Results for Science Fair 2009
Here are the results for the 2009 NIWA Wellington Regional Science and Technology Fair.
Congratulations to all the winners and huge thanks to everyone that entered. The standard of projects this year was outstanding!
Please note that the prize value indicated may not necessarily be awarded to a single exhibit nor the full value awarded. Special Prizes may be sub-divided at the Judge’s discretion, and be awarded to a number of exhibits.
| Prize | Class | Student Names | Project Title | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XannaX Works Ltd | 3 - 1 | Jayden Wilton | Steam Boat Investigation | Chanel College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 8 | Milly Seymour | Hands Off! | Chilton Saint James |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 2 - 8 | Milly Seymour | Hands Off! | Chilton Saint James |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 3 | Spencer Stevens | The Hole Truth | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Third= in Class 2 | 2 - 13 | Rebekah Fitzgerald | Be Safe; Be Seen | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 14 | Conor Flynn | Expanding Wood | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Geological Society of New Zealand | 1 - 5 | Michael Wilson | Salty Seas | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 7 | Breanna Ward | Creating Capable Compost | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award | 1 - 10 | Elizabeth Cross | The Yolks on You | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| NZ Antarctic Society | 1 - 3 | Spencer Stevens | The Hole Truth | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Wellington City Libraries | 1 - 10 | Elizabeth Cross | The Yolks on You | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 17 | Callum Brown | What is the best soil for germinating seeds | Fergusson Intermediate |
| AUSIMM NZ Branch | 2 - 30 | Mekhala Anjaria | Conductivity | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Ministry of Education | 2 - 34 | David Sik; Louis Thie; Fergus Stratford | The People Versus Weevil | Hutt Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 32 | Damon Blackburn; Umaiyan Haran | The Battle of the Bulbs | Hutt Intermediate School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 45 | Matt Skene | Paper Planes | Hutt International Boys |
| Capital City Science Educators (Peter Jennings Memorial Prize) | 2 - 42 | William Clark | Soapnuts - are they lemons? | Hutt International Boys |
| New Zealand Institute of Physics Wellington Branch | 1 - 25 | Dylan Jones | You spin me right round | Hutt International Boys |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 42 | William Clark | Soapnuts - are they lemons? | Hutt International Boys |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 45 | Matt Skene | Paper Planes | Hutt International Boys |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 23 | Logan Archer | Nut Power-Go nuts with nut power | Hutt International Boys |
| Ministry of Education | 1 - 23 | Logan Archer | Nut Power-Go nuts with nut power | Hutt International Boys |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 2 - 48 | Gregor Wilson | Does height equal arm span? | Hutt International Boys |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 44 | Jacob Jones | Egg vs Washing Up Liquid | Hutt International Boys |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 27 | Ben Sears | Do you really know what your garden pesticide is killing? | Hutt International Boys |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 26 | Hugh Hamilton | Worms | Hutt International Boys |
| ANZCCART | 1 - 33 | Petra Bogle | What types of chicken food make the eggs yellow? | Karori Normal School |
| First= in Class 1 | 1 - 33 | Petra Bogle | What types of chicken food make the eggs yellow? | Karori Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 38 | Eidan Asim | Does background noise affect ones concentration? | Karori Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 30 | Sebastian Klinkum | What activities are students doing that are most effective in reducing the carbon footprint? | Karori Normal School |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 2 - 55 | Julian Etchegoin | Diameter of the sun | Kelburn Normal |
| New Zealand Institute of Physics Wellington Branch | 2 - 55 | Julian Etchegoin | Diameter of the sun | Kelburn Normal |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 59 | Millie Sedgwick | Music to my eyes | Kelburn Normal |
| IPENZ Wellington Branch | 2 - 58 | Jailin Sae-Jiw | Bagdad battery | Kelburn Normal |
| Industrial Research Ltd | 2 - 54 | Elena Torres | Magnetic Levitation (Technology) | Kelburn Normal |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 2 - 58 | Jailin Sae-Jiw | Bagdad battery | Kelburn Normal |
| NZ Farm Forestry Association | 2 - 56 | Mathieson Carlyle | Exotic versus Native | Kelburn Normal |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 66 | Miles Hendricks | Sweet Temptation | Kelburn Normal |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 45 | Lucy Burton | Soak it up | Korokoro School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 46 | Catherina Hodgson | 3 Local Waters - acid or alkaline | Korokoro School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 43 | Caitlin Hendry | Football friction | Korokoro School |
| NZ Futures Trust | 2 - 75 | Kyra Thomson | NZ Native Plants - An Environmentially Friendly Antifreeze | Maidstone Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 54 | Nathan Gordan; Kyle Bell | Vitamin C | Maidstone Intermediate |
| Wellington Botanical Society | 2 - 74 | Christopher Larson | Kowhai Germination | Maidstone Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 53 | Liam Wood | What Colour to Make Your Solar Panel | Maidstone Intermediate |
| Third= in Class 2 | 2 - 75 | Kyra Thomson | NZ Native Plants - An Environmentially Friendly Antifreeze | Maidstone Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 50 | Sarah Lamont; Sophie Barnao | Weedbusterz | Maidstone Intermediate |
| Wellington Botanical Society | 2 - 75 | Kyra Thomson | NZ Native Plants - An Environmentially Friendly Antifreeze | Maidstone Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 4 | Lucas Ryan; Thomas Bird; Ravneel Lal | The sad life of onions | Naenae College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 7 | Scherezade Panthaki | Th effects of bleach on different natural coloured hair. | Newlands College |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 60 | Jonathan Kah | Paper Planes | Newlands Intermediate School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 1 - 63 | Meremaihi Jackson; Mereana Makea; | Pehea i rere te poi wera - How does a hot air balloon fly? | Otari School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 63 | Meremaihi Jackson; Mereana Makea; | Pehea i rere te poi wera - How does a hot air balloon fly? | Otari School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 67 | Gemma McCaughey; Hannah Burton | What Bugs You About Your Stream? | Paremata School |
| CRL Energy Ltd | 1 - 64 | Makenzie Lindsay Connolly; Caitlyn Macquarrie | Pelton Power | Paremata School |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 1 - 67 | Gemma McCaughey; Hannah Burton | What Bugs You About Your Stream? | Paremata School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 90 | Daena Sissons; Finella Sweeney | To Dye Or Not To Dye | Paremata School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 1 - 68 | Holly Keast | $12 Death | Paremata School |
| Capital City Science Educators (Doreen Gates Memorial Prize) | 2 - 90 | Daena Sissons; Finella Sweeney | To Dye Or Not To Dye | Paremata School |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory | 2 - 97 | Zofia Arthur | Need a break? Get a windbreak | Queen Margaret College |
| Royal Society of NZ Wellington Branch Prize for best overall exhibit | 2 - 97 | Zofia Arthur | Need a break? Get a windbreak | Queen Margaret College |
| XannaX Works Ltd | 5 - 3 | Elsie Jacobsen | How does plant growth affect oxygen levels in water? | Queen Margaret College |
| IPENZ Wellington Branch | 2 - 100 | Elish Draper | Hydrogen - fuel of the future? | Queen Margaret College |
| CRL Energy Ltd | 2 - 100 | Elish Draper | Hydrogen - fuel of the future? | Queen Margaret College |
| Realise the Dream Nomination | 2 - 97 | Zofia Arthur | Need a break? Get a windbreak | Queen Margaret College |
| First in Class 2 | 2 - 97 | Zofia Arthur | Need a break? Get a windbreak | Queen Margaret College |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 2 - 104 | Alexandra King | Underwater SMS | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 73 | Leah Thomas | What Causes Soil Erosion? | Raroa Normal Intermediate |
| NZ Soil Science Society | 1 - 73 | Leah Thomas | What Causes Soil Erosion? | Raroa Normal Intermediate |
| CRL Energy Ltd | 1 - 74 | Chun-Kiet Vong | Home Made Electricity | Raroa Normal Intermediate |
| Fourth= in Class 1 | 1 - 74 | Chun-Kiet Vong | Home Made Electricity | Raroa Normal Intermediate |
| First= in Class 4 | 4 - 11 | Nimish Patel | Which household material best insulates sound | Rongotai College |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 12 | Tom Hornblow | Deep Impact | Rongotai College |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 3 - 14 | Sophie Cunningham | Bread; Eat fresh; keep fresh | Sacred Heart College |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 3 - 10 | Maddy van Woerkom | How much air do you have in there | Sacred Heart College |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory | 3 - 10 | Maddy van Woerkom | How much air do you have in there | Sacred Heart College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 7 | Rachel Wilcox | Chilled food - Get it home safely | Sacred Heart College |
| Second in Class 5 | 5 - 6 | Nika Thomson | The effect of exercise on insulin requirements of Type 1 Diabetics | Sacred Heart College |
| NZ Futures Trust | 5 - 6 | Nika Thomson | The effect of exercise on insulin requirements of Type 1 Diabetics | Sacred Heart College |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 5 - 7 | Rachel Wilcox | Chilled food - Get it home safely | Sacred Heart College |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 5 - 6 | Nika Thomson | The effect of exercise on insulin requirements of Type 1 Diabetics | Sacred Heart College |
| VUW Faculty of Science Prize for an outstanding Class 5 exhibit | 5 - 6 | Nika Thomson | The effect of exercise on insulin requirements of Type 1 Diabetics | Sacred Heart College |
| Devereux-Blum Training and Development Limited | 1 - 77 | William Matheson | Making houses safer in earthquakes | Saint Bernards College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 22 | Jerome McGuinness | Van de Graaf generator | Saint Bernards College |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 77 | William Matheson | Making houses safer in earthquakes | Saint Bernards College |
| IPENZ Wellington Branch | 1 - 77 | William Matheson | Making houses safer in earthquakes | Saint Bernards College |
| Realise the Dream Nomination | 3 - 25 | Morgan Archer | Peppermint Power | Samuel Marsden |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 23 | Stephanie Hpa | No Use Crying Over Cut Onion | Samuel Marsden |
| Fourth= in Class 3 | 3 - 24 | Praise Li | Super Natural Power | Samuel Marsden |
| Second in Class 3 | 3 - 29 | Vishmi Helaratne; Vita Morrison; Cassie O'Regan | Read My Lips | Samuel Marsden |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 3 - 29 | Vishmi Helaratne; Vita Morrison; Cassie O'Regan | Read My Lips | Samuel Marsden |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 3 - 25 | Morgan Archer | Peppermint Power | Samuel Marsden |
| First in Class 3 | 3 - 25 | Morgan Archer | Peppermint Power | Samuel Marsden |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 3 - 30 | Isabel Kelly | Blurry Eyes | Samuel Marsden |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 35 | Angela Bauman; Pippa Inge; Jinelle Keats | Don't Be Blind to Your Blind Spot | Samuel Marsden Whitby |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 3 - 35 | Angela Bauman; Pippa Inge; Jinelle Keats | Don't Be Blind to Your Blind Spot | Samuel Marsden Whitby |
| Devereux-Blum Training and Development Limited | 3 - 37 | Jeremy Sheat; Timothy Clarke | Engulfed in Flames | Samuel Marsden Whitby |
| NIWA | 2 - 125 | Zachary Blakely | Leaving Your Footprints Behind | Seatoun School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 134 | Abbey Cartmell | Flexibility | Seatoun School |
| Ministry of Education | 1 - 80 | Lily Dalton | Green; Effective; Cheap. Is there a dishwashing liquid which is all three? | Seatoun School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 84 | Millicient Newton-Rencen | Best Before | Seatoun School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 80 | Lily Dalton | Green; Effective; Cheap. Is there a dishwashing liquid which is all three? | Seatoun School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 125 | Zachary Blakely | Leaving Your Footprints Behind | Seatoun School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 96 | Scarlett Tacon | Pump Up The Beat | South Wellington Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 92 | Kieran Richards | What Is The Best Fruit - Meat tenderiser | South Wellington Intermediate |
| Fourth= in Class 1 | 1 - 95 | Elijah Wilson | Paper vs Flame | South Wellington Intermediate |
| NZ Futures Trust | 1 - 127 | Nikita Govind | Which Hand Sanitiser Kills The Most Germs ? | South Wellington Intermediate |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 2 - 144 | Joshua Gimblett | Eye Spy | St Benedict's School |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory | 2 - 144 | Joshua Gimblett | Eye Spy | St Benedict's School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 144 | Joshua Gimblett | Eye Spy | St Benedict's School |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 1 - 101 | Gabriel Miguel | Vitamin See | St Benedict's School |
| Second in Class 2 | 2 - 144 | Joshua Gimblett | Eye Spy | St Benedict's School |
| VUW School of Chemical and Physical Sciences | 2 - 145 | Agnes Chu | More; More Energy | St Benedict's School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 98 | Andrew Kelly | Sound Boarding | St Benedict's School |
| Third in Class 3 | 3 - 41 | Maddi Tungatt; Erica Baker; Allie Miles | Clear Colours | St Oran's College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 3 - 41 | Maddi Tungatt; Erica Baker; Allie Miles | Clear Colours | St Oran's College |
| Third in Class 4 | 4 - 17 | Issac Hermans | Earthquake Weather | Taita College |
| VUW School of Mathematics; Statistics and Operations Research | 4 - 17 | Issac Hermans | Earthquake Weather | Taita College |
| Geological Society of New Zealand | 4 - 17 | Issac Hermans | Earthquake Weather | Taita College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 55 | Connor Hale | Common garden plants; do any have an antibacterial effect? | Tawa College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 160 | Bhavika Jeram; Umaya Ranaweera | Can You See A Stream Of Electrons? | Tawa Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 63 | Aleece Andrews | Cellphone Carnage | Upper Hutt College |
| NZ Geophysical Society | 2 - 170 | Julia Montague- Cripps | Quakes | Wadestown School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 169 | Emma Campbell | Look around. What can you see? | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 169 | Emma Campbell | Look around. What can you see? | Wadestown School |
| New Zealand Institute of Physics Wellington Branch | 2 - 181 | Braydon Mahoney | Sound loss through class. | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 174 | Natalie Ferner | Eliminating Friction | Wadestown School |
| Geological Society of New Zealand | 2 - 171 | Nicole Rennie | Antarctica- Melting Points | Wadestown School |
| IPENZ Wellington Branch | 2 - 170 | Julia Montague- Cripps | Quakes | Wadestown School |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 2 - 179 | David Emamuel | Cell phones. Style or Safety? | Wadestown School |
| Industrial Research Ltd | 1 - 119 | Toby Heitland | What effects reaction time? | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 170 | Julia Montague- Cripps | Quakes | Wadestown School |
| First= in Class 1 | 1 - 119 | Toby Heitland | What effects reaction time? | Wadestown School |
| First= in Class 1 | 1 - 124 | Josh Rippin | Children as eye witnesses' | Wellesley College |
| Realise the Dream Nomination | 1 - 124 | Josh Rippin | Children as eye witnesses' | Wellesley College |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 2 - 182 | William Mercer | Fruit battery power! | Wellesley College |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 5 - 9 | Thang Tran | The effect of temperature on Vitamin C | Wellington College |
| First in Class 5 | 5 - 9 | Thang Tran | The effect of temperature on Vitamin C | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 26 | Darcy Harcourt | Is water really that clean? | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 23 | Aaron King; AJ Davey | Hovercraft | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 74 | Jamie Pollock | Nailed it | Wellington College |
| VUW Faculty of Science Excellence Scholarship | 5 - 9 | Thang Tran | The effect of temperature on Vitamin C | Wellington College |
| Realise the Dream Nomination | 5 - 9 | Thang Tran | The effect of temperature on Vitamin C | Wellington College |
| University of Otago | 4 - 24 | Jono Wood; Jonty Sanders | Tenacious tyres | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 8 | Lincoln Matthews | Sulfur dioxide in wine | Wellington College |
| First= in Class 4 | 4 - 24 | Jono Wood; Jonty Sanders | Tenacious tyres | Wellington College |
| NIWA | 5 - 10 | Tilly Anderson | Rumen Power | Wellington High School |
| Fourth= in Class 3 | 3 - 76 | Conor Ivory; Lily Mason-Mackay | The best way to unload a ship | Wellington High School |
| VUW School of Chemical and Physical Sciences | 3 - 76 | Conor Ivory; Lily Mason-Mackay | The best way to unload a ship | Wellington High School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 1 - 123 | Hadassah France | Which Cooking Spray is Most Effective? | Wellington Homeschoolers |