Team North Bay which competed at the North Bay Regional Science Fair is returning home Sunday from Canada-Wide Science Fair 2017, held in Regina, Saskatchewan from May 14th to 21st.
Two of the regional students are bringing home a bronze medal.
At the Canadian-Wide Science Fair, Chloe Carriere and Caitlin Howard of St. Joseph-Scollard Hall won a Bronze medal in the senior Excellence Awards category for their project “Effect of Stinging Nettle on the Alzheimer’s Profile in Drosophila Melanogaster.”
Other members include Jacob Galema from Widdifield, and the West Ferris team of Caleb Charette and Riley Geisler.
At the North Bay Regional Science Fair, Galema of Widdifield Secondary School presented his project “An Antacid for the Soil?” which won the Rotary Club of North Bay Award of Excellence, the Kumon Math and Reading Center Award, the Dr. Jean Marc Filion Environment Award, and a gold medal in the Intermediate Earth and Environmental Sciences category;
At the North Bay Regional Science Fair, Caleb Charette and Riley Geisler of West Ferris Secondary School presented their project “The Study of Genetic Disease Treatment Using CRISPR Proteins” which won the Shulman Travel Award, the Lalonde Family Award in Biology and Medicine, and a gold medal in the Intermediate Biotechnology category.
“All of our students are bright, inquisitive, and creative and have a real aptitude for science. It is reassuring to see what our youth are doing in preparation for being the leaders of tomorrow,” said David Jackowski, the North Bay Regional Science Fair Chair.
The CWSF is Canada’s only national science fair, showcasing the projects of 450 young students from 100 regional science fairs – this links more than 16,000 schools across the country.
