Whiz kids vie for prizes at Calgary Science Fair

ROBIN KUNISKI/for Metro Calgary

Ryan Lee, 11, and Richard Lee, 11, both Grade 6 students from Brentwood Elementary, demonstrate throwing physics using homemade catapults at the 2010 Calgary Youth Science Fair being held until Saturday at the Big Four building at Stampede Park.

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While there might not be any Frankenstein resurrections, over 1,000 of the city’s best and brightest in the science field will show off their experiments and research projects for more than 500 volunteer judges. On Saturday the doors open from 9 a.m. to noon at the Big Four Building at Stampede Park for the general public to take a peek.

A handful of students with the right stuff may get their chance at the Canada Wide Science Fair this May in Peterborough, Ont.

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