TRURO – After two busy days spent explaining his science fair project to judges and members of the public at the Chignecto Central West Regional Science Fair, Justus Wolf can finally rest.
And taking what he has learned from his project on optimal chair and desk dimensions, the 16-year-old German exchange student at South Colchester Academy in Brookfield can do so with minimal lower back strain.
A native of Ettlingen, Germany, Wolf found that the school desks at his new school were uncomfortably high. Having researched that back pain as a youth can carry on into adulthood, the Grade 10 student was concerned with the furniture measurements at his school.
“It’s very important for students, while they are still in school, to not have back pain,” said Wolf. “I’ve found in an optimal chair, your hips are at the same level as your knees.”
This week’s science fair, which featured close to 200 projects, was Wolf’s first time competing in Canada.
Five projects will be chosen to go on to the national competition in Peterborough, Ont. in May.
“It’s a very good opportunity,” said Wolf. “The judges asked very good questions and that tells me a lot about what I have to do or what I may need to work on.”
It was also the first science fair for Viraji Rupasinghe of Bible Hill, who competed in the ‘Elementary’ category.
A Grade four student at East Coast Road Elementary, Rupasinghe spent one week preparing her project ‘Saving Mom’s Potatoes.’
Rupasinghe, who turns 10 next week, was very thankful for the support of her school and teachers.
“It was a very good experience,” she said.
Also in the ‘Elementary’ category was the duo of Mari Budgey and Tamara Delorey, who’s project ‘Frayed Not’ set out to compare the strength of fibres like sheep hair, human hair and silk.
The pair from North River Elementary said their favourite part was the nervous rush of being judged.
“When the judges said good job it made us feel really good,” said nine-year-old Budgey.
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