NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair
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Results for Science Fair 2013
- NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair
- Here are the results for the 2013 NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair. YOU DO NOT NEED TO REGISTER TO READ THESE RESULTS. (Don't forget to use the 'read more' button) Congratulations to all the winners and a huge thanks to everyone that entered. The standard of projects this year was outstanding! This list is sorted by School, the schedule below should be able to be sorted by double-clicking on the column heading. Doing this twice reverses the sort sequence from normal to reverse order. PrizeClassStudent NameProject TitleSchool NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award 2 - 2Amira BajemaFlour PowerChilton Saint James School Highly Commended 1 - 4George WilliamsonGrowing StalactitesEvans Bay Intermediate VUW School of Chemical and Physical Sciences 2 - 15Eric LondonCan an apple power my Apple?Evans Bay Intermediate Highly Commended 2 - 15Eric LondonCan an apple power my Apple?Evans Bay Intermediate Capital City Science Educators (Doreen Gates Memorial Prize) 1 - 8Kate PickardBird FoodEvans Bay Intermediate Third in Class 1 1 - 8Kate PickardBird FoodEvans Bay Intermediate NZ Antarctic Society 1 - 2Ben PiesockiHow fast does ice melt?Evans Bay Intermediate Highly Commended 2 - 31Piper-Rose MorrisonHow fat is your brain?Fergusson Intermediate Wellington Medical Research Foundation 2 - 31Piper-Rose MorrisonHow fat is your brain?Fergusson Intermediate Highly Commended 1 - 17Vedaanth KannanWhat a windy day!Fergusson Intermediate Australasian Corrosion Association 2 - 35Harrison Yates and Callum RoacheEmergency Power SourceHutt Intermediate Callaghan Innovation Research Ltd 1 - 22Mya McGrathHandicatorHutt Intermediate NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch 2 - 42Lachlan SmithHow Right is your light?Hutt International Boys Geoscience Society of NZ 2 - 39Eli Campbell-StokesUp the CreekHutt International Boys Highly Commended 2 - 42Lachlan SmithHow Right is your light?Hutt International Boys New Zealand Statistical Association 2 - 39Eli Campbell-StokesUp the CreekHutt International Boys Wellington City Libraries 2 - 47Charlotte Tilley and Charlotte SinclairCan children detect Photo shoppingKarori Normal School Highly Commended 2 - 47Charlotte Tilley and Charlotte SinclairCan children detect Photo shoppingKarori Normal School IPENZ 1 - 30Henry Anderson; Joseph Manalo; Caelan Hopkirk-Elliot and Ben McHardy Heat Height Karori West Normal School Fourth in Class 2 2 - 62Solal PontLyall Bay DefencesKelburn Normal School Geoscience Society of NZ 2 - 62Solal PontLyall Bay DefencesKelburn Normal School NIWA 2 - 51Alex EdmondsPaua Panic!Kelburn Normal School Met Shop 2 - 52Dante FreanThunderstormKelburn Normal School NIWA 2 - 51Alex EdmondsPaua Panic!Kelburn Normal School NIWA 2 - 51Alex EdmondsPaua Panic!Kelburn Normal School Phillip Alve Futures Prize 2 - 60Nathan CarterA byte of the futureKelburn Normal School Highly Commended 2 - 54Jack MacCormickGreen ovenKelburn Normal School Highly Commended 2 - 61Sam EdlundTemperature TantrumKelburn Normal School Highly Commended 1 - 34Ryan In and Hugo DailyStartling Sight-seeingKelburn Normal School NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology 1 - 36Lucy VannisselroyCookie ChaosKorokoro School IPENZ 1 - 37Taylor BarrThe Big BendKorokoro School VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science 1 - 40Sophie JohnsonFried BrainsMaranatha School Highly Commended 1 - 44Sheridan Boyd and Zavier BoydOperation HeroNaenae Intermediate NumberWorks'nWords 1 - 44Sheridan Boyd and Zavier BoydOperation HeroNaenae Intermediate NZ Farm Forestry Association 2 - 89Yohan De SilvaSoil ErosionNewlands Intermediate Highly Commended 1 - 137Ryan Shepherd and Caleb BartlettSpeed testNewlands Intermediate NZ Institute of Chemistry 2 - 85Nicholas Woolf Ben AvrahamFerro FluidsNewlands Intermediate AUSIMM NZ Branch 2 - 85Nicholas Woolf Ben AvrahamFerro FluidsNewlands Intermediate Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education 2 - 91Baxter KirikiriINTRUDER ALERT!Northland School Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education 2 - 96Tara KendonIs Your Juice Losing Vitamin C?Northland School NZ Antarctic Society 1 - 51Louis ThomasInsulation; Insulation; InsulationNorthland School First in Class 1 1 - 51Louis ThomasInsulation; Insulation; InsulationNorthland School Highly Commended 1 - 56Sophia DaellenbachThe Three Little Pigs Meet Mr Big Bad Earthquake: What Building Material Withstands Earthquakes the Best?Northland School Highly Commended 1 - 57Sophie RussellHow to Make the Perfect SandcastleNorthland School IPENZ 1 - 56Sophia DaellenbachThe Three Little Pigs Meet Mr Big Bad Earthquake: What Building Material Withstands Earthquakes the Best?Northland School Highly Commended 1 - 49Keir ThompsonDoes Music Have an Effect on the Germination and Growth Rate of Plants?Northland School New Zealand Statistical Association 1 - 49Keir ThompsonDoes Music Have an Effect on the Germination and Growth Rate of Plants?Northland School Geoscience Society of NZ 2 - 93Lea GaborSoil for the FutureNorthland School Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize 1 - 49Keir ThompsonDoes Music Have an Effect on the Germination and Growth Rate of Plants?Northland School Wellington Medical Research Foundation 2 - 97Zoe MansellFantastic and Fabulous FundraisersNorthland School Phillip Alve Futures Prize 2 - 100Merryn GiblinTicket to PollutionParemata School Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education 2 - 100Merryn GiblinTicket to PollutionParemata School Highly Commended 2 - 115Sienna AshWait! Don't Drink that WaterQueen Margaret College Fourth in Class 5 5 - 4Michelle TooHow Big P depends on little p(H)Queen Margaret College Second in Class 5 5 - 5Shruti IyerRadicals vs. RadiclesQueen Margaret College Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education 5 - 5Shruti IyerRadicals vs. RadiclesQueen Margaret College Realise the Dream Nomination 5 - 5Shruti IyerRadicals vs. RadiclesQueen Margaret College Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education 5 - 4Michelle TooHow Big P depends on little p(H)Queen Margaret College Cancer Society of NZ 2 - 117Tamsin Cooper; Frances WrightFun in the SunQueen Margaret College NZ Institute of Chemistry 5 - 4Michelle TooHow Big P depends on little p(H)Queen Margaret College Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize 2 - 115Sienna AshWait! Don't Drink that WaterQueen Margaret College NZ Soil Science Society 5 - 4Michelle TooHow Big P depends on little p(H)Queen Margaret College Highly Commended 5 - 3Grace HuangHitting the (Ileal) BrakesQueen Margaret College Wellington Medical Research Foundation 5 - 3Grace HuangHitting the (Ileal) BrakesQueen Margaret College Met Shop 2 - 112Mai UluilelataFact or FrictionQueen Margaret College Capital City Science Educators (Peter Jennings Memorial Prize) 2 - 121Elinor TaylorDeath to Moss and LichenRaroa Normal Int Highly Commended 1 - 138Emma BrownDo I Hear a RingingRaroa Normal Int Fourth in Class 1 1 - 71Carlos MendoncaGrass Can Always Be GreenerRaroa Normal Int Highly Commended 2 - 126Thomas Dunn and Caylum Blenkhorn Pistons Under PressureRaroa Normal Int First in Class 2 2 - 121Elinor TaylorDeath to Moss and LichenRaroa Normal Int VUW School of Chemical and Physical Sciences 2 - 126Thomas Dunn and Caylum Blenkhorn Pistons Under PressureRaroa Normal Int Capital City Science Educators (Peter Jennings Memorial Prize) 1 - 71Carlos MendoncaGrass Can Always Be GreenerRaroa Normal Int Third in Class 5 5 - 6Ishani SukumaranA natural remedy for diabeticsSacred Heart College James Duncan Futures Prize 5 - 6Ishani SukumaranA natural remedy for diabeticsSacred Heart College Wellington Medical Research Foundation 5 - 6Ishani SukumaranA natural remedy for diabeticsSacred Heart College Second in Class 3 3 - 19Paolo LopezIsolation of bacteria on phonesSaint Bernard's College NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award 1 - 81Mackenzie GeorgesonThe effect on blood glucose between white bread and grain bread.Saint Bernard's College Wellington Medical Research Foundation 3 - 19Paolo LopezIsolation of bacteria on phonesSaint Bernard's College Geoscience Society of NZ 2 - 141Scott WithellTsunami BarriersSeatoun School Highly Commended 1 - 92Morgan O'HaraHydro-DynamicsSeatoun School Highly Commended 1 - 93Wiley CravenTo drink or not to drink?Seatoun School ANZCCART 2 - 140Sam RowanHere Little BirdySeatoun School Highly Commended 2 - 134Callum HodsonGame On!Seatoun School NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch 2 - 148Eliza OyoSeeing the LightSouth Wellington Int Australasian Corrosion Association 2 - 147Dhairya ThakkarA Battery's LifeSouth Wellington Int Callaghan Innovation Research Ltd 1 - 94Jamie UThe HandSouth Wellington Int Wellington Botanical Society 2 - 158Max CulverRongoa Maori: The Anti-fungal Properties of HoropitoSouth Wellington Int Royal Aeronautical Society 2 - 160Reuben AndrewsTranslational LiftSouth Wellington Int Fourth in Class 2 2 - 158Max CulverRongoa Maori: The Anti-fungal Properties of HoropitoSouth Wellington Int Highly Commended 2 - 154Jack KeddyFish CafeSouth Wellington Int NIWA 2 - 154Jack KeddyFish CafeSouth Wellington Int Highly Commended 1 - 105Januek SubraKeepin' it Cool; Keepin' it HotSt Benedicts School Royal Aeronautical Society 2 - 168Matthew ChuSky DiveSt Benedicts School Capital City Science Educators (Doreen Gates Memorial Prize) 2 - 174Shashwath JojiReaching for independence St Mark's Church School Callaghan Innovation Research Ltd 2 - 174Shashwath JojiReaching for independence St Mark's Church School Second in Class 2 2 - 174Shashwath JojiReaching for independence St Mark's Church School James Duncan Futures Prize 3 - 37Jemima Teal and Sarah TallonIn an egg shell.St Oran's College Highly Commended 4 - 24Hannah Boese-Hebbend and Alexandra ReeseDoes age affect short term memory?St Oran's College Second in Class 3 3 - 37Jemima Teal and Sarah TallonIn an egg shell.St Oran's College VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science 4 - 7Mikayla JoyceSolar Panel TrackerSt Oran's College Cancer Society of NZ 5 - 7George ConnollyNovel approach to testing the efficiency of SunblockSt Patrick's College Wellington Measurement Standards Laboratory; Callaghan Innovation 5 - 7George ConnollyNovel approach to testing the efficiency of SunblockSt Patrick's College Wellington VUW School of Mathematics; Statistics and Operations Research 5 - 9Adrina VenayagamBreath of Clean Air - Air QualityTawa College University of Otago 5 - 9Adrina VenayagamBreath of Clean Air - Air QualityTawa College Sociological Association of Aotearoa; New Zealand 5 - 9Adrina VenayagamBreath of Clean Air - Air QualityTawa College James Duncan Futures Prize 5 - 9Adrina VenayagamBreath of Clean Air - Air QualityTawa College Highly Commended 5 - 9Adrina VenayagamBreath of Clean Air - Air QualityTawa College Highly Commended 1 - 126Elliot BaguelyEarthquake! How to purify water in a natural disasterWadestown School Highly Commended 2 - 189Ella StrachanCapture; store; release the heatWadestown School VUW Faculty of Science Faculty Prize 1 - 133Miro MacdonaldThermal conductivity of FabricsWadestown School First in Class 1 1 - 133Miro MacdonaldThermal conductivity of FabricsWadestown School Cancer Society of NZ 2 - 191Gerard HickeySnack AttackWadestown School Highly Commended 1 - 125Ella TaylorFlying the flag for Science Wadestown School Cancer Society of NZ 1 - 128Gloria HickeySugar; sugar. Can you have your cake and eat it?Wadestown School Cancer Society of NZ 2 - 188Claudia Duston-FursmanFinding the ""C"" in juice; to help against cancerWadestown School NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology 1 - 128Gloria HickeySugar; sugar. Can you have your cake and eat it?Wadestown School NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch 2 - 195Loren Kale Colour BlindnessWadestown School Highly Commended 2 - 197Matthew SutcliffeHigh Visibility Aids - How effective are they?Wellesley College VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science 4 - 14Kevin Chen; Tom SuttonThe UV DetectivesWellington College Measurement Standards Laboratory; Callaghan Innovation 4 - 11Giotto FreanUsing a cloud chamber to detect cosmic ray showersWellington College Fourth in Class 3 3 - 51Oscar RobinsonLow flow - the way to go.Wellington College First in Class 4 4 - 11Giotto FreanUsing a cloud chamber to detect cosmic ray showersWellington College Royal Society of NZ Wellington Branch Prize for best overall exhibit 4 - 11Giotto FreanUsing a cloud chamber to detect cosmic ray showersWellington College First in Class 3 3 - 46Alex Sharples; Sebastian ThompsonDirt CheapWellington College Royal Aeronautical Society 5 - 10Maor Ben ShaharI believe I can flyWellington College Fourth in Class 4 4 - 10Ethan Bloor-WilsonFinding the ideal nitrate concentrationWellington College NumberWorks'nWords 5 - 10Maor Ben ShaharI believe I can flyWellington College Third in Class 4 4 - 18William MunnDistance and synchronisation between metronomes - it's a matter of timing.Wellington College James Duncan Futures Prize 3 - 46Alex Sharples; Sebastian ThompsonDirt CheapWellington College Second in Class 4 4 - 19Adibah KahnAQUA CLEAN: How Drinkable is our Water?Wellington Girl's College First in Class 5 5 - 14Lily Mason-Mckay Physics for the FutureWellington High School Association for Women in the Sciences 5 - 14Lily Mason-Mckay Physics for the FutureWellington High School Realise the Dream Nomination 5 - 14Lily Mason-Mckay Physics for the FutureWellington High School VUW Faculty of Science Prize Innovation Prize 5 - 14Lily Mason-Mckay Physics for the FutureWellington High School Sociological Association of Aotearoa; New Zealand 2 - 198Keiran LewellenRed Light; Green Earth: Saving time and carbon emissions via traffic light coordinationWellington Home Education Network Measurement Standards Laboratory; Callaghan Innovation 2 - 198Keiran LewellenRed Light; Green Earth: Saving time and carbon emissions via traffic light coordinationWellington Home Education Network Third in Class 2 2 - 198Keiran LewellenRed Light; Green Earth: Saving time and carbon emissions via traffic light coordinationWellington Home Education Network
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