Students from Maymont and Wilkie are among 34 students from across Saskatchewan who have earned the opportunity to show off their advanced science skills at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Toronto during the week of May 14 to 21..
Aliyah Wasmuth of Maymont and Jessica Karstens and Emily Nodwell of Wilkie have had their science projects judged to be among the best the province has to offer.
Aliyah's project, Old Fashion Deep Freeze, tested different substances that were used to keep objects cold in the days before modern refidgeration.
Jessica and Emily explored fingerprints with their project, Figure Out Your Fingers. They researched the finger print patterns of different generations to see if the pattern was inherited in families and what was the most common finger print pattern.
"SaskEnergy is proud to be the official sponsor of the Saskatchewan regional science fairs since 1988," said Dustin Duncan, minister responsible for SaskEnergy.
"Educational programs like science fairs help shape the future of our youth, giving them the skills, knowledge and confidence they need to succeed, while ensuring a bright future for themselves, and for Saskatchewan."
SaskEnergy is continuing their sponsorship of the science fairs with a commitment of $100,000 over the next three years. With the support of SaskEnergy, each year, approximately 1,500 students between the ages of 12 and 18 compete in 11 regional science fairs across the province. The Northwest fair was held at Macklin High School March 30-31.
These fairs are intended to promote and encourage Saskatchewan youth to get involved in and explore science through projects of their own design. The top projects from each regional fair represent the province at the Canada wide science fair.
"SaskEnergy's continuing sponsorship is vital to our program", said Jim Langen, provincial co-ordinator, Saskatchewan Association of Science Fairs.
"Nearly $10,000 of SaskEnergy's larger annual contribution is used to pay a portion of the students' traveling expenses to attend the national event. Without that support, many Saskatchewan regions wouldn't be able to send a full group of students to Toronto."
