Class 3 (Year 9) Prize – 2021

All Features ProjectsAll 2021 Winners

2021 Top winners in Class 3 (Year 9) out of 40 entries.

First Prize – $300

  • Student Name: Alex Gray, Jessie Davies
  • Registration Number: 3-4
  • Year: 9
  • School: Rongotai College
  • Teacher/s: Blair Caughley

Project Title

Let’s Get Static

Project Short Description

A nanogenerator was built and used to investigate if static electricity could be used for generating current.

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First Prize – $300

  • Student Name: Ben Young
  • Registration Number: 3-5
  • Year: 9
  • School: Rongotai College
  • Teacher/s: Blair Caughley

Project Title

Swept Away

Project Short Description

A model of coastal erosion was set up to determine which environments are more prone to coastal erosion.

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Third Prize – $100

  • Student Name: Sammie Leck
  • Registration Number: 3-25
  • Year: 9
  • School: St Oran’s College
  • Teacher/s: Keith Deverall

Project Title

A River Runs Through

Project Short Description

A variety of measurements were taken to determine which section of the Hutt River was the cleanest.

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Fourth Prize – $50

  • Student Name: Ashreya Ranchord
  • Registration Number: 3-10
  • Year: 9
  • School: Samuel Marsden School
  • Teacher/s: Jane Jackson

Project Title

Amazing Woodlice

Project Short Description

This student investigated turn alternation in woodlice. She built a maze, had multiple repeats and analysed her data.

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Protection of Copyright, Intellectual Property and Design
Please note that the student’s intellectual property within entries to this fair has been protected by gazetting this exhibition under Section 9(2) of the Patents Act 2013 and Section 10(2) of the Designs Act 1953 by The Commissioner of Patents. https://www.iponz.govt.nz/about-iponz/the-journal/