulina

Gurseerat Brar
Khalsa School Calgary Educational Foundation

In this experiment, I will be testing which algae- Chlorella vulgaris or Arthrospira platensis- will absorb more carbon dioxide. I will use the pH of the solutions before and after a 7 day period to infer how much carbon dioxide each algae will absorb.

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Awards
Oil Sands Alliance Award for Innovation and Sustainability
Bhardwaj Secondary Life Science Award
HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 7
2026

Mini Magnetic Accelerator

Meer Gosain
STEM Innovation Academy Jr. High N.W. Campus

The Mini Magnetic Accelerator is a safe and fun science project that uses magnets and steel balls to show how energy and motion transfer from one object to another.

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GOLD
Grade: 9
2026

Mission Impossible? Development of an Electronic Medical Record- driven Screening and Treatment Pathway for Patients with Hepatitis C

Finley Whyte
Webber Academy

To develop and launch an EMR-based intervention designed to identify HCV-positive patients who were undiagnosed or lost to follow-up and measure its impact on re-engagement and referral rates to specialty care.

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Awards
CYSF Travel Award
University of Calgary Faculty of Science Discovery Award
Smith Engineering at Queen's University Award