Congratulations to all the participants and winners at the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic School Board System-wide science Fair held on February 25th.
A special congratulations to winners of the "BASEF Award": Jacob Scott, Michael Carbone, Corrina Centritto, Adrian Hucal, Maia Caruso, and Nicole Piersanti.
Great work everyone, and see you all at BASEF 2012 !
Join us for the 52nd annual BASEF, March 28th to March 31st 2012 !
Project Setup and Registration 5:30pm to 8:30pm March 28th
Judging Day Thursday March 29th
Public Viewing and Awards Saturday March 31st.
See the Detailed Schedule and the Mohawk Campus Map for more information.
Cash, prizes and scholarships worth more than $150,000 were awarded to student participants at BASEF 2012 on March 31st at Mohawk College. Especial congratulations to Manjot Sangha and Dennis Xu, winners of the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Best-in-Fair award, and to the twenty students who won all-expense-paid trips to compete at either the Canada Wide Science Fair in Charlottetown or the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh.
On Saturday, March 31st, 2012, cash, prizes and scholarships worth more than $150,000 were awarded to student participants in the 52nd Annual Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair held at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario at the conclusion of the two-day event. More than 450 students in grades 7 – 12 from Hamilton, Halton, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk spent months preparing more than 300 science and engineering projects. After a day of judging and activities on Thursday and a Saturday morning of public viewing by a large and inquisitive crowd, awards were presented to nearly than half of the participants.
Special congratulations to Manjot Sangha of Iroquois Ridge Hight School and Dennis Xu of Abbey Park High School (both in Oakville), winners of the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Pinnacle Best-in-Fair award for their project Construction of Folate Conjugated Antibodies to Target Shigella flexneri to Specifically Infect Colorectal Cancer Cells.
Twenty students have won all-expense-paid trips to compete at either the Canada Wide Science Fair in Charlottetown (May 12 – 19) or the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh (May 13-18).
The BASEF Committee award for top elementary school was awarded to Oakville Christian School. The Herb Gildea award for top high school was won by King's Christian Collegiate, also in Oakville.
We congratulate all of our participants for their hard work and enthusiasm; judges, guests and organizers were all very impressed with the array of remarkable projects. And the organizing committee once again thanks our sponsors and many volunteers whose generous help and dedicated effort makes the fair possible.
Looking for a picture of a project or participant? Check out our BASEF 2012 Project Pictures !
Also take a look at some of the media coverage of BASEF Projects, Winners, and more:
The Hamilton Spectator - Inside Halton - Halton Catholic School Board - Grand Erie School Board - Hamilton-Wentworth School Board - ArcelorMittal Dofasco Community Strength - Mohawk College
Also be sure to check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/teambasef !
The Canada-Wide Science Fair, held this year in Charlottetown, PEI, gave the opportunity for 15 BASEF projects to compete on the national stage. The Team had an excellent showing, and brought home 10 medals and 2 special awards!
Silver Medal Winners:
Graham Bohm, From Salted Streets To Salty Streams (St. Augustine, Dundas)
Catharine Bowman, Get a Grip on it! (St. Augustine, Dundas)
Bronze Medal Winners:
Alex and Erik Bercik, A Novel Rooftop Wind Turbine for Convenient Residential Use (Westdale, Hamilton)
Olivia Cerilli, Paw Prints Through the Forest: Tracking Grey Wolves in Superior National Forest (Canadian Martyrs, Burlington)
Adrian Hucal, Where Does the Wind Test Best? (Our Lady of Peace, Hamilton)
Kaushar Mahetaji, Corresponding With the Brain (W. H. Morden Public School, Oakville)
John Mikhaeil, Detoxification of Jatropha Oil-Cake from Phorbol Esters (King's Christian Collegiate, Oakville)
Alexander Rey, More than Just Brushing (Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, Brantford)
Arjuna Yusuf, The Effect of Baroque Music and Silent Sitting on Concentration (Ancaster High, Ancaster)
Edmund Zamora, Double Trouble - The Effects of Multitasking and the Dangers of Distracted Driving (Trinity Christian School, Burlington)
Special Awards:
Information Challenge Award: Edmund Zamora, Double Trouble - The Effects of Multitasking and the Dangers of Distracted Driving (Trinity Christian School, Burlington)
Actuarial Award: Alexander Rey, More than Just Brushing (Brantford Collegiate Institute and Vocational School, Brantford)
The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, held this year in Pittsburgh, PA, saw four BASEF students compete as part of "Team Canada" - Eisha Ahmed (Abbey Park, Oakville), Camilla Michalski (Bishop Ryan, Hamilton), Majot Sangha (Iroquois Ridge, Oakville) and Dennis Xu (Abbey Park, Oakville).
While the International Fair BASEF team had no individual medal results this year, they were part of a successful Team Canada showing that included 14 Grand Awards... including one of the three "Best in Fair" awards, to Nicholas Schieffer of Pickering.
Congratulations to all for your excellent projects and hard work !
Blog of the Canada-Wide Science Fair: basef-at-cwsf-2012.blogspot.ca/
CWSF 2012 Pictures: www.flickr.com/photos/team-basef/sets/72157629673882782/
Blog of the Intel International Fair: basefatisef2012.blogspot.ca/
ISEF 2012 Pictures: www.flickr.com/photos/team-basef/sets/72157629686661958/
And check out TeamBASEF on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TeamBASEF
The Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair (BASEF) and its honorary chair Zach Douglas (President and CEO of McMaster Innovation Park) hosted a public project information and fair Showcase at the McMaster Innovation Park Atrium on Friday November 23.
Thank you to everyone who had a chance to drop by and see some of the top student projects from 2012, and learn more about BASEF, a driving force in our community supporting youth engagement in science, technology and engineering. The annual BASEF regional competition promotes project-based science by students in grades 7 to 12.
Some of BASEF’s top award-winning students displayed their projects and shared their science fair experiences and plans for the future.
Check out more pictures on our Facebook site at www.facebook.com/teambasef
Students and mentors from the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair were featured on an episode of "Canada's Greatest Know-It-All", which aired on Discovery Canada on Monday, January 28th at 10pm.
Watch the segment online at Discovery Channel Canada.
70 students from the Hamilton/Halton area who competed in BASEF 2012 took part in this episode, as the challenge for the Know-It-Alls was competing in two teams to design and develop their own science fair project. Members of BASEF's organizing committee assist as "expert judges", and the students play a major role in determining the winning project.
See 'behind the scenes' highlights on the Discovery Canada website.
You can find out more about "Canada's Greatest Know-It-All" online:
www.discovery.ca/Showpage.aspx?sid=37462
Public Viewing is Saturday, March 23rd, from 9:00am to Noon, at Hillfield Strathallan College.
Awards Ceremony 1:30pm to 3:30pm at the Mohawk College Theatre.
Participants: See our Information for Participants, the Project Setup Steps, the Safety Reminders, and our Map of the Hillfield Strathallan and Mohawk Campuses.
We also have a detailed daily schedule at www.basef.ca/calendar
Cash, prizes and scholarships worth more than $100,000 were awarded to student participants at BASEF 2103 on March 23rd at Hillfield-Strathallan College.
Especial congratulations to Junyi (Sarah) Wu of Assumption College School, winner of the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Best-in-Fair award.
Congratulations as well to the twenty students who have won all-expense-paid trips to compete at either the Canada Wide Science Fair in Lethbridge, Alberta or the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, Arizona.
On Saturday, March 32rd, 2013, cash, prizes and scholarships worth more than $100,000 were awarded to student participants in the 52nd Annual Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair held at Hillfield-Strathallan College in Hamilton, Ontario at the conclusion of the two-day event. More than 400 students in grades 7 – 12 from Hamilton, Halton, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk spent months preparing more than 300 science and engineering projects. After a day of judging and activities on Thursday and a Saturday morning of public viewing by a large and inquisitive crowd, awards were presented to nearly than half of the participants.
Special congratulations to Junyi (Sarah) Wu of Assumption College School in Brantford, winner of the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Pinnacle Best-in-Fair award for her project Colorimetric Detection of Plasmodium Falciparum via Aptasensor Technology.
Twenty students have won all-expense-paid trips to compete at either the Canada Wide Science Fair in Lethbridge (May 11 – 18) or the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix (May 12 - 17).
The BASEF Committee award for top elementary school was awarded to Hillfield-Strathallan College in Hamilton. The Herb Gildea award for top high school was won - for the second year running - by King's Christian Collegiate in Oakville.
We congratulate all of our participants for their hard work and enthusiasm; judges, guests and organizers were all very impressed with the array of remarkable projects. And the organizing committee once again thanks our sponsors and many volunteers whose generous help and dedicated effort makes the fair possible.
Cash, prizes and scholarships worth more than $150,000 were awarded to student participants at BASEF 2103 on March 23rd at Hillfield-Strathallan College.
Especial congratulations to Junyi (Sarah) Wu of Assumption College School, winner of the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Best-in-Fair award.
Congratulations as well to the twenty students who won all-expense-paid trips to compete at either the Canada Wide Science Fair in Lethbridge, Alberta or the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix, Arizona.
The BASEF Committee award for top elementary school was awarded to Hillfield-Strathallan College in Hamilton. The Herb Gildea award for top high school was won by King's Christian Collegiate in Oakville.
On Saturday March 23, 2013 cash, prizes and scholarships worth more than $150,000 were awarded to student participants in the 53rd Annual Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair sponsored by ArcelorMittal Dofasco held at Hillfield-Strathallan College and Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario. More than 400 students in grades 7 – 12 from Hamilton, Halton, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk counties, and Six Nations spent months preparing more than 300 science and engineering projects. After a day of judging and activities on Thursday and a Saturday morning of public viewing by a large and inquisitive crowd, awards were presented at the afternoon Awards Ceremony to more than half of the participants.
Special congratulations to Junyi (Sarah) Wu of Assumption College School in Brantford, winner of the ArcelorMittal Dofasco Pinnacle Best-in-Fair award for her project Colorimetric Detection of Plasmodium Falciparum via Aptasensor Technology.
Twenty students have won all-expense-paid trips to compete at either the Canada Wide Science Fair in Lethbridge (May 11 – 18) or the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Phoenix (May 12 - 17).
The BASEF Committee award for top elementary school was awarded to Hillfield-Strathallan College in Hamilton. The Herb Gildea award for top high school was won - for the third year running - by King's Christian Collegiate in Oakville (not second, as stated here earlier).
We congratulate all of our participants for their hard work and enthusiasm; judges, guests and organizers were all very impressed with the array of remarkable projects. And the organizing committee once again thanks our sponsors and many volunteers whose generous help and dedicated effort makes the fair possible.
Team BASEF, our Canada Wide Science Fair and Intel International Science Fair participants are on their way!
You can follow their journey, fun, excitement and achievements via the links below.
And I'm sure they would enjoy receiving your encouragement and congratulations.
CWSF:
Blog (most detailed information each day) : http://basef-at-cwsf-2013.blogspot.ca/
Facebook (news and pictures) : http://www.facebook.com/teambasef
Flickr (High resolution pictures) : http://www.flickr.com/photos/team-basef/sets/72157633438750758/
Twitter feed (news) : http://www.twitter.com/basef
ISEF:
Blog :http://basefatiisef2013.blogspot.ca/
Flickr (High resolution pictures) : http://www.flickr.com/photos/team-basef/sets/72157633438755562/
Area students won top awards at the Canada-Wide and Intel International science fairs this week.Twenty students representing Hamilton, Halton Region, Haldimand, Norfolk and Brant Counties, and Six Nations competed at these prestigious fairs, with their trips funded by awards won at the 53nd annual Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair (BASEF) in March.
It was the best year ever for BASEF at the Canada-Wide Science Fair (CWSF). Our sixteen competitors brought home 11 awards: one gold medal, three silver medals, six bronze medals and one Challenge Award. CWSF was held May 11 to May 18 in Lethbridge, Alberta.
At the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (IISEF) one of the four students representing our area as part of "Team Canada" brought home two awards. IISEF was held May 12 to 17 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Catharine Bowman of Dundas
Grade 9, St. Mary Secondary School, Hamilton
Project: Just the Right Light – An Investigation Using Bright/Dark Illumination Principles
Ishan Aditya of Mississauga
Grade 12, MacLachlan College, Oakville
Project: Skeletal Muscle Inflammatory Cytokine Expression Predicts Metabolic Disease Risk
Jason Fan of Hamilton
Grade 12, Westdale Secondary School, Hamilton
Project: Saving the World – One Ligand at a Time: Novel Streptococcus pneumoniae Ligand
Alex Tomala of Hamilton
Grade 10, Cardinal Newman Secondary School, Stoney Creek
Project: MIPE: Microprocessor with Integrated Programmable Execution Units
Graham Bohm of Dundas
Grade 8, St. Augustine Catholic Elementary School, Dundas
Project: Evading Erosion: Which Plants Are Effective at Controlling Shoreline Erosion?
Katie Brent of Oakville
Grade 9, Notre Dame Secondary School, Burlington
Project: MARTHA: Medication Automated Reminder Technological Health Assistant
Blake Correia and Eduard Brenninkmeijer of Oakville
Grade 7, Oakville Christian School, Oakville
Project: Is Your Water Pure?
Mycah DeJong of Oakville
Grade 8, Trinity Christian School, Burlington
Project: Intellectual Interference
Caroline Mahut of Burlington
Grade 8, Rolling Meadows Public School, Burlington
Project: Groundeffect Aircraft: Is it a more energy efficient way to travel?
Theo Willows of Burlington
Grade 7, John William Boich Public School, Burlington
Project: Atlast a Proper Controller
Catharine Bowman of Dundas
Grade 9, St. Mary Secondary School, Hamilton
Project: Just the Right Light – An Investigation Using Bright/Dark Illumination Principles
$750 cash award
Junyi (Sarah) Wu of Brantford
Grade 11, Assumption College School, Brantford
Project: Colorimetric Detection of Plasmodium Falciparum via Aptasensor Technology
Junyi (Sarah) Wu of Brantford
Grade 11, Assumption College School, Brantford
Project: Colorimetric Detection of Plasmodium Falciparum via Aptasensor Technology
Katie won $2,650 for her automated medication reminder system
Graham won $2,005 for his project on soil erosion
Julian won $400 for his project on green energy
If your teacher is amazing at helping with science projects and helping you and your friends with your BASEF projects this year --- nominate him/her for a Champion Teacher award when you register your project
Online registration starts on February 4, but you need to start your project ASAP so you’ll be ready to enter!
The teachers from the two **new schools with the best project scores will win these awards.
** schools that have not had projects in BASEF for at least 5 years
The Bay Area Science & Engineering Fair (BASEF) is open to all students in grades 7 to 12 (under the age of 21) who attend any public, separate, or private school, or who are home-schooled, in the City of Hamilton, the Region of Halton, Brant County, Haldimand County or Norfolk County. Wondering were to begin? Have an idea and are not sure where to go with it? Check out these resources:
Depending upon the type of project you are doing and your grade level, there may be some special rules and restrictions on the project you are planning. If your project involves people, animals, or hazardous materials, you may need to get permission or review before you start work. There are some differences in rules and policies between Junior Level (Grades 7/8) and Intermediate/Senior Level (Grades 9-12) projects, so use the following links to get details for your level:
The fair takes place March 26th to 29th, 2014 at Mohawk College.
Registration for BASEF 2014 Sponsored by ArcelorMittal Dofasco is now open!
Check out the details and register at www.basef.ca/registration
Registration is open until 9:00pm March 5th 2014. Hope to see you at the Fair!
BASEF recognizes outstanding teacher support of students through the Champion Teacher Recognition Awards. If you know a teacher who meets the Eligibility criteria, and you would like to see them get recognized for their outstanding work, complete this online Nomination Form. Eligibility:
NOTE: Teachers selected for this award are expected to attend the Award Ceremony on Tuesday April 1, 2014, 7:00 p.m. at Mohawk College.
Selection Criteria: Nominations will be evaluated by the Champion Teacher Recognition Award Committee. The Committee will be composed of members of the BASEF Organizing Committee. Please complete the following online form. A copy will be emailed to you, for your confirmation. Nominations can only be made online, using this form. Nominations are still open!
First time competitors* can win one of 18 NEW $500 prizes at BASEF 2014.
The "Awards for Excellence in Science & Technology" are funded by a generous donor who wants to generate interest and encourage participation in the Fair.
The awards, based on merit judging marks, will be awarded to the top 18 first-year competitors who win $200 or less in other cash prizes.
* For a pairs project, must be first time at BASEF for both partners. Award will be split between the partners.
Schools can win one of two $250 New School Awards.
Funded by the same donor, the teachers from the two new schools with the best project scores will win these awards (schools that have not had projects in BASEF for at least 5 years).
But don't forget:
- Projects that involve Human Participation (including Surveys), or Projects that involve vertibrate animals or animal parts, will require Consent Forms and other documents .
- Check the Rules to make sure you have all the necessary permissions and signatures, and that you are following all the policies!
See you at BASEF !
There are some amazing teachers in our community who are helping prepare students for this year’s Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair (BASEF).
The BASEF Champion Teacher Recognition Awards recognizes and honours teachers who go ‘above and beyond’ to teach students how to do project-based science and mentor them as they prepare their projects for BASEF.
One teacher has been selected to receive the Champion Teacher Recognition Award for 2014:
The Champion Teacher Recognition Award for 2014 includes induction into the BASEF Champion Teacher Hall of Fame, a plaque, and $350 to be used in the classroom of the winning teacher. $250 of this year's award is funded as part of the Awards for Excellence in Science & Technology. A panel of BASEF Organizing Committee members selects the Champion Teacher Recognition Award winners from among those nominated online by their peers, parents and students.
Here are some of the comments made by some of Ingrid's students and peers:
“…Ingrid’s enthusiasm for Science Fair has been contagious. … Every school she has been at has participated in Science Fair. Even when she moves to a new school … students continue to attend from those schools.”
“…has been one of the biggest advocates for the fair in Halton Board”
“…I would not be where I am today [Stanford University], blessed with the opportunities at my avail if Ms. Munson had not opened my horizons many years ago. I am tremendously grateful for the impact that she has had on my life and interest in science, technology, and innovation.”
“…resourcefulness and genuine excitement for science education”
“… continues to foster a growing generation of students invested in science research”
“…incredibly enthusiastic and encouraging of exploratory learning”
The 54th annual Bay Area Science and Enginnering Fair Award Show is being held at the Mohawk College Theatre, Fennell Avenue, Hamilton. Doors open 6:30pm, Awards 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
Special Awards, Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals, Champion Teacher, Excellence Awards, and more. Over $155,000 in cash and prizes to be awarded!
Hope to see everyone there!