The Berry Best From the West - 2010
Berry Growers to Send Top Science Fair Students To Peterborough, Ontario!
The 2010 Canada Wide Science Fair is being held from May 15-23 in Peterborough, Ontario. Through the support of the BC Berry Growers, nine top students from the Fraser Valley Regional Science Fair will be attending this national event.
2010 Grand Award Winners
| Langley Christian | Christian Suh | Do String Players Have Longer Left Fingers? |
| Langley Christian | William Yeh | Electric Gun? |
| Abbotsford Middle School | Kyle Fritzke | E-LAWN |
| Yale Secondary, Robert Bateman Secondary | Alexa Dobie, Karli Jones | How Sweet It is |
| Clayburn Middle School | Aubrie Verleur | Recycle Sorter |
| Chilliwack Secondary | Jennifer Prior | Does The Ball Make A Difference? |
| Abbotsford Traditional Senior Secondary | Raquel Schmidt, Jasmine Thompson | Biodegradable Bags |
Partners involved in the Berry Best in the West program include:
- Fraser Valley Strawberry Growers' Association
- BC Blueberry Council
- BC Cranberry Growers' Association
- BC Raspberry Growers' Association
- BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation
- Fraser Valley Regional Science Fair
- Science Fair Foundation of BC
- School District #34 Abbotsford
Ron Wielen, Chair of the Fraser Valley Regional Science Fair, says "These students will gain so much in self confidence and learning. The berry growers have given the students a gift that will stand them in good stead through the rest of their years of learning. Their contribution is a wonderful legacy to the unique and most essential identity of the Valley".
British Columbia Regional Science Fairs Provincial Awards Program
BC Agriculture in the Classroom supports 13 regional science fair awards through the Science Fair Foundation of British Columbia.
AITC offers a $75.00 award available at each Regional Science Fair for an outstanding project that shows the practical application of scientific principles to agriculture. Students from grades 5 to 12 are eligible for the award.
The BC Potato and Vegetable Grower's Association is the sponsor of the AITC Provincial Agricultural Science Fair Awards.
The Regions are:
1. Yukon/Stikine
2. Northern BC
3. Pacific Northwest
4. Central Interior
5. Northern Vancouver Island
6. Mainline/Cariboo
7. North Okanagan/Shuswap
8. Vancouver Island
9. Greater Vancouver
10. Fraser Valley
11. Central Okanagan
12. West Kootenay and Boundary
13. East Kootenay
Contact AITC or The Science Fair Foundation for more information on Science Fair Awards.
2009 AITC Agricultural Science Fair Regional Award Winners
| Cariboo/Mainline | Nathan Kinley | Plant Growth and Water |
| Central Interior | Emily Froese | Fun with Fertilizer |
| Central Okanagan | Kalan Gillmann | Does Magnetism Affect The Growth of Plants |
| East Kootenay | Hilary Grimsrud | Traction Materials |
| East Kootenay | Jemimah Ascason | Traction Materials |
| Fraser Valley | Martina Stokes | Waste to Energy |
Greater Vancouver | Kathleen Beekmann | Horsy Matters |
| Northern BC | Meagan Haugen-Koechi | What's all the Buzz About |
| Pacific Northwest | Dalton Colte | Which Fertilizer |
| Pacific Northwest | Matt Peeters | Which Fertilizer |
| South Fraser | Rachel Green | Get Ready, Get Set, Grow |
| South Fraser | Maggie Smith Salzl | Get Ready, Get Set, Grow |
| Vancouver Island | Corina Fischer | Farms for the Future |
| West Kootenay & Boundry | Sarah Dalziel | Road to Sustainable Blue, Phase 3 |
| Yukon/Stikine | Haley Braga | Let's Go Composting |
For those interested in visiting a Science Fair in the Fraser Valley please check the Faser Valley Regional Science Fair website:
http://sd34.homeip.net/web/fvrsf/
