Won Gold Medal, 1st place at Science World:
R to L: Ayan Ali (6/2),Saihan Desai(6/3), Javeria Ali (5/2), Hafsa Sajid (6/3) &
Rayyan Fateh (6/3)
Iqra Islamic School students continue to join local competitions to demonstrate their interest and skills in math and science. Grade 5 and 6 students participated in “The Science Games” competition organized by EGBC (Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C.) at Science World in Vancouver, And “Bridge Building” Competition at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey.
On February 24, 2018, Iqra Islamic School’s Grade 5 student, Ali Nadeem, took part in a competition called
The Annual Popsicle Bridge Building Competition, hosted by EGBC (Engineers and Ali Nadeem, Gr.5-1 Won Bronze medal, 3rd place.
Geoscientists of B.C.). The competition took place at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey.
In Ali’s words, “It was an exciting yet a very nervous experience. I have never done anything like this before and I really enjoyed taking part in it. What we had to do was build a bridge that was at least 400 – 450mm’s in length. In addition, there were no limits for width and height. There were only three things that the judges were looking for and those were, best shape, best design and strongest bridge. When I heard about this competition from my Grade 5 teacher, Sr. Saniya, it sounded so fun that I wanted to register on the spot.”
Even though Ali had not had any previous experience with bridge building, he still wanted to join. All the bridges were tested by a machine, which applied a continuous increasing load to the top and center of the bridge until it broke. The force applied was then recorded. Ali Nadeem won 3rd place for best bridge design. His prizes included a Frisbee, a pen, two certificates one for participation and one for winning, and a $50 gift card to Best Buy.
The Science Games competition also organized by EGBC (Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C.) took place on March 10th at the Telus World of Science. There were two divisions. Division 1 which consisted of students from grades 1 to 3 and Division 2 consisted of students from grades 4 to 6. Each division had 16 teams, with 4 or 5 kids in each team.
This year, a team of 5 students from Iqra Islamic School participated in the competition and won the gold medal. The students were Aayan Ali, Javeria Ali, Rayyan Fateh, Saihaan Desai, and Hafsa Sajid. Aayan, Rayyan, Saihaan, and Hafsa are currently in Grade 6 and Javeria is in Grade 5. Their team name was The Unknowns. Every team had to complete three activities. One was a take home activity and two mystery activities were given on the day of the Science Dames event.
Take Home Activity:
For this year’s take home activity, the students had to conduct research about earthquakes. Their objective was to find out more about what earthquakes are, how they are caused, where they typically occur and write a research paper about earthquakes with a bibliography.
The students also had to design and make a supply launcher (so supplies could be delivered to an island). The kids made a catapult at home and on the day of the Science Games their task was to launch 20 ping pong balls in less than 3 minutes into a box (at 30 inches distance). Iqra’s team was able to put 19 balls in less than 2 minutes, displaying extraordinary teamwork.
Mystery Activity 1
For this activity, the kids had to study about different angles. On the day of the Science Games, the students had to program a robot to roll through a maze using degrees and inches. During this activity, the kids assigned themselves different tasks and were able to finish the maze very quickly.
Mystery Activity 2
For this last activity, the kids had to learn about deposits in the Earth. On the day of the Science Games, they were given a play dough cupcake made up of different coloured layers of play dough. The students had to ‘drill’ into the cupcake with straws. The goal of this activity was to draw out their samples and make a diagram of what the inside of the cupcake would look like.
Alhumdulillah, Iqra’s students performed exceptionally and showed excellent problem solving skills at both competitions. Congratulations on winning the gold medal at the Science Games competition and the bronze medal at the Popsicle Bridge Building
Competition and keep up the great work!
Friday, May 1, 2026
