BRONZE
Grade: 8
2026

Obtaining a High Resolution Spectrum of the Sun and comparing it to a G2V star

Anish Thakur
Sameer Thakur

In this project i will be using a spectrograph to obtain a high-resolution spectrum of the Sun. After obtaining the spectrum, I will compare it to a standard reference library of star types.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 7
2026

Ocean Under Pressure: Testing How Nature Fights Acidification

Asmaa Elsharkawy, Jaweriya Siddiqui
Calgary Islamic School, Omar Bin Al-Khattab Campus

In the project I will be testing how quickly oceans reach their limit for absorbing carbon before they become too acidic for life.

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GOLD
Grade: 10
2026

Operation Oracle - Eyes of The Future Pt.2

Anie Udofia
William Aberhart High School

An integrated diagnostic approach combining audio processing, microwave imaging, and deep learning for early, non-invasive detection of lung and skin cancer.

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Awards
CYSF Travel Award
Pfizer Oncology Science Award
Webber Academy Intermediate STEM Award
BRONZE
Grade: 7
2026

Optic Vision Study: Is What we Believe a Reality?

Rachel Yuen
Griffith Woods School

In this project, I will survey kids in my grade about their eye conditions and factors that may affect their eyesight. I will recruit a couple kids in my grade and ask them further information, in the end, I will compare their answers to what we believe.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 10
2026

Orrery of the orbital resonance

Ayo Oni, Dora Zheng
Westmount Mid/High School

My project is a mechanical model, also known as a orrery created to represent the oribital resonance of the three inner moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, and Ganymede. In this project, the use of

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 6
2026

Osmotic Pressure in Fragaria

Sophia Shamim
Balmoral School

This experiment uses strawberries to investigate how hypotonic, isotonic, and hypertonic solutions affect plant cell mass through osmosis. I measured the percentage change in weight to demonstrate how osmotic pressure adjusts cell firmness.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 8
2026

Out of this world! A study of the habitability of the planets.

Angeline Badilla
St. Rose of Lima Junior High School

In my project, I am seeing which planet in our solar system is the second most habitable to Earth. After my research, I am going to make a prototype of a machine which will help contribute to the habitability of the chosen planet.

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HONOURABLE
MENTION
Grade: 8
2026

Outsmarting the Outbreak

Muhammad Hasan Sandhu
Calgary Islamic School, Omar Bin Al-Khattab Campus

I will be researching and analyzing pandemics to figure out how to avoid them in the future.

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SILVER
Grade: 7
2026

Out the 3 most commonly used gene-editing technologies, which one is ideal for gene therapy in somatic cells via homology directed repair?

Yasmita Bhandari
Calgary Girls Charter School

My project talks about the 3 most commonly used gene-editing technologies which are -ZFN, TALENs, and CRISPR-cas9- and identify which one is ideal for gene-therapy in somatic cells when the repair process being used is homology directed Repair (HDR).

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