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| I love music and science. I’ve participated in the Smithers science fair for six years now, and each year it’s exciting. CWSF last year was amazing! I think that science should be used to understand nature and the world around us. I play the violin, and love classical music, especially Bach. I also play in fiddle and Klezmer groups. I often use music as a way of expressing myself, and I enjoy improvising and composing. I lived the first eight years of my life in a 300 square foot log cabin on François lake two hours from town, with no running water or electricity. We now have a part time home nearer to town, but we still go to François lake, and I love living in nature. I plan to home school until university, and take either music or science. I would like to be a scientist who works out of home for a career, and also play in an orchestra and some bands. I love animals, and I think that it would be cool to have a farm, but I think that that might be just a little too much to take on. |
| Kiri Daust
Multi-Criteria Decision Making...In Dandelions!
| Challenge: | Discovery | | Category: | Junior | | Region: | Pacific Northwest | | City: | Telkwa, BC | | School: | | | Abstract: | Dandelions in lawns have shorter flower stems than those in long grass. I investigated why. When I mowed long-stemmed dandelions, new stems grew back shorter; hence they respond directly to mowing. I treated individual plants and/or surrounding vegetation to test three hypotheses for why: decreased energy, decreased competition and increased risk of browsing. Dandelions responded to all three criteria by growing shorter stems. |
| Awards | Value | Excellence Award - Junior
Silver Medal
Sponsor: Youth Science Canada | $700.00 | The University of Western Ontario Scholarship
Silver Medallist - $2000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: University of Western Ontario | $2 000.00 | | Total | $2 700.00 | |
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