Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 - 1716) Was Born

Leibniz was a German philosopher and mathematician who wrote primarily in Latin and French.
He invented infinitesimal calculus independently of Newton, and his notation is the one in general use since then. He also invented the binary system, foundation of virtually all modern computer architectures.
He was, along with René Descartes and Baruch Spinoza, one of the three greatest 17th-century rationalists philosophers. Leibniz also made major contributions to physics and technology, and anticipated notions that surfaced much later in biology, medicine, geology, probability theory, psychology, linguistics, and information science.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: Build a binary marble adding machine
Subject: Mathematics
Grade level: High School Grades 10-12
Academic Level: Advanced
Project Type: Building Type
Cost: Low
Affiliation: Matthias Wandel's Woodworking Website
Description: Detailed building instructions including diagrams and video
Link: http://woodgears.ca/marbleadd/index.html

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Sir Paul McCartney Was Born

Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles, alongside John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. McCartney and Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: Does Music Affect Students' Math Performance?
Subject: Music / Mathematics
Grade level: Elementary School Grades 4-6
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Affiliation: Selah Intermediate School
Year: 2001
Description: Students listened to different types of music (classical and rock) and no music. Then students were given math tests; scores were recorded compared and graphed.
Link: http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/SOAR/SciProj2001/KendraC.html

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Knud Rasmussen (1879–1933) Was Born

Knud Rasmussen was a Greenlandic polar explorer and anthropologist. He has been called the "father of Eskimology" and was the first to cross the Northwest Passage via dog sled. He remains well known in Greenland, Denmark and among Canadian Inuit.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: Explore the medicine wheel and its cultural meaning.
Subject: Religion
Grade level: Elementary School Grades 4-6
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Descriptive
Cost: Low
Affiliation: Kainai Middle School, Canada
Description: Main topics: the medicine wheel, the meaning of number four in native American life.
Link: http://www.kainaimiddleschool.ca/Science_Projects/MedicineWheel/medicinewheel.html

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World Environment Day 2009

World Environment Day (WED) was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 1972. WED is hosted every year by a different city and commemorated with an international exposition through the week of June 5. WED agenda is to stimulate awareness of the environment and enhance political attention and public action.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: Which Type of Paper Decomposed the Fastest?
Subject: Aviation
Grade level: Middle School Grades 7-9
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Affiliation: Selah Intermediate School
Year: 2002
Link: http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/SOAR/SciProj2002/MelissaB.html

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World No Tobacco Day 2009

World No Tobacco Day is observed around the world every year on May 31. The member states of the World Health Organization created World No Tobacco Day in 1987. It draws global attention to the widespread prevalence of tobacco use and to its negative health effects. The day aims to reduce the 5.4 million yearly deaths from tobacco related health problems. From 1988 the WHO has presented one or more World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Awards to organizations or individuals who have made exceptional contributions to reducing tobacco consumption. On May 31st, 2008 the WHO called for a complete ban on tobacco advertising; the organization said studies establish a relationship between exposure to cigarette advertisement and starting smoking.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: It is possible to distinguish between smokers and non-smokers by the sound and quality of their voice alone?
Subject: Medicine
Grade level: Middle School - Grades 7-9
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: Low
Awards: 2nd place, Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair
Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)
Year: 2005
Description: In this experiment 40 participants', 20 smokers and 20 non-smokers, voice was recorded reading a standard text. Voices were evaluated by two minors, three adult voice experts and two non-expert adults.
Link: http://www.odec.ca/projects/2005/kost5d0/public_html/

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Edward Jenner (1749 – 1823) Was Born

Edward Jenner was an English scientist who is widely credited as the pioneer of smallpox vaccine, and is sometimes referred to as the 'Father of Immunology'.

In 1980, the World Health Organization declared smallpox an eradicated disease. This was the result of coordinated public health efforts by many people, but vaccination was an essential component.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: The development of a plant-based vaccine against SARS-CoV
Subject: Medicine / Biochemistry
Grade level: High School - Grades 10-12
Academic Level: Advanced
Project Type: Experimental
Cost: High
Awards:
1st prize, intermediate life science division, University of Western Ontario
Second Place, Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (2005)
Pfizer Canada Award of Excellence
Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)
Year: 2005
Description: The goal of this project is to produce a plant expression vector containing a synthetic DNA coding for an antigenic region of the SARS Spike protein fused to a bacterial gene encoding cholera toxin B subunit, and express it in transgenic tobacco plants. The results obtained from this project provide a foundation for the development of a low-cost, orally administered vaccine that can be used to prevent SARS infection.
Link: http://www.odec.ca/projects/2005/wang5d0/public_html/

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Sigmund Freud (1856 - 1939) Was Born

Sigismund Schlomo Freud was an Austrian psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind and the defense mechanism of repression and for creating the clinical practice of psychoanalysis for curing psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. Freud is also renowned for his redefinition of sexual desire as the primary motivational energy of human life, as well as his therapeutic techniques, including the use of free association, his theory of transference in the therapeutic relationship, and the interpretation of dreams as sources of insight into unconscious desires. Many of Freud's ideas have fallen out of favor or have been modified by Neo-Freudians, although at the close of the 20th century, advances in the field of neurology began to show evidence for many of his theories.

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Science Fair Project Information
Title: What causes dreams?
Subject: Psychology & Human Behavior
Grade level: Elementary School - Grades 4-6
Academic Level: Ordinary
Project Type: Descriptive
Cost: Low
Awards: 2nd place, Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (2008)
Affiliation: Canada Wide Virtual Science Fair (VSF)
Year: 2008
Description: Main topics: specific causes of dreams, types of dreams, nightmares, body's reactions to dreams, rapid eye movement.
Link: http://www.odec.ca/projects/2008/lamo8z2/

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