First Prize – $300
- Student Name: Sophie Hayes
- Registration Number: 3-12
- Year: 9
- School: Wellington Girls College
- Teacher/s: Christina Veale
Project Title
Would you exercise to tell the time?
Project Short Description
An innovative investigation to build a mechanism that can power a smartwatch without taking it off to charge it.
Second Prize – $150
- Student Name: Alexandra More
- Registration Number: 3-3
- Year: 9
- School: Samuel Marsden Collegiate
- Teacher/s: Sue Binns
Project Title
Does the liquid used in hydraulics affect the maximum mass it can lift?
Project Short Description
Testing how much mass different liquids can lift in a homemade hydraulics apparatus. Also looked at the effect of introdcing air into the system’s effect on lift.
Third Prize – $100
- Student Name: Elliot Mance
- Registration Number: 3-2
- Year: 9
- School: Rongotai College
- Teacher/s: Blair Caughley
Project Title
Sobot: The social robot
Project Short Description
My aim was to make a robot that teaches autistic children to take turns in talking and to not interrupt people. It does this by waiting until the loudness in the room gets below a certain point and then it makes a noise to represent words. Every time the amount of times the robot speaks gets above a certain point it will do a dance as a form of positive reinforcement.
Fourth Prize – $50
- Student Name: Macy Mahoney-Studd
- Registration Number: 3-6
- Year: 9
- School: Samuel Marsden Collegiate
- Teacher/s: Sue Binns
Project Title
Slip or Grip With Different Shoes
Project Short Description
Investigating the relationship of the level of friction between shoe tread and wet and dry wooden floors.
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