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| Rossella Bagnato, Interim Director of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board chats with Cortnie Pinard and Maddie Dempster, Grade 7 students at St. Raphael Catholic School on the unique qualities of their feline friends; Catina, Pebbles and Tanzy! |
March 14, 2007 -
Rossella Bagnato, Interim Director of Education for the Sudbury Catholic District School Board visited St. Francis Catholic School on Thursday to view a number of interesting and unique projects at the Board’s annual Science Fair.
Mrs. Bagnato reviewed Cortnie Pinard's and Maddie Dempster's Science Fair Project, In A Cat's Eye. The purpose of the project was to determine "why cats pupils change and what effect, if any, does this change have on their vision." The girls' hypothesis was that "the beams of light are directed into the cat's eyes and change the size of the pupils." The young scientists also informed Mrs. Bagnato that cats can see 90 percent better than humans can in the dark and they can also see in colour, except red.
Zachary Sarmatiuk, a Grade 7 student at St. Francis Catholic School made a presentation to Vice Principal Cassandra MacGregor and Rossella Bagnato regarding the effect of "winglets on airplanes." The purpose of Zachary’s experiment was to determine if the "winglets" placed on tips of the wings of three different paper airplanes (at various angles) would increase the length of their flight. Zachary’s results indicated that with a wider-winged plane, "winglets" impacted the distance of flight. It is important to note as Zachary was quit to point out that "this experiment was only performed on paper air planes and it really depends on how good a thrower you are."
Zachary gave special thanks to his little brother Owen who let him use his airplane book for the Science Fair project.
Twenty one of the 150 Science Fair projects were selected to advance to the Regional Science Fair that will take place at Laurentian University on March 31 and April 1, 2007.
Congratulations to all our winners, and good luck at the Regional Science Fair on March 31 and April 1, 2007 at Laurentian University!
School |
Student
Name(s) |
Project
Title |
Marymount
Academy |
Katherine
Gedey
Lindsay Henderson |
The
Beat Must Flow On |
St.
Francis |
Jeff
Lafantaisie |
Boat
Hulls and Hydrodynamics |
Marymount
Academy |
Alysha
Mills |
Processed
vs. Non-Processed |
St.
Francis |
Jennifer
Trevisiol |
What’s
In a Name? |
St.
James |
Nicole
Denomme
Mikaela Iturregui |
The
Amazing Race |
St.
Mary |
Alex
Bottigoni
Justin Konrad |
Does
Music Affect Heartbeat? |
St.
Francis |
Scott
Fleury |
Bouteille
d’eau recyclable...
Bon ou mauvais |
St.
Francis |
Mark
Verrilli
Mike Fabiili |
Bending
Under Pressure |
Marymount
Academy |
Brittany
Caines |
Le
memoire |
Marymount
Academy |
Emily
Cortolezzis
Cecilia MacDonald |
La
vitame C |
St.
Francis |
Alex
Trottier |
Resistance
a la rupture des formes |
St.
Raphael |
Matt
Spina
Steven Dinnes |
Stitching
Span |
St.
Charles |
Alex
Predon
Tyerone McCoshen |
Catching
the Wavelength |
St.
Raphael |
Marie
Longo |
Water
Quality |
St.
Francis |
Conner
Boyce |
La
terre serre |
St.
John |
Kaiana
Freskiw
Rachael Guerin |
Does
Colour Affect People’s Perception? |
Marymount
Academy |
Angelica
Fievoli |
What
a Headache! |
Marymount
Academy |
Cara
Loney |
What
Are You Eating? |
Marymount
Academy |
Vanessa
DiFeo |
Separation
101 |
St.
Francis |
Loren
Ellero Dionne |
H3PO4
& Teeth |
St.
Raphael |
Desiree
Tomassini
Sara Schroeder |
Will Flouride Make Teeth Stronger? |
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