tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69482955755958047282024-03-13T12:08:06.674-07:00BASEF @ CWSF 2015BASEF 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/12691664308331557377noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948295575595804728.post-38104042063524782822015-05-16T20:32:00.001-07:002015-05-16T20:32:14.628-07:00Day 7 - Public Viewing and Project Teardown<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For some of our team members, today was a particularly early start as they woke up at 6am to say goodbye to their new friends from the Australian Team. There were tears to be had all around. The regular part of today started with the final public viewing session in the morning. After that it was off to lunch (one last time at the cafeteria - our last chance for free ice cream with every meal!), and then it was project takedown.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Taking the projects off of the display boards went relatively quickly and easily, and in no time our team had gathered at the front, signing the title boards of each others' projects and slowly making our way, one last time, out of the project hall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once our materials were back in the room, we went for a walk again to downtown. A quick 15 minute stroll from the university campus, on a nice trail through the city and along the St John's river waterfront, on a beautiful day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The welcome in Fredericton for science fair students was great - discounts and specials at the restaurants, and throughout the city examples of being welcomed to Fredericton and New Brunswick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A bit more wandering around and we found the restaurant we were looking for to have dinner in, although it turned out to be a bar instead and would not accommodate our team. Dana then led us, in a somewhat circular way, to another restaurant that was able to provide 5 tables to sit us all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The food was good, although a bit slow, though we didn't really anywhere else to be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After dinner it was a walk back to the campus, and a casual evening of chatting and playing games with our team and others that were still around. Some teams had already begun leaving in the early afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things were soon quiet as a lot of tired folks finally ran out energy, one more sleep before we catch our flight back home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It has been an absolutely incredible week with a great team of young men and women. We are proud of the entire group, and they have shown so much enthusiasm, hard work, and most importantly respect for others. They are great ambassadors for our region, their schools, and their communities. I have been so lucky and privileged to have been able to spend a week with these amazing young people. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-- George.</span></i><br />
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<br />BASEF 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/12691664308331557377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948295575595804728.post-65537342056288514452015-05-15T22:49:00.003-07:002015-05-15T22:49:57.598-07:00CWSF Day 6 - Awards Ceremony<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today was another busy day! It started with a morning full of public viewing - school tours and general public viewing of the project hall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mixed in to that for the finalists was some time to explore the exhibit hall and see other projects, as well as the opportunity to hear some lectures that were taking place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At noon public viewing was finished for the day, and it was time for lunch and to get ready for the Awards Ceremony!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We once again walked over to downtown Fredericton - with great weather! - and we arrived before any of the scheduled buses, giving us prime choice of the "front row centre" seating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In no time at all it was time for the Awards ... Special Awards (with specific criteria donated by sponsors), Challenge Awards (for specific challenge areas of interest), and the Excellence Awards (medals).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Team BASEF once again had great results as a team:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Samna Aziz - Canadian Association of Clinical Chemists Special Award</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Samna Aziz - Manning Innovation Prize</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Challenge Award - Innovation:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Caroline Mahut</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bronze Medals:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anika Gupta, Jack Mogus, Maggie Williams, Samna Aziz</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Silver Medals:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Claire Hunter, Michael Wolfe, Katie Brent, Aaron Gomes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gold Medal:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Caroline Mahut</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An amazing result as a team, and the support of all team members for each other was evident again today as different finalists finished with different results - yet each project was exceptional and on a different day could just as easily have won an award if it didn't today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To see more pictures from the Awards show, check out the Facebook page:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the Awards show we took team and individual pictures in front of the New Brunswick Legislature building, and then walked back to the campus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And with some students leaving tomorrow, including the Australian team that is leaving early in the morning, there were some tears as new friends will once again be separated by distance.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was toward midnight before everyone really got settled down and off to bed ... one more full day to go, with public viewing and project takedown coming up on Saturday.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Congratulations to all of Team BASEF for the hard work, enthusiasm, and dedication to bring these great projects to the national fair. The entire team has made our region and their communities proud.</span><br />
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<br />BASEF 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/12691664308331557377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948295575595804728.post-68633702537530764982015-05-14T20:48:00.003-07:002015-05-14T20:48:18.174-07:00Day 5 - Science Activities and Public Viewing<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For this morning the team went different ways again as we each were assigned to a variety of science-based activities throughout the University of New Brunswick campus. The activities and demonstrations included biology, chemistry, robotics, electronics, astronomy, and more. Each student participated in two different activities.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After lunch, it was time for the first Public Viewing Day. This year, the public viewing has a slightly new format ... students are assigned to a schedule that divides their time between presenting their project to the public, free time to see the projects of other students, and also time to attend some talks and lectures scheduled throughout the afternoon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today was also one of the School Tours days, so the project hall as filled with area students looking at the projects and speaking to the participants.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was still public viewing after dinner, until 8pm, though it became much less busy by that time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Even the delegate/chaperones (Dan, George, Ingrid and Dana) has some things planned, starting with a Youth Science Canada meeting, and wrapping the afternoon with a "Future Host Social" presented by Montreal to talk about next year's fair. Montreal based food, music, and even dancing was a feature.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The weather was great today, sunny all day, perfect for spending some time outside!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shortly after the public viewing it was the "Camp CWSF" event which included camp-themed food and the CWSF finalist Talent Show. Katie took part in a performance with the Australian team, and all of the performances were great - music and singing, story telling, even a short comedy skit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the Camp CWSF wrapped up at 10pm, all finalists were treated to a fireworks display outside of the main building. A great wrap to the day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow is Public Viewing in the morning, and the the Award Show in the afternoon - another busy day!</span><br />
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<br />BASEF 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/12691664308331557377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948295575595804728.post-30278331240331116332015-05-13T20:33:00.000-07:002015-05-13T20:35:56.325-07:00Day 4 - Tour Day<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This morning we got up to grab a quick breakfast and then off to the buses to begin Tour Day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Team were on one of four tours - Hopewell Rocks and Cape Enrage on the Bay of Fundy, St Andrews by the Sea, Geocaching and science activities around Fredericton, and the Bay of Fundy coast including sea caves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was lots to see and do, and the weather we experienced was as diverse as the tour destinations - a little rain, a bit cold (especially on the coast!), then sunny and warmer.</span><br />
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It was a bit hard to keep track of what everyone was doing today, there were lots of interesting activities that both explored natural features and also gave the students the chance to participate in some activities and demonstrations.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Science Fairs can be tiring! The bus trips and tours were interesting with interpreters and guides, but also could be a bit long!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The entire team enjoyed their tours and activities, and there wasn't much time to rest afterwards, as within half an hour of arriving back at the campus we were off to our "Night on the Town" dinner out, at a restaurant (Issac's Place) in downtown Fredericton.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The plan was to walk there, and it was a great walk in the sunny early evening. The restaurant was great with a wide variety of dinners to choose from.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> The team has been amazing and today was a well earned stress-free day after the great job everyone did yesterday with Judging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tomorrow we have some University of New Brunswick science activities in the morning, and then a combination of events in the afternoon - public viewing and science lectures. The team will be at the project hall and lecture events until 8pm tomorrow, so it will be another busy day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Today it was down for breakfast by 7:30am, and off to the start of Judging Day for 8:30am. The weather wasn't the greatest today, but it managed not to rain on us during the quick walk to the Project Hall.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soon enough the morning judging - the "Excellence Award" judging (for medals) was over, and it was back to the cafeteria for lunch. A much more relaxed team by lunch time! Everyone looked great dressed up in their judging day outfits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The team reported good judging experiences, with lots of questions getting asked and a lot of judges interested in their work. With the combination of great topics, lots of hard work, and plenty of enthusiasm, the entire team did a great job in putting their best efforts forward today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The afternoon was filled with Special Award judges, so some students had more judging interviews than others (depending upon category and grade level). For some of the team there were another half dozen or more judges in the afternoon! But by 5:30 Judging Day was finally over...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After Judging it was a quick change of clothes and the walk to a short bus ride to the "Freddy Festival", a number of events and activities organized for the students in downtown Fredericton. The weather was a little bit threatening, but it held off for most of the night. A short downpour caught a couple of the team in the open, but it was over in a few minutes and events continued.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Events included the Gladiator, the Human Sphere Races, Obstacle course, Bungie Run, as well as food vendors and other activities to participate in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Team BASEF Chaperones fulfilled a commitment to all get lobster tattoos at some point during this trip</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Also note the thrill of victory and agony of defeat as chaperone George defeats finalist Jack in a round of Gladiator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Bungie run provided some amusing moments as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Around 10pm the exhausted team took the bus back to the residence, and we go to bet with our alarms set to get up for the tour day tomorrow. Hoping that the weather holds out, there are many exciting things to see tomorrow!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Congratulations to the entire team for working so hard to not only get to the Canada-Wide fair, but to represent our region and their schools so well today. We're all very proud of everyone on this team.</span><br />
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<br />BASEF 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/12691664308331557377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948295575595804728.post-26423047329509433402015-05-11T19:29:00.004-07:002015-05-11T19:33:11.666-07:00Day 2 - Project Setup and Welcome<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We began the day with an 8am start to head off for breakfast, though there were not any formal events scheduled for most of the day. After breakfast we grabbed our posters and headed out to the Project Hall to set up our posters on the display boards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once the team had all the posters and displays set up, it was time for practicing presentations again. Since there is no public viewing before Judging Day this year, this was the chance for everyone to work on their speeches and get feedback from the rest of the team. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soon it was time for lunch, and after lunch we were back at the project hall doing some more practice. Some of the other regions were still arriving in the morning and early afternoon. Regional fairs from Northern BC and from the Yukon were arriving after taking 3 or even 4 flights to reach Fredericton from their home regions, up to 22 hours of travelling - so I guess the 6am start for us was not really all that bad!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once the presentation practice was done for the afternoon, everyone had a bit of free time to relax. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At 6pm it was over to the Student Centre for the CWSF Welcome Event ... a chance to sample a wide variety of food and activities, and pin trading too. It was a lot of fun for the entire team to just wander the floors checking out what was going on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By 9pm everyone was tired, and it was off to bed, to get lots of rest in time for the big day tomorrow... Judging Day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Though that stack of lost luggage behind us in the picture at Toronto Airport's Terminal 1 proved to be a bit of a foreshadowing of some events to come...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was an uneventful two hour flight from Toronto to Fredericton, with a full plane of science fair students from all parts of the country ... the Northern BC Team was connecting through Toronto after starting from Dawson Creek and flying to Vancouver then Toronto... having been travelling since yesterday afternoon. I guess our 6:15 AM start wasn't that bad after all...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Upon arrival at Fredericton airport we were greeted by the CWSF volunteer team, giving us all a very friendly and hearty welcome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A quick bus trip and then we were welcomed at the University of New Brunswick campus, our home for the week. A short jog to our residence rooms, and then we were off to lunch - and lots of selection for everyone. The unlimited ice cream was particularly popular!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After lunch we had the chance to get a tour around campus, and learn about both the history and the academic programs of the university.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We even got a glimpse at the Project Hall, were we will be setting up our projects tomorrow...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soon it was time for dinner - lots of selection once again! And after dinner it was time to practice our presentations to each other, and then some free time in the lounge - time to meet the Australian delegation!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And did we mention the luggage? Apparently a number of bags were turned back from being loaded on the plane as we left... three of our team (Katie, plus chaperones Dan and Dana) were missing their luggage when we arrived, as well as a number of students from other teams as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully that resolved itself as the luggage was delivered by the end of the day, to the relief of some of the team...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's been a long day of travelling, now it's time for sleep... tomorrow is project setup and more practicing those presentations!</span><br />
<br />BASEF 2009http://www.blogger.com/profile/12691664308331557377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6948295575595804728.post-59751268582437333172015-05-08T19:44:00.001-07:002015-05-08T20:16:47.309-07:00Congratulations Team BASEF 2015<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Impressing the judges at BASEF was just the beginning ... since being selected to represent our region at the Canada-Wide Science Fair, this group of 16 students from grades 7 to 12 have been writing the project reports, re-designing their project display backboards, adding to their binders and notes, practicing their presentations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And now it's time to pack and get ready to fly out to the national competition being held in Fredericton, New Brunswick.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our flight departs bright and early on Sunday morning... stay tuned for our updates throughout the week!</span><br />
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