Central Alberta Science Fair Awards
CARSF AWARDS PARTIAL LIST
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Elementary Best of Fair Awards best three elementary projects
Certificates and cash
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Secondary Best of Fair Awards
Certificates. Trips for up to six students to the Canada Wide Science Fair are awarded each year.
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Gold, Silver, Bronze and Honourable Mention Awards (at the discretion of Judge in Chief)
Red Deer Polytechnic Scholarship Award - tuition for one year to a Grade 12 student meeting minimum criteria standards
Ellis Bird Farm Award project related to birds or environment – books
Red Deer River Naturalists Award for a project is related to the environment – books
Rosalyn Cowan Award for a project dealing with pets
Genome Alberta Awards to projects dealing with genetics
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research money used toward trip to CWSF
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CARSF RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADD, CHANGE, OR REMOVE AWARDS WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE.
2026 Award Winners
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The following are the results of the Central Alberta Rotary Science Fair held at Red Deer Polytechnic on March 21, 2026.
Grades 5 and 6
Gold Medal and Best of Fair – Shayla Nordstrom, Grade 5, Rocky Mountain House, From Soil to Sky.
Gold Medal and First Runner Up – Chloe Robertson, Grade 5, St. Matthew School Rocky Mountain House, Shopping for Bacteria
Silver Medal and Second Runner Up – Aidric Dulmage, Grade 6, Westglen School, Didsbury, What Attracts Stinging Pests
SILVER MEDALS
Heath Poland, Grade 6, Hugh Sutherland School, Carstairs, Travel the Nestbox Trail
Richard Tannas, Grade 6, North Star Academy, Forage Biomass, Research Study
BRONZE MEDALS
Henry Cale, Grade 5, Lochearn School, Rocky Mountain House, Waste Free Lunch
Oliver Windsor, Grade 5, Deer Meadow School, Olds, Pearly Whites
Livia Magnus, Grade 5, Ecole Rocky, Plant Growth: Light vs Dark
Grades 7 to 12
Gold Medal and Best of Fair – Eli Bird, Grade 7, Cremona School, Does Wildfire Smoke Affect Grass?
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GOLD MEDALS
Claire Friesen, Grade 10, Cremona School, The golf ball effect: dimpling Aerofoils for lift
Emmett Shropshall, Grade 10, Olds High School, Shocking Solution
SILVER MEDALS
Danica Battenfelder and Grace Kafara, Grade 8, Glendale School, Red Deer, Vanishing Waters of Gull Lake
Kyla Ball, Grade 8, Hugh Sutherland School, Carstairs, Banana DNA
Wilson Santos and Anahad Khosa, Grade 8, Glendale School, Red Deer, Low Cost Seismic Monitoring System
Ayaan Hossain, Grade 8, Holy Trinity School, Olds, Natural vs Synthetic (Antibacterial Properties of Natural Substances)
BRONZE MEDALS
Coen Frayn, Grade 8, Glendale School, Red Deer, From Raw to Clean: Testing the best germ fighting method
Jesse Gunsch, Grade 12, Lacombe Composite High School, Victims of Visualization
Svea Crocker and Ada Ryan, Grade 8, Cremona School, Polluted Ponds
Karsyn Surtees, Grade 10, Olds High School, Peto’s Paradox: Why don’t big animals get cancer?
SPECIAL AWARDS
Dr. Yvonne Buchanan-Sedun Psychology Awards:
Jesse Gunsch, Grade 12, Lacombe Composite High School, Victims of Visualization
Kenda Abdelhameed, Grade 10, Hunting Hills School, Red Deer, Positive and Negative Emotions
Rosalyn Cowan Award: Daniel Johnston, Grade 6, Glendale School, Red Deer, Is a dog’s mouth cleaner than a human’s mouth?
Discovery Wildlife Centre:
Khloe Blain, Grade 10, Cremona School, Thermal Electric Composting
Mykah Dolinski and Charlee Day, Grade 5, Olds Koinonia School, When Cold Takes Control
Sydniee Rentz and Aspen Grasdal, Grade 6, Glendale School, Red Deer, Forensic Fingerprint Testing
Reese Meikle, Grade 5, Oriole Park School, Red Deer, Does Biological Growth Improve Sand Filters?
Red Deer Polytechnic Tuition Award: Jesse Gunsch, Grade 12, Lacombe Composite High School, Victims of Visualization
SHAD Canada Awards:
Eli Bird, Cremona School
Claire Friesen, Cremona School
Emmett Shropshall, Olds High School
Shayla Nordstrom, Rocky Mountain House
Kyla Ball, Hugh Sutherland School, Carstairs
TRIPS TO CANADA WIDE SCIENCE FAIR TO BE HELD IN EDMONTON AB FROM MAY 23-30, 2026
Eli Bird, Cremona School
Claire Friesen, Cremona School
Emmett Shropshall, Olds High School
Danica Battenfelder, Glendale School
Grace Kafara, Glendale School
Kyla Ball, Hugh Sutherland School, Carstairs
Congratulations to all the exhibitors in this year’s fair!
2025 Award Winners
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The following are the results of the Central Alberta Rotary Science Fair held at Red Deer Polytechnic on March 29, 2025.
Grades 5 and 6
Gold Medal and Best of Fair – Eli Bird, Grade 6, Cremona School, “Does Pollution Affect Neuron Function”
Gold Medal and First Runner Up – Aidric Dulmage, Grade 5, Holy Trinity School, “Starch Wars”
Silver Medal and Second Runner Up – Alejandro Ikenaga, Grade 6, Deer Meadow School, “Edible Water Bottles”
SILVER MEDALS
Natalie Conrad, Grade 6, Olds Koinonia School, “Instant Cameras”
Eliza Skenduli, Grade 6, Hugh Sutherland School, “Your Kidneys”
Aurorah Soiseth, Grade 6, West Glen School, “Dogs vs Humans – a look at Hygiene”
BRONZE MEDALS
Jessica Gardner, Grade 5, Holy Trinity School, “Electromagnetism”
Heath Polland, Grade 5, Hugh Sutherland School, “Why do birds have different feathers”
Kaitlyn Gyzhel Murphy, Grade 6, Glendale School, “What is really best for your skin”
Grades 7 to 12
Gold Medal and Best of Fair – Claire Friesen, Grade 9, Cremona School, “What goes up must come down”
Gold Medal and First Runner Up – Oceana Jones, Grade 12, Olds High School, “Autism”
Silver Medal and Second Runner Up – Danica Battenfelder and Kassidy Roberge, Grade 7, Glendale School, “Soil Quality Test”
SILVER MEDALS
Keiara Lewis, Grade 12, Olds High School, “When does it end”
Grace Kafara and Coen Frayn, Grade 7, Glendale School, “Can we create perpetual motion”
BRONZE MEDALS
Ekambir Singh, Grade 7, Glendale School, “Electrical Tiles to Light a Light Bulb”
Cheyanne Card, Grade 10, Olds High School, “Stress and Memory”
SPECIAL AWARDS
Dr. Yvonne Buchanan-Sedun Psychology Awards - Keiara Lewis, Grade 12, Olds High School, “When does it end?”
Lily Jenson-Holzapfel and Sargunn Brar, Grade 8, Glendale School, “The Stroop Effect”
Rosalyn Cowan Award – Danica Mullin and Aspen Grasdal. Grade 5, Glendale School, “Owners vs Trets”
Discovery Wildlife Centre
– Tyquan Mcintosh and Jairus Osing, Grade 5, Glendale School, “Discovering Bacteria”
- Jebnael Ikenaga, Grade 7, Deer Meadow School, “Dessert Straw”
- Millie Koch, Grade 8, Deer Meadow School, “Crystal Clear”
- Noah Graillon and Hayden Cox, Grade 8, Glendale School, “Germs – Dogs vs Humans”
Kerry Wood Nature Centre – Kaitlyn Gyzhel Murphy, Grade 6, Glendale School, “What is really best for your skin”
TRIPS TO CANADA WIDE SCIENCE FAIR TO BE HELD IN FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK FROM MAY 31, 2025 TO JUNE 7, 2025
Claire Friesen, Grade 9, Cremona School
Oceana Jones, Grade 12, Olds High School
Danica Battenfelder, Grade 7, Glendale School
Kassidy Roberge, Grade 7, Glendale School
Grace Kafara, Grade7, Glendale School
Coen Frayn, Grade 7, Glendale School
Congratulations to all the exhibitors in this year’s fair!
2024 Award Winners
The following are the results from the Central Alberta Rotary Science Fair held at Red Deer Polytechnic on April 6, 2024.
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2023 Award Winners
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The following are the results of the Central Alberta Rotary Science Fair held at Red Deer Polytechnic on April 1, 2023.
Grades 5 and 6
Best of Fair and Gold Medal – Kyla Ball, Grade 5, Hugh Sutherland School, “Which surface in my house holds the most bacteria?”
Silver Medals
Riley Smith and Ekam Singh, Grade 5, Glendale Science School, “Antacids – Are Tums the Best for your Tummy?”
Brooklyn Butts and Emily Luzi, Grade 6, Sundre School, “Fire Ice”
Bronze Medals
Cade Roy and Nick de Groot, Grade 5, Hugh Sutherland School, “The Power of Electromagnets”
Kayden Vance and Noah Graillon, Grade 6, Glendale Science School, “The Trebuchet”
Honorable Mention
Adalyn Hawthorn, Grade 6, Glendale Science School, “How Different Materials Burn”
Ava Lawrence and Genesis Martinez, Grade 6, Glendale Science School, “Do Different Liquids Affect Plant Growth?”
Kierce Black, Grade 6, Glendale Science School, “Greenhouse Gases and How We Count Them”
Grade 7 to 12
Best of Fair, Gold Medal and Trip to Canada Wide Science Fair – Claire Friesen, Grade 7, Cremona School, “The Way it flows – Laminar vs Turbulent”
Silver Medal and Trip to Canada Wide Science Fair – Hayden Naf, Grade 8, Glendale Science School, “Why Smoking and Vaping are bad for your body”
Silver Medal and Trip to Canada Wide Science Fair – Dexter DeHeer, Grade 8, Glendale Science School, “Crypto Mining With Raspberry Pi”
Silver Medal and Trip to Canada Wide Science Fair – Saif Shah and Dymtro Doroshenko, Grade 8, Glendale Science School, “Pop Can Heater”
Silver Medals
Khloe Blain, Grade 7, Cremona School, “Electricity from Composting”
Melody Fuller, Grade 10, Olds High School, “SAD Diets”
Bronze Medals
Azzy Van Norman, Grade 7, Glendale Science School, “Blooming Algae”
Zaviaar Ahmad and Maksym Momonov, Grade 8, Glendale Science School, “Stirling Engine”
Hayleigh Kellough and Kyla Kellough, Grade 8, Westglen School, “Shining the Light on MS”
SPECIAL AWARDS
The following special awards were presented at CARSF in Red Deer on April 1, 2023.
KERRY WOOD NATURE CENTRE (River Rafting) - Hayleigh Kellough and Kyla Kellough, Grade 8, Westglen School, “Shining Light on MS”
DISCOVERY WILDLIFE CENTRE
Adalyn Hawthorn, Grade 6, Glendale Science School, “How Different Materials Burn”
Ava Lawrence and Genesis Martinez, Grade 6, Glendale Science School, “Do different liquids affect plant growth?”
Kierce Block, Grade 6, Glendale Science School, “Greenhouse Gases and How we count them”
Zaviaar Ahmad and Maksym Mamonov, Grade 8, Glendale Science School, “Stirling Engine”
SANOFI BIOGENIUS AWARD
Azzy Van Norman, Grade 7, Glendale Science School, “Blooming Algae”
PSYCHOLOGISTS’ ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA
Melody Fuller, Grade 10, Olds High School, “SAD Diets”
If you have any questions, please contact Ruth Roedler at roedlerr@gmail.com or 403-337-2483 or 403-863-9344. Thank you.