Class 4 (Year 10) Prize – 2021

All Features ProjectsAll 2021 Winners

2021 Top winners in Class 4 (Year 10) out of 29 entries.

First Prize – $300

  • Student Name: Emma Bateson, Imogen Bell and Liang Dajnowski
  • Registration Number: 4-8
  • Year: 10
  • School: St Oran’s College
  • Teacher/s: Keith Deverall

Project Title

All About the Bays

Project Short Description

A rocky shore survey was carried out at Houghton Bay and Owhiro Bay. The diversity of organisms was compared between bays, synthetic surfaces and rock pools and this data was compared with previous records when the area was polluted with sewerage.

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Second Prize – $150

  • Student Name: Charlie Chen
  • Registration Number: 4-28
  • Year: 10
  • School: Wellington High School
  • Teacher/s: Murray Chisholm

Project Title

Liquid Layers

Project Short Description

Water and vegetable oil do not mix and form two layers in a beaker. Is it possible to fill the beaker with many more layers of immiscible fluids? How many layers can you obtain?

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Third Prize – $100

  • Student Name: Sophia Johnson, Ellie Cowley
  • Registration Number: 4-23
  • Year: 10
  • School: Upper Hutt College
  • Teacher/s: Aimee Williams

Project Title

Drug Solubility

Project Short Description

Investigation into the speed it takes for several types of over-the-counter paracetamol tablets to dissolve in simulated stomach acid.

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Fourth Prize – $50

  • Student Name: Zoe Rawdon
  • Registration Number: 4-15
  • Year: 10
  • School: St Oran’s College
  • Teacher/s: Keith Deverall

Project Title

Solar Shield

Project Short Description

Investigating the amount of silica particles in the atmosphere needed to cool the Earth.

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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/