The Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) National Crystal Growing Competition is a fun, hands-on experience as well as an exciting competition. Schools are provided with materials and instructions on how to grow crystals and the objective is to grow the biggest and highest quality single crystal.
2015 Winners
Best Overall Crystals
First place: Ilias Tabiri and Esteban Rostaing of École de la Cité, Québec QC (shown 1)
Second place: Amelia Meredith, Maddie Cathcart, Carl Backmon and Andrew Jovanovich of Northern Secondary School, Toronto ON (shown 2)
Third place: Fatemeh Ghafari of Harry Ainley
High School, Edmonton AB (shown 3)
Best Quality Crystal
Christine Lam, Amelia Ellis and Kiu Fear of Northern Secondary School, Toronto ON (not shown)
Best Crystal from Teacher
Sophie Pelletier and Annick Bégin of École de la Cité, Québec QC
