Ultimate Thrill Ride

2008 Winners

Thank you to all our students for their fantastic entries. Over 200 teams competed for the top prizes! The Top Team in each category will receive money for their school science program, and gift certificates for the students and teacher.

And the Envelope Please…

Best Overall Project

The Snowflake Stars
(Alice Jamieson's Girls Academy, Calgary, Alberta)

Honorable Mentions:

AMUSEMENT MASTERS
(Terrace Ridge School, Lacombe, Alberta)

Flaming Gasoline Pigs
(Victoria School, Edmonton, Alberta)

Most Creative

Ferriswheel
(Sir George Simpson Junior High, St. Albert, Alberta)

Honorable Mentions:

Mountaineers
(Edge School for Athletes, Calgary, Alberta)

SMARTIES
(Terrace Ridge School, Lacombe, Alberta)

Best Presentation

Scotch Tape Tribe
(Hillcrest School, Edmonton, Alberta)

Honorable Mentions:

Superheroes
(Ecole Coloniale Estates School, Beaumont, Alberta)

The Sundaes
(Ecole Coloniale Estates School, Beaumont, Alberta)

Best Scientific Diagram

The Lavaneers
(Alice Jamieson's Girls Academy, Calgary, Alberta)

Honorable Mentions:

The Snowflake Stars
(Alice Jamieson's Girls Academy, Calgary, Alberta)

Space Case
(Clover Bar Junior High School, Sherwood Park, Alberta)

Longest Duration

The winner, at 360 seconds:

Ferriswheel
(Sir George Simpson Junior High, St. Albert, Alberta)

Honorable Mentions:

At 34 seconds:

Terrific Twirling Twisters
(Ridgeview Central School, La Crete, Alberta)

At 26 seconds:

Magic M
(Ecole Coloniale Estates School, Beaumont, Alberta)

Longest Distance

The winner, at 4200cm:

Ferriswheel
(Sir George Simpson Junior High, St. Albert, Alberta)

Honorable Mentions:

At 1492cm:

SMARTIES
(Terrace Ridge School, Lacombe, Alberta)

At 1060cm:

THRILL SEEKERS
(Terrace Ridge School, Lacombe, Alberta)

Public Voting

The Snowflake Stars
(Alice Jamieson's Girls Academy, Calgary, Alberta)

Honorable Mentions:

SMARTIES
(Terrace Ridge School, Lacombe, Alberta)

ABSOLUTE ZERO COmpetition
(Aurora School, Edmonton, Alberta)