Class 1 (Year 7) Prize – 2021

Class 1 (Year 7) Prize – 2021

Apr 7, 2022

Class 1 (Year 7) Prize – 2021

All Features ProjectsAll 2021 Winners

2021 Top winners in Class 1 (Year 7) out of 65 entries.

First Prize – $300

  • Student Name: Edward Usher
  • Registration Number: 1-54
  • Year: 7
  • School: St Mark’s Church School
  • Teacher/s: Andrea Pawley

Project Title

Stain Buster

Project Short Description

Do washing detergents really make the grade when cleaning?

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Second Prize – $150

  • Student Name: Rosa Gilbert
  • Registration Number: 1-39
  • Year: 7
  • School: Northland School
  • Teacher/s: Alex Oliver

Project Title

How Long is a Piece of String?

Project Short Description

I tested children to find out how accurately they can estimate the length and asked if aspects like age or gender make a difference.

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Third Prize – $100

  • Student Name: Freddie Conn
  • Registration Number: 1-48
  • Year: 7
  • School: Seatoun School
  • Teacher/s: Sam Broadmore

Project Title

A soapy solution to Covid 19

Project Short Description

This project investigates the effectiveness of washing hands in preventing the spread of Covid 19.

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Fourth Prize – $50

  • Student Name: Connor Herries
  • Registration Number: 1-5
  • Year: 7
  • School: Evans Bay Intermediate School
  • Teacher/s: Amanda Hood

Project Title

The Nurdle Hunt

Project Short Description

New Zealand has less microplastics than most other places in the survey.
There are a number of limitations in the survey method.

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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/ 

Class 2 (Year 8) Prize – 2021

Class 2 (Year 8) Prize – 2021

Apr 7, 2022

Class 2 (Year 8) Prize – 2021

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2021 Top winners in Class 3 (Year 8) out of 114 entries.

First Prize – $300

  • Student Name: Tom Simpson
  • Registration Number: 2-47
  • Year: 8
  • School: Northland School
  • Teacher/s: Alex Oliver

Project Title

Generational Views on the Covid – 19 Vaccine

Project Short Description

I compared opinions (and other studies) of three generations to find out how age affects opinions on the vaccine and its rollout.

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Second Prize – $150

  • Student Name: Iris Polaschek
  • Registration Number: 2-59
  • Year: 8
  • School: Rāroa Normal Intermediate School
  • Teacher/s: Lynne Dunn

Project Title

Chords for Kitties

Project Short Description

To investigate how pitch and tempo in music may affect the disposition of a domestic cat.

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Third Prize – $100

  • Student Name: Matilda Jowett
  • Registration Number: 2-43
  • Year: 8
  • School: Northland School
  • Teacher/s: Alex Oliver

Project Title

Organic insulation – Can it Handle the Heat?

Project Short Description

Testing which organic insulation has the best thermal resistance.

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Fourth Prize – $50

  • Student Name: Hemani Parmar
  • Registration Number: 2-93
  • Year: 8
  • School: St Mark’s Church School
  • Teacher/s: Andrea Pawley

Project Title

Can you breathe?

Project Short Description

Do Choir singers have better lung capacity than non-choir singers thus indicating potential asthma?

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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/ 

Class 3 (Year 9) Prize – 2021

Class 3 (Year 9) Prize – 2021

Apr 7, 2022

Class 3 (Year 9) Prize – 2021

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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/ 

Class 4 (Year 10) Prize – 2021

Class 4 (Year 10) Prize – 2021

Apr 7, 2022

Class 4 (Year 10) Prize – 2021

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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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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/ 

Class 5 (Year 11, 12, 13) Prize – 2021

Class 5 (Year 11, 12, 13) Prize – 2021

Apr 7, 2022

Class 5 (Year 11, 12, 13) Prize – 2021

All Features ProjectsAll 2021 Winners

2021 Top winners in Class 5 (Year 11, 12, 13) out of 7 entries.

First Prize – $300

  • Student Name: Luke Weston
  • Registration Number: 5-6
  • Year: 13
  • School: Wellington High School
  • Teacher/s: Murray Chisholm

Project Title

Wilberforce pendulum, a Complex Motion Analysis

Project Short Description

A Wilberforce pendulum consists of a mass hanging from a vertically oriented helical spring. The mass can both move up and down on the spring and rotate about its vertical axis. This is an investigation of the behaviour of such a pendulum and how it depends on relevant parameters.

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Second Prize – $150

  • Student Name: Ryan Bright
  • Registration Number: 5-7
  • Year: 12
  • School: Wellington High School
  • Teacher/s: Murray Chisholm

Project Title

Collision Mechanics of Defying Conservation of Energy!

Project Short Description

A spherical ball dropped onto a hard surface will never rebound to the release height, even if it has an initial spin. A capsule-shaped object (i.e. Tic Tac mint) on the other hand may exceed the initial height. This is an investigation of the phenomenon.

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Third Prize – $100

  • Student Name: Yohan Kanji
  • Registration Number: 5-4
  • Year: 12
  • School: Wellington High School
  • Teacher/s: Murray Chisholm

Project Title

Smashing headaches

Project Short Description

How the mass of paracetamol in a 500mg tablet decreases over time under different environmental conditions.

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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/