RESULTS OF THE 2006
CANADA-WIDE CRYSTAL GROWING COMPETITION

CANADA-WIDE

  • As a holiday gift, I was greeted with dozens of beautiful and transparent crystals. They ranged from about one to more than 84 grams and came from twelve different places coast to coast. We are very proud of the accomplishments of our students as some of the judges said “amazing!” Some passerby even asked whether the crystals could be used to make jewelry.

    I want to send my warmest congratulations to all who participated across Canada and I hope this competition was an occasion to discover some of the greatness of the nature around us.

    A special thank you to:
    • Anachemia Science for providing the potassium-aluminum sulphate for the contest
    • BASF for providing the prizes
    • The many teachers who supervised their students and gave a lot of their own time
    • The Chemical Institute of Canada volunteers who coordinated the contest in their local area
    • The panel of seven judges who volunteered to evaluate the crystals at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi just before Christmas.

    2006 Canadian Crystal Growing Competition
    Participants a    nd Results
    Best Overall
    Students
    School
    Teacher
    (Participant number corresponding
    to photos)    		 Students Weight
    (g)

    		 Quality
    (/10)    		 Overall
    Score
    (/100)    		 Overall
    Rank
    $300 prize for school
    St. John's-Ravenscourt
    Winnipeg, MB
         Mark Delmage
    (8)    		 Mathew Sigurdson 36.491 7.49 58.9 1
    $200 prize for school
    Middlefield Collegiate Institute
    Markham, ON
         (1)    		 Suvi Vinayagamoorthy
    Apina Ketheeswaran
    Iram Wahid
    Raliya Rafeek    		 21.784 7.93 53.8 2
    $100 prize for school
     Polyvalente des Abénaquis
    St. Prosper, QC
    Laurie Labbé
    (5)    		 Laura Morissette 15.15 7.69 46.4 3
    Harry Ainlay Composite High School
    Edmonton, AB
    Aura Pombert
    (3)    		 Igor Markovic
    Christopher Lee
    Robert Andrais    		 16.671 6.81 42.5 4
    Holy Cross Secondary School
    Kingston, ON
    M. Gervais
    (16)    		 Matt Woo
    George Cave    		 19.012 6.21 40.4 5
    Juvénat St-Jean
    Dolbeau, QC
    (    14)    		 Nicolas Saint-Jean
    François de la Boissière    		 18.616 5.80 37.5 6
    Fellowes High School
    Pembroke, ON
    (15)    		 Mighan Haycock 18.719 5.73 37.1 7
    Port Moody Secondary School
    Port Moody, BC
    (9)    		 Fiona Cui 14.342 5.87 34.88
    Sackville High School
    Lower Sackville, NS
    (7)    		 Ryan Laustsen
    Melissa Hilchey    		 22.154 4.20 28.69
    Fredericton High School
    Fredericton, NB
    Alexis Christmas
    (11)    		 Elliot Choi
    Andy Lee    		 9.614 5.04 25.910
    Collège Catholique Samuel Genest
    Ottawa, ON
    (18)    		 Nathalie Leblanc
    Nicolas Parker    		 20.652 3.33 22.211
    Pond's Edge Home Academy
    Thorold, ON
    (10)    		 Lynn Ryals
    Michael Rielecha    		 1.418 6.35 12.212
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    2006 Canadian Crystal Growing Competition
    Participants and Results
    Best Quality
    Students
    School and Teacher Students Weight
    (g)
    		 Quality
    (/10)
    		 Overall Rank
    $200 prize for school
    York Mills Collegiate Institute
    Toronto, ON
    (21)    		 Justin Chan
    Eva Cheng
    Ka Chun Yuen
    Michael Choi    		 2.609 9.06 1
    Collège Catholique Samuel Genest
    Ottawa, ON
    (30)    		 Concorde Ngilimigabo
    Sandrine Mugenet
    Thibant Kaza    		 2.27 8.33 2
    Kelvin High School
    Winnipeg, MB
    (24)    		 Dan Li 0.713 8.23 3
    École Mgr Labrie
    Havre St-Pierre, QC
    (28)    		 Anrée-Anne Arseneault
    Maude Boudreau    		 8.332 7.71 4
    Steveston Secondary School
    Richmond, BC
    (25)
         		 Joy Cheng
    Tracy Kwok    		 1.186 6.73 5
    Holy Cross Secondary School
    Kingston, ON
    (29)    		 Mike Tynchuk
    Derek Knaak    		 4.457 6.60 6
    Park View Education Centre
    Bridgewater, NS
    (23)    		 Robyn Wyer
    Julie Layton
    Alyssa Mitchell    		 0.106 8.02 does not meet minimum crystal size rule
    École Secondaire les Etchemins
    Charny, QC
    (22)    		 Frédérik Durand 0.067 6.72 does not meet minimum crystal size rule
    Pond's Edge Home Academy
    Thorold, ON
    (27)    		 Lynn Ryals
    Michael Rielecha    		 0.036 5.76 does not meet minimum crystal size rule


    2006 Canadian Crystal Growing Competition
    Participants and Results
    Teachers
    School and Teacher Weight
    (g)
    		 Quality
    (/10)
    		 Quality
    Rank
    		 Overall
    Score
    (/100)
    		 Overall Rank
    $200 prize for school
    Northern Secondary School
    Toronto, ON
    Steven Kim
    (51)    		 24.07 8.46 1.3991 59.2 1
    Polyvalente des Abénaquis
    St-Prosper, QC
    Laurie Labbé
    (53)    		 23.3 7.94 1.3855 55.0 2
    Harry Ainlay Composite High School
    Edmonton, AB
    Aura Pombert
    (52)    		 6.882 8.72 0.8966 39.1 3
    École Mgr  Labrie
    Havre St-Pierre, QC
    Éric Fallu
    (55)    		 15.02 5.54 1.2046 33.4 4
    École Secondaire les Etchemin
    Charny, QC
    Huguette Lamontagne
    (54)    		 0.022 6.60 0.0095 0.3 does not meet minimum crystal size rule

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