Author of the article: Steph Crosier
Publishing date: May 13, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 3 minute read Olivia O Driscoll, 16, a Grade 11 student at Leahurst College, at her home in Kingston on Wednesday. O Driscoll won numerous awards at the Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Science Fair. Photo by Steph Crosier /The Whig-Standard
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A local 16-year-old robotics competitor walked away from the regional science fair with roughly $1,300 cash, a $1,000 scholarship to the University of Ottawa and a ticket to the national competition.
Olivia O’Driscoll, a Grade 11 student at Leahurst College, presented “A novel skill assessment method for central venous catheterization,” to the Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Science Fair virtually at the end of March.
From May 19 to May 21, thousands of Canadians engaged in education and the future of Canada will gather for what will likely be the single largest STEM-based online gathering in the history of our country. Held 59 times since 1962, Canada-Wide Science Fair ‘Ottawa 2021’ will take place entirely online and with an open invitation to all Canadians to join in on the adventure to the heart of scientific exploration and STEM education. With registration now closed and only one week remaining until the fair opens to the public, exactly 374 young students from every province and territory, grades 7 to 12 and Cégep, are now in final preparation mode to showcase their STEM projects to, well, all of us.
Author of the article: Keith Dempsey
Publishing date: May 06, 2021 • 8 hours ago • 2 minute read • Kylie Morgan, 15, a Grade 9 student at Sacred Heart High School in Walkerton, earned gold at the at this year’s Bluewater Regional Science and Technology Fair, which was held virtually on April 7. Morgan s project was about magnetic levitating trains. Morgan will now take part in the Canada-Wide Science Fair, which is an annual fair in Canada coordinated by Youth Science Canada. This will occur virtually from May 17-21.
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A pair of local students recently earned gold at this year’s Bluewater Regional Science and Technology Fair, which was held virtually on April 7.
Nethra Wickramisinghe, a Grade 12 student at Lockerby Composite School who has won national awards for her innovative science fair projects, will be featured…