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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2007-04-11, Page 11The Huron Expositor • April 11, 2007 Page 11 News SPS inventor, Megan Cardno, wins most original project at science fair for her bathtub alarm Susan Hundertmark Megan Cardno has never liked waiting around for the bathtub to fill when she could be spending the time doing something else. When given an opportunity to participate in the recent Avon Maitland Huron Perth Science and Inventors' Fair, the Grade 7 student at Seaforth Public School decided to try to build an alarm that would let her know when the bathtub was full. "It's kind of annoying having to stand by the tub and make sure it doesn't overflow when I could be doing my homework or playing a game," she says. And, she won two awards for the project - most original project and one of the top three for Grade 7 innovation. "Most of the judges were pretty pleased with the project. They said they'd never seen anything like this," says Megan. Megan spent most of March Break trying to design a bathtub alarm. She says her first attempt was a simple model involving one piece of pipe attached to a bell by an elastic band but both her science teacher and her dad told her there would not be enough water pressure to make the bell sound before the tub overflowed. So, she went back to the drawing board and came up with a more complex model involving two pieces of plumbing pipe, some Y fittings, ping pong balls, one heavier ball, Megan Cardno sits in front of her science a bathtub alarm. elastic bands and a bell. "Since the ping pong balls are bouyant, they would float up, push up the heavier ball - which was attached to the bell with an elastic band - and it would fall down a sec- ond tube making the bell go ding," she says. Because she used an old bell that used to be attached to a door in the PUBLIC NOTICE Re: 2007 COUNTY OF HURON BUDGET This notice is given under the provisions of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c 25, s 291(1) Notice - Before adopting all or part of a budget under section 289 or 290, or amending such a budget, a municipality shall give public notice of its intention to adopt or amend the budget at a council meeting specified in the notice. The Draft 2007 County of Huron Budget will be presented for deliberation and consideration at the April 17, 2007 Committee of the Whole meeting at 9:00 a.m.,. Council Chambers, Court House, Goderich, Ontario. Barbara A. Leamen County Clerk The Corporation of the County of Huron 1 Court House Square Goderich, Ontario N7A 1M2 (519) 524-8394 project invention of house to let peo- ple know when someone entered the house, the bell was not very loud. But, Megan says it can be heard in the next room. "It took four days to work it all out but it was pretty neat when it worked," she says. "Sometimes I thought it would never work but it paid off in the end," she says. Because her project is too big to keep in a bathtub, Megan says it's "not really ready to be marketed." "There is a size problem," she says. While science was only her third favourite subject before the science fair, Megan says it might be tied for first now with math. And, while she says there are "always ideas in the back of my head," Megan says she's not sure yet what she'll create for next year's science fair. "I like being an innovator. I just have to think of something I don't like to do and find a way to fix it," she says. Megan was one of two SPS stu- dents to compete in the science fair. Her classmate Alexandra _Sauk entered a project on how to make organic paint. 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Employment Opportunities Summer Students Facilitator - School Readiness Program (3 positions - 9 weeks) Child Programmer - School Readiness Program (3 positions - 8 weeks) Year Round Child Care Programmer (8 positions - Casual) Application Deadline for all positions May 18. 2007 at 4:00 PM Applications to: Marie Tyler, Executive Director For Job Descriptions visit www.rrhc.on.ca Huron County Child Abuse Prevention Committee Home of Rural Response for Healthy Children For more information about any of our programs or events call 519-482-8777 or 1-800-479-0716 Visit our website at www.rrhc.on.ca This ad has been made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada.