SCIENCE OLYMPICS
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BY THE NUMBERS Calgary • 550 Students • 110 Teams • 11 Community and Outreach Exhibitors Edmonton • 500 Students • 100 Teams
Lakeland • 330 Students • 66 Teams Red Deer • 105 Students • 21 Teams
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1. ON THE GROW — École Marie Poburan students of Edmonton show off their portable biodome, an entry in the Stayin’ Alive competition for students in Grades 4 to 6. 2. ALL EYES ON DECK — In Float Your Boat for Grades 1 to 3 in Edmonton, students watch closely as weight is added to their creations. 3. BALANCE ME THIS — High school students in Edmonton combine science and their own balancing abilities, in the Crazy Cantilever competition. 4. MIX IT UP — Red Deer students learn about viscosity by racing different liquid mixtures down a 45-degree plane. -photo courtesy Daniel Shang, E.I.T. 5. JUDGES AT WORK — Away from the hurly-burly of competition, judges pore over results during the APEGA Science Olympics in Edmonton. 6. WORTH THE WEIGHT — A young Calgary innovator pauses for a moment to show off her team’s creation, a structure that had to lift 10-lb. weights — using flowing water.
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