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MAIN PHOTO: Emily Aporta and teammate Annabelle Brozek were second, while Ryder MacQueen and Quinlan Yorke came sixth in the Canada CyberSTEAM Challenge. (Healey photo)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n FALL RIVER:<\/strong> \u00a0Four students from Fall River placed in the top six of the recently held Canada CyberSTEAM Challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emily Aporta and Annabelle Brozek finished second overall in Canada, while Ryder MacQueen and Quinlan Yorke came home with a sixth-place finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Canada CyberSTEAM Challenge is a national online competition that allows students in grades 6-12 to develop innovative solutions to real-world problems in science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. This year, the event received over 100 participants from six Canadian provinces, as well as some international participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe didn’t think we were going to win because it was our first time trying anything like this,\u201d said Annabelle. \u201cWe were really surprised when they announced it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emily said they were shocked to learn their final result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was really rewarding, and we had a lot of fun,\u201d said Emily. \u201cWe really weren\u2019t expecting to come that far.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Emily and Annabelle\u2019s project involved looking at DNA samples and discovering the mysteries. They had to make an example of DNA using yarn and present it on a project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt was interesting because we haven’t done it before,\u201d said Emily. \u201cMy favourite was we made fake blood and we learned about blood patterns. That was interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”34″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”127″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quinlan and Ryder said they both had a fun experience with their project. They were proud of finishing sixth in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe did a bunch of cool things during all the challenges,\u201d said Quinlan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The two liked doing the competition.,<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt allowed us to be creative,\u201d said Ryder. \u201cIt’s a really fun experience. We learn something with each of the challenges we did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n How did Annabelle and Emily find out they were second? While they were spending time together at Annabelle\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was actually at Annabelle\u2019s house and her mom was there,\u201d said Emily. \u201cWhen we found out we won we were sort of silently screaming because it was really late for us here, but we were really shocked and just excited.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Annabelle said it was a good experience. She had a message for other youth who might want to learn more or try a Canada CyberSTEAM Challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYou should definitely try it out, because even if you’re not good at the challenges, it’s something good to try out,\u201d said Annabelle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf you love science and you love math, you should do the Canada CyberSTEAM Challenge,\u201d added Emily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”123″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”84″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”105″] [adrotate banner=”95″] MAIN PHOTO: Emily Aporta and teammate Annabelle Brozek were second, while Ryder MacQueen and Quinlan Yorke came sixth in the Canada CyberSTEAM Challenge. (Healey photo) FALL RIVER: \u00a0Four students from Fall River placed in the top six of the recently held Canada CyberSTEAM Challenge. 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