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| Grace - HI! I'm Grace, a grade 9 student who attends the TOPS program at Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute. Having spent the majority of my elementary years at Claude Watson School for the Arts, an arts-enriched middle school, I had seriously questioned if pursuing sciences was ever at the slightest, counter-intuitive. Nevertheless, I took a plunge and applied to multiple science based secondary programs. I remember the summer before freshman year, I accepted that I would lose touch with most of my artistic training. However, I always kept an optimistic perspective. As time passed, every experience I had, every conversation I held expanded my horizens, and surpassed my predepossitional outlook on the future. With my extra-curricular involvement, along with the camardarie built beside like-minded peers, I experienced an epiphany. Science is art. The flawless symmetry in nature, the unmitigated applications to save a life, all metaphors encapsulating the beauty of scientific proficiency and discovery. With this newfound substance, my partner and I created our project Double A Plus, an exemplar of knowledge and helping others. Without many expectations, we became finalists at the 2017 CWSF. If you are reading my story, I hope it's inspired your own journey of scientific self discovery. | | Edward - My name is Edward and I am a Grade 9 finalist of the CWSF. My partner and I created our project "Double A Plus". As a student I am very interested in computer science and electronic technology. Our inspiration for our project came from the daily use of electronics and the negative impacts its batteries have on the environment. Further investigations we can make on our project involves the research for more energy rich materials and new battery concepts. I am a student of the TOPS program of Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute. My preferred subject areas are mathematics and science, and I also like computer science and music. My interest is in programming during my spare time. I have attended many mathematics contests, and plan to be involved in many more competitions in the future. |
| Grace Xiong, Edward Shen
Double A Plus: An Eco-friendly Alternative to the Alkaline Battery
| Challenge: | Energy | | Category: | Intermediate | | Region: | Toronto | | City: | Toronto, ON | | School: | Marc Garneau Collegiate | | Abstract: | 15,000,000,000 alkaline batteries enter landfills each year, resulting in battery pollutants contaminating the environment. To solve this, we propose replacing toxic battery components with eco-friendly materials. Our innovation has the potential to reduce pollution, prevent disease, and make the world a greener, better place. We call it Double A Plus. |
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