Woodlands School Council

Geoff E. and Andrew P.  won top honours at the Peel Science Fair – a gold medal, an invitation to National Competition in Winnipeg in May, an $80 cash prize, as well as a $1000 entrance scholarship to the University of Ottawa in Engineering. Both recipients are hoping to pursue a degree in engineering.

Their project, called Quantum Eraser, was set up to demonstrate the working nature of light.  It involves shining a laser at a wire to create an interference pattern and using polarizing filters to manipulate it.  This experiment demonstrates the ability for photons to pass around the wire in both directions simultaneously, and they will quickly refer you to Schroedinger's cat!

Well done!  Unfortunately, due to a lack of corporate sponsorship, Peel is unable to take them to the National Competition.