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| My name is Elizabeth and I currently attend York House School. My favourite subjects are Science and Math. I have been a member of the school swim team since Gr. 3, coming first in every event. I also swim competitively outside of school, winning gold medals last year at Provincials. I also play the piano for our school choirs. I won the Pythagorus and the Gauss math contests in my school. I have been to Global Finals for Destination ImagiNation for two years in a row. Being only in Gr. 8, I have not thought about my future career plans. I was inspired for my project from my competitive swimming and wondering whether expensive suits really had that much of an effect on your time. I want to test Speedo's Hydro Form Compression System, but I am still thinking of a way to do so without introducing swimmer bias. If another student wanted to do the project, i would tell them to find a variety of different suits to test and find the most accurate way to calculate the average velocity. This is my first science fair and CWSF and I am very excited to be going. |
| Elizabeth Suen
What's Holding you Back?
| Challenge: | Innovation | | Category: | Junior | | Region: | Greater Vancouver | | City: | Richmond, BC | | School: | York House School | | Abstract: | For my project, I compared the speeds of different swimsuits through the water. Suits varying from technical racing suits down to board shorts were tested. Initial trials were done using a 25m training elastic and hand-held stopwatches. Since this system was not very accurate, I did two other experiments using pulleys and weights with me being dragged through the water wearing the suits. |
| Awards | Value | Excellence Award - Junior
Bronze Medal
Sponsor: Nuclear Waste Management Organization | $300.00 | Western University Scholarship
Bronze Medallist - $1000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Western University | $1 000.00 | | Total | $1 300.00 | |
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