We are very proud of our amazing students who took part in regional and national science fairs recently. Over 300 students took part in the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair. From these 300 entrants, 17 students, including 8 Burnaby students, were invited to attend the national Canada Wide Science Fair. 500 students attended the national fair in New Brunswick.
Regional and National Science Fairs
The Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair
The Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair (GVRSF) invites students from the 10 school districts in the Lower Mainland. The science fair is open to students from public, private and home schools. This means that over 100,000 students from grades 7 to 12 are eligible to participate in the fair. The GVRSF aims to “encourage youth to conduct research and experimentation in the areas of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.”
Canada Wide Science Fair
The Canada Wide Science Fair took place in Fredericton, New Brunswick this year. 500 students from across Canada were invited to take part, which included 8 from Burnaby. The event is very well regarded and has $1,000,000 worth of prizes, awards and scholarships up for grabs. Students were encouraged to tackle real-world issues using science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
Winners by School
Alpha
Kyle Brent, Grade 9 for “Metallurgy Mayhem”
- Silver Medal, Excellence Award – Intermediate, Youth Science Canada
- Western University Scholarship – $2000 Entrance Scholarship
Burnaby North
Claire & Vanessa Scrimini, Grade 10 for “Algae Meets Fungi”
- Gold Medal, Excellence Award – Intermediate, Youth Science Canada
- Challenge Award – Energy, Youth Science Canada
- Western University Scholarship – $4000 Entrance Scholarship
Charley Cai, Grade 12 for “Identifying Novel Peptidoglycan”
- Silver Medal, Excellence Award – Senior, Youth Science Canada
- Canadian Young Researcher Award – Canadian Science Publishing and STEM Fellowship, Senior ($1000)
- Western University Scholarship – $2000 Entrance Scholarship
- University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship – $2000 Entrance Scholarship
- University of New Brunswick Canada-Wide Science Fair Scholarship – $2500 Entrance Scholarship
- UBC Science (Vancouver) Entrance Award – $2000 Entrance Scholarship
- Dalhousie University Faculty of Science Entrance Scholarship – $2500
Laura Wang, Grade 11 for “Endotoxin’s Association with Wheeze and Atopy”
- Bronze Medal, Excellence Award – Senior, Youth Science Canada
- Canadian Young Researcher Award – Canadian Science Publishing and STEM Fellowship, Senior ($1000)
- Western University Scholarship – $1000 Entrance Scholarship
- University of Ottawa Entrance Scholarship – $1000 Entrance Scholarship
Moscrop
Wendy Fang, Grade 10 for “The Pollen G.P.S.”
- Silver Medal, Excellence Award – Intermediate, Youth Science Canada
Western University Scholarship – $2000 Entrance Scholarship
Science Facilities in Burnaby
Part of our students’ success at the regional and national science fairs is due in part to the amazing facilities and courses in our schools. Burnaby School District 41 is committed to providing the best opportunities possible to allow our students to achieve their potential.
Advanced Placement Courses
In Physics 12, Biology 12 and Chemistry 12 offer Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Students can even gain university credits if they achieve certain results. Students in grades 8 to 11 can also take advantage of honour courses. To be eligible for the honours courses students must achieve exam scores of 80% or higher. AP courses are available at all Burnaby schools, however, the individual courses may vary between schools. Courses include calculus, statistics, computer science, biology and chemistry.
AP Capstone Diploma Program
AP Capstone is a diploma program from the College Board. It’s based on two year-long AP courses: AP Seminar and AP Research. It focuses on the main subject areas of chemistry, biology, physics 1 and physics 2 – as well as courses in math, computer science, and the humanities. The program encourages students to use their oral competence, collaboration and writing skills to defend arguments. The Diploma Program is available in Burnaby North and Burnaby South Secondary Schools.
