Class 2 (Year 8) Prize – 2020

Class 2 (Year 8) Prize – 2020

Jun 30, 2021

Class 2 (Year 8) Prize – 2020

All Features ProjectsAll 2020 Winners

First Prize – $300

  • Student Name: Hannah Brockett
  • Registration Number: 2-22
  • Year: 8
  • School: Northland School
  • Teacher/s: Alex Oliver

Project Title

The Pocket Money Scandal

Project Short Description

I wanted to find out whether or not there was a gender pay gap in year seven and eight students at Northland School regarding pocket money.

Presentation Slides

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1va45fkCCQayhD4cyR666GCn3Pj1a8xHp7lAwdvIlHE4/edit?usp=sharing

First Prize – $300

  • Student Name: Ishaan Badiyani
  • Registration Number: 2-67
  • Year: 8
  • School: St Marks Church School
  • Teacher/s: Andrea Pawley

Project Title

The hot case

Project Short Description

An invention created to fill a need during lock down to deliver hot drinks to customers that keep drinks hot or cool as needed.

Presentation Slides

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1XQOmznItkfzwdC0bQU5dni8Sabk7wiQqE_cu2MU2e7g/edit?usp=sharing

Third Prize – $100

  • Student Name: Ben Young
  • Registration Number: 2-3
  • Year: 8
  • School: EBIS
  • Teacher/s: Amanda Hood

Project Title

Sobot: The social robot

Project Short Description

Layers of electrolytes, or other energy harvesting devices, will be able to power a small lcd screen.

 

Presentation Slides

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EdLCxHDnPkhelfH0-TwNCd1nm0YY-mA8FRzf_ziYltM/edit?usp=sharing

Fourth Prize – $50

  • Student Name: Miro Kennett
  • Registration Number: 2-27
  • Year: 8
  • School: Northland School
  • Teacher/s: Alex Oliver

Project Title

Petone’s Precarious Plankton

Project Short Description

I sampled seawater from different sites to find out if the water washed down the Hutt River with sediment in it has an effect on zooplankton. I wanted to test this because zooplankton is important to the marine ecosystem.

Presentation Slides

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oRXofl9HaI_QdN-nTbwjY1sMmPLFPpQblv1LdoBqfGg/edit?usp=sharing

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 – 2020

Class 3 (Year 9) Prize – 2020

Jun 30, 2021

Class 3 (Year 9) Prize – 2020

All Features ProjectsAll 2020 Winners

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.

Presentation Slides

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18K7JIvR-qeGYlIRw8iceUBBQreP96vyc/view?usp=sharing

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.

Presentation Slides

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1IVZb3e_n7pONzjNO8ud2bZpZTCaNt1r2YqZ7gxa4sYo/edit?usp=sharing

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.

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 – 2020

Class 4 (Year 10) Prize – 2020

Jun 30, 2021

Class 4 (Year 10) Prize – 2020

All Features ProjectsAll 2020 Winners

First Prize – $300

  • Student Name: Cameron Grice, Flynn Gowans
  • Registration Number: 4-1
  • Year: 10
  • School: Rongotai College
  • Teacher/s: Blair Caughley

Project Title

Virtual Education

Project Short Description

The effectiveness of virtual reality learning is compared to traditional methods.

Second Prize – $150

  • Student Name: Mikey Lemon
  • Registration Number: 4-5
  • Year: 10
  • School: Rongotai College
  • Teacher/s: Blair Caughley

Project Title

Masking the Truth

Project Short Description

Is prolonged mask wearing really bad for your health?

Third Prize – $100

  • Student Name: Elliot Brown
  • Registration Number: 4-2
  • Year: 10
  • School: Rongotai College
  • Teacher/s: Blair Caughley

Project Title

Biofuel

Project Short Description

Used and unused oils were compared for effectiveness.

Fourth Prize – $50

  • Student Name: Chris Lander, Damian Melvin
  • Registration Number: 4-6
  • Year: 10
  • School: Upper Hutt College
  • Teacher/s: Lily Rolfe

Project Title

Invisibility 

Project Short Description

How close to invisibility can we get?

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 – 2020

Class 5 (Year 11, 12, 13) Prize – 2020

Jun 30, 2021

Class 5 (Year 11, 12, 13) Prize – 2020

All Features ProjectsAll 2020 Winners

First Prize – $300

  • Student Name: Lydia Acton
  • Registration Number: 5-3
  • Year: 13
  • School: Wellington High School
  • Teacher/s: Murray Chisholm & Kerry Parker

Project Title

Swinging Sound Tube

Project Short Description

An investigation into the strange sounds produced from whirlling a corrugated plastic tube – sometimes called a sound hose. 

Second Prize – $150

  • Student Name: Ryan Bright
  • Registration Number: 5-4
  • Year: 12
  • School: Wellington High School
  • Teacher/s: Kerry Parker

Project Title

Bottle Airflow Investigation 

Project Short Description

An investigation into the wake of an air jet behind a bottle and how this depends on various parameters.

 

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/ 

Special Prize – 2020

Special Prize – 2020

Jun 30, 2021

Special Prize – 2020

All Features ProjectsAll 2020 Winners

Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize

The Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize of $100 in Biology. The late Professor Gordon was professor of Botany at Victoria University of Wellington 1947-1977. The prize is donated by Mrs J C R Gordon and Dr Margaret Gordon.

Student Name Isabella Ismail-Sanders
Registration Number 1 – 57
Student Name Miro Kennett 
Registration Number 2 – 27

Peter Jennings Memorial Prize

The Peter Jennings Memorial Prize of $100 in Biology. The late Mr Jennings was a science teacher and President of the Wellington Science Teachers’ Association. The prize is donated by Capital City Science Educators.

Student Name Tom Simpson
Registration Number 1 – 27
Student Name Seb Kerr, Leith Worden
Registration Number 2 – 52

Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education

Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education offers prizes of $125 for Class 1/2, $150 for Class 3/4, and $200 for Class 5, for students who best demonstrate the use of scientific thinking in the formulation and investigation of his or her question.

Student Name Sophie Conway
Registration Number 2 – 73
Student Name Rayha Samin
Registration Number 4-11
Student Name Zachary Swallow
Registration Number 2 – 69
Student Name Ishaan Badiyani
Registration Number 2 – 67
Student Name Cameron Grice, Flynn Gowans
Registration Number 4-1
Student Name Mikey Lemon
Registration Number 4 – 5
Student Name Ryan Bright
Registration Number 5 – 4

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/