Project by = Jamie Brittain
Grade Grouping = 7-9
Team size = 1
Subject area = Earth and Environmental sciences
Project type = Experimental
Project level = Standard
Project format = Traditional
Summary = Oxygen is as important to aquatic life as it is to living things on land. So what would happen if the oxygen level in water if I were to add some pollutants to it? Why would a pollutant alter the level of oxygen? This is what I had to find out.
Software tools used = Microsoft FrontPage Editor, GIF Construction Set Professional, Paint
Hardware tools used = Scanner
Source of the idea = A Carleton University Mini-enrichment course program.
Special skills used = HTML, JAVASCRIPT
Awards =
Rothwell-Osnabruck School
Gold Medal – Top of the Fair
United Counties Science Fair
Elementary Teachers Federation Plaque
‘Excellence in an Experimental Project’
Parks Canada Trophy
‘Best in Environmental Science’
Book: “Canada a Visual Journey”
Plaque and $100.00
Ontario Power Generation Inc. Silver Research Award
Certificate and $200.00
Third place certificate
All expenses paid trip to the
Canada-Wide Science Fair
Canada-Wide Science Fair
Junior Earth & Environmental Sciences
Honourable Mention certificate
Canada wide Science fair photo
Virtual Science Fair homepage = http://www.virtualsciencefair.com
Acknowledgments = Bruce Doran, M.Sc.-Biologist & interpreter, St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences.