The following entries were prepared and researched by students aged 9 to 14 years. While WHERE Challenge judges acknowledge that some entries may contain inaccuracies, they applaud students' efforts and the quality of the entries. The 2019 WHERE Challenge winners are as follows:
'FNL: Pencil Science' ($500)
Best Overall
Faith Tsakumis, Olivia Barnes, Gabriella McLoughlin, and Georgia Newman-Bennett
Vancouver, British Columbia
'Modern Scissors' ($250)
Best Creative
Sienna Geissler, Grace Cooper, Isabel Mitchell, Ella Kang
Vancouver, British Columbia
'Olivia and Ivy’s Aventure with a Microwave' ($250)
Best Research
Angela Ituarte, Caroline Pavan, Chloe Luft, Grace Rahn
Vancouver, British Columbia
'Celeb-Phone Talk (What is in a cell phone?)' ($500)
Best Overall
Shakthi Yaalini
Toronto, Ontario
'Toilert! - What's in a toilet? WHERE Challenge' ($250)
Best Creative
Cindy He and Maggie Yue Gong
Toronto, Ontario
'Heavenly Hockey Net' ($250)
Best Research
Megan Hirchfeld
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
'Geo-pardy!'
Honourable Mention
Emily Yu and Anly Lin Yu
Toronto, Ontario
'‘What is in a Computer Chip?' ($500)
Best Overall
Luke Susi, Matthew Hasztafi-Biduk and Nicholas Pearson
Vancouver, British Columbia
'What’s in a Computer?' ($250)
Best Research
Jonathan Szabo, Zach Abraham, and Ryan McHagny-Valdez
Vancouver, British Columbia
'Where Does Road Salt Come From?' ($500)
Best Overall
Liam White
St. Catherine, Ontario
'Car Headlights: A Medley of Poems' ($250)
Best Creative
Meilun Xu
Toronto, Ontario
'The Truth About a Cell Phone ' ($250)
Best Research
Alenna Ahmad
Mississauga, Ontario
'Smooth Out Your Life'
Honourable Mention
Fizza Ali
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
'The Watch' ($500)
Best Overall
George Sale and Felix Dongyeon Kim
Vancouver, British Columbia
'Mom! Dad! Where do soda cans come from!?!' ($250)
Best Creative
Alexa Calderon
Toronto, Ontario
'Antimony's Adventure' ($500)
Best Overall
Alissa Zhang and Tharuniga Theivendiran
Toronto, Ontario
'A "Nickel" Production' ($250)
Best Creative
Anson Lau
Toronto, Ontario
'Toon(ie) in to find out!' ($250)
Best Research
Maggie Hoang
Scarborough, Ontario
'CASE 0035: What's in a Barbie Doll'
Honourable Mention
Jennifer Shao
Toronto, Ontario
Three school prizes awarded of $750 each. School prizes are based on a combination of quality and quantity of entries from each school.
'Winning entries: 8'
School Winner
Dr Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute
Toronto, Ontario
'Winning entries: 6'
School Winner
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School
Vancouver, British Columbia
'Winning entries: 2'
School Winner
Montgomery School
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Early Bird Winner Announcement
Congratulations to Bridget MacDonald and Elaha Rahad, from Calgary, Alberta! Their project was randomly drawn from eligible entries received by midnight December 31, 2018 and has won the $250 prize.
