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Year: 1996 – Province: Ontario

Regional Recipient

Bonnie Bunkis , Ruth Dunlop

Bonnie Bunkis and Ruth Dunlop believe it is never too early to get students started with science. Their Senior Kindergarten students at Russell D. Barber Public School in Brampton, Ontario, have taken apart appliances to figure out how they work an d have grouped the pieces according to function. The students have also built a model of a working farm based on their visits to real farms.