Students show ingenuity at annual science fair
- Tiffany Head | March 09, 2016
Students from File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council (FHQTC) displayed their science projects at the Queensbury Convention Center recently at the annual science fair.
Check out our photo gallery of the FHQ Science Fair.
The theme for this year was “Incorporating Science into Traditional Knowledge”.
There were 33 displays exhibited at the event by students ranging from grades 3 to 9. The projects combined the theme into their science project and many used the teachings of elders.
Matthew Ryder and Brads Runs, two grade 9 students from Carry the Kettle did an extensive search for the right experiment that would incorporate traditional knowledge in their project. Their experiment, Colliding Air Masses, symbolized a good spirit confronting an evil spirit.
“We did some research online and I couldn’t find anything on the site, so we went to an elder,” said Ryder.
Destiny Dubois and her partner did their science project on how stress affects your body. They wanted to help people learn the negative and positive ways of dealing with stress.
“We wanted to help people cope with it in healthy ways by using the tipi teachings,” Said Dubois.
One of the judges Erin Goodpipe said they were judging in the categories of, traditional knowledge, content, language and so much more. Students were also judged on how well they presented their project.
“Our people came to know and/or understand things by closely observing and experimenting and by using all of their senses. I really wanted to see if they found a genuine interest by doing so” said Goodpipe.
Grade 6 students, Montana Bellegarde and Evynn Cyr from Peepeekisis First Nations won the Aboriginal Content award, a special award that went with the theme.
The winners were given prizes of laptops, iPod, iPod shuffles and smart watches. See below for list of winners.