Results for Science Fair 2011
Here are the results for the 2011 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 Name(s) | Project Title | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VUW School of Chemical and Physical Sciences | 5 - 16 | Lily Mason-Mackay | Heat Transfer | Wellington High School |
| Second in Class 5 | 5 - 16 | Lily Mason-Mackay | Heat Transfer | Wellington High School |
| Fourth in Class 5 | 5 - 17 | Ciaran Barr-Burns | Heat Transfer | Wellington High School |
| Opus International Consultants | 5 - 17 | Ciaran Barr-Burns | Heat Transfer | Wellington High School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 61 | Leah Thomas | Predictive Seaweed | Wellington Girls College |
| Met Shop | 3 - 61 | Leah Thomas | Predictive Seaweed | Wellington Girls College |
| University of Otago | 5 - 13 | Charlotte Hann | Coprosma Leaf Adaptations | Wellington East Girls' College |
| Wellington Botanical Society | 5 - 13 | Charlotte Hann | Coprosma Leaf Adaptations | Wellington East Girls' College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 49 | Joshua Joe | The magnetic linear accelerator | Wellington College |
| Third= in Class 4 | 4 - 17 | Jazz Kane | The Stroop Effect | Wellington College |
| Second= in Class 3 | 3 - 46 | Zain Kader | What's that you're drinking | Wellington College |
| Royal Society of NZ Wellington Branch Prize for best overall exhibit | 5 - 12 | Cheyaanthan Haran | The effect of Ponni Rice on blood glucose levels | Wellington College |
| VUW School of Mathematics; Statistics and Operations Research | 4 - 20 | Maor Ben Shahar | Energy transformation through collision | Wellington College |
| Realise the Dream Nomination | 5 - 12 | Cheyaanthan Haran | The effect of Ponni Rice on blood glucose levels | Wellington College |
| Fourth in Class 3 | 3 - 47 | Kip Cleverly | y=Asin (kx+wt) | Wellington College |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 4 - 18 | Umaiyan Haran | The effect of distance between electrodes in sulfuric acid solution. | Wellington College |
| First in Class 5 | 5 - 12 | Cheyaanthan Haran | The effect of Ponni Rice on blood glucose levels | Wellington College |
| NZ Futures Trust | 5 - 12 | Cheyaanthan Haran | The effect of Ponni Rice on blood glucose levels | Wellington College |
| VUW Faculty of Science Innovation Prize | 5 - 12 | Cheyaanthan Haran | The effect of Ponni Rice on blood glucose levels | Wellington College |
| Opus International Consultants | 2 - 200 | Lachlan Sim | Treatment of Farm Effluent Using Osmosis | Wellesley College |
| CRL Energy Ltd | 2 - 201 | Ben Hawley | Wind Turbines - Fin or Wing? | Wellesley College |
| First in Class 2 | 2 - 200 | Lachlan Sim | Treatment of Farm Effluent Using Osmosis | Wellesley College |
| VUW Faculty of Science Prize | 2 - 200 | Lachlan Sim | Treatment of Farm Effluent Using Osmosis | Wellesley College |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 2 - 193 | Jamie McClymont | Using computers and statistics to determine factors that affect our ability to estimate. | Wadestown School |
| NZ Antarctic Society | 2 - 190 | Anna Baines | Antarctica - Issues that may Affect Melting. | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 196 | Matthew Robertson | Distance Perception | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 142 | Arthur Coldstream | Noise Pollution | Wadestown School |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 2 - 193 | Jamie McClymont | Using computers and statistics to determine factors that affect our ability to estimate. | Wadestown School |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 2 - 193 | Jamie McClymont | Using computers and statistics to determine factors that affect our ability to estimate. | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 195 | Adelie Filippi | Wind Tunnel | Wadestown School |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 2 - 183 | Lucas Toovey | Hover Craft v Ground Effect Craft | Wadestown School |
| IPENZ | 1 - 141 | Josh Wight | Liquefaction | Thorndon School |
| Third= in Class 1 | 1 - 140 | Emma Montague Cripps | Concrete | Thorndon School |
| NZ Futures Trust | 1 - 134 | Tabitha Dombroski | My Brocolli Experiment | Thorndon School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 3 - 44 | Adrina Venayagam | Breath of Life | Tawa College |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 3 - 44 | Adrina Venayagam | Breath of Life | Tawa College |
| Second in Class 4 | 4 - 15 | Michael Kalpage | Catalase | Tawa College |
| First in Class 3 | 3 - 44 | Adrina Venayagam | Breath of Life | Tawa College |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 4 - 15 | Michael Kalpage | Catalase | Tawa College |
| Realise the Dream Nomination | 3 - 44 | Adrina Venayagam | Breath of Life | Tawa College |
| Opus International Consultants | 4 - 12 | Meg Finlayson | Earthquake | St Oran's College |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory | 3 - 36 | Charlotte Lennon | Heat Conductivity | St Oran's College |
| Devereux-Blum Training and Development Limited | 4 - 12 | Meg Finlayson | Earthquake | St Oran's College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 172 | Neesha Mahesh | Laundry baskets | St Mark's Church School |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 2 - 170 | Sarah Gimblett | Why Three? | St Benedict's |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 168 | Amber Ponsford-Knight | Smoke Signals | St Benedict's |
| NZ Soil Science Society | 1 - 126 | Liam Pearce | Liquifaction Lowdown | St Benedict's |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 1 - 126 | Liam Pearce | Liquifaction Lowdown | St Benedict's |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 1 - 120 | Olivia Van Workoem | The Eyes Have It | Ss Peter and Paul School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 1 - 120 | Olivia Van Workoem | The Eyes Have It | Ss Peter and Paul School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 120 | Olivia Van Workoem | The Eyes Have It | Ss Peter and Paul School |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 1 - 113 | Finn Meredith | Honk if you are happy | South Wellington Intermediate School |
| CRL Energy Ltd | 2 - 163 | Tom Conti-Leslie | Hydro power | South Wellington Intermediate School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 1 - 112 | Jasper Stone | Who ate all the pies? | South Wellington Intermediate School |
| ESR | 2 - 149 | Laura Heycoop | How Clean Is Your Drink Bottle? | Seatoun School |
| Sociological Association of Aotearoa; New Zealand | 2 - 153 | Holly Blakely | Classroom Concentration Cam | Seatoun School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 148 | Joseph Ivory | I Spy With My Two Eyes | Seatoun School |
| First= Class 1 | 1 - 110 | Jessie Cartmell | What do Kiwi Kids Eat for Lunch? | Seatoun School |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 1 - 110 | Jessie Cartmell | What do Kiwi Kids Eat for Lunch? | Seatoun School |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 1 - 105 | Lauren O'Hara | Tsunami | Seatoun School |
| IPENZ | 1 - 105 | Lauren O'Hara | Tsunami | Seatoun School |
| Third= in Class 1 | 1 - 104 | Anna Riddle | Does Practise Make Perfect? | Seatoun School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 34 | Shaun Thompson | What wild foods are there in Whitby? | Samuel Marsden Whitby |
| Second= in Class 3 | 3 - 14 | Madeline Hayward & Charlotte Burger | It's in the bag | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 3 - 21 | Bridget Young | Environmentally Friendly Paint or Not? | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 21 | Bridget Young | Environmentally Friendly Paint or Not? | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 23 | Anna de Boer | Perfect Pitch | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| ANZCCART | 3 - 25 | Alex Mair & Holly Miller | Monkey BAR | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 2 - 143 | Regan Gilmour | Mayday Mayday | Saint Bernards College |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 3 - 13 | Christopher Cunningham | You must remember this | Saint Bernards College |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 2 - 138 | Rachael Brownlee | Can You Tell? | Sacred Heart Primary School |
| Third= in Class 4 | 4 - 9 | Reuben Lauridsen | Fun and Games | Rongotai College |
| Fourth = Class 2 | 2 - 131 | Henry Bethwaite & Rory More | Samahada Sausrtar | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| Capital City Science Educators (Doreen Gates Memorial Prize) | 2 - 131 | Henry Bethwaite & Rory More | Samahada Sausrtar | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 4 - 5 | Tristan Fuhrhop & Marcus Sharpe | Web Browser Battle | Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School |
| Wellington City Libraries | 2 - 127 | Adibah Khan & Emma Stewart | Mascara - Menace or Not? | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 119 | Matisse Uluilelata Shweta Iyer | Vitamin C vs Virus | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 7 | Maxine Glogau | How does a change in temperature affect the amount of dissolved oxygen in water? | Queen Margaret College |
| NIWA | 5 - 7 | Maxine Glogau | How does a change in temperature affect the amount of dissolved oxygen in water? | Queen Margaret College |
| NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award | 2 - 129 | Becky Hawthorne | Rise Up Against Gluten | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 6 | Susan Welsh | Identification of Accelerants used in Arson | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 128 | Caitlin McBride | Re-Useable Bags: Friend or Foe? | Queen Margaret College |
| Third in Class 5 | 5 - 9 | Betty Chung | Baby Formulas and Renin | Queen Margaret College |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 5 - 8 | Naomi Lee | Amylase Production by Beans Under Different Soak Times and Temperatures | Queen Margaret College |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 5 - 9 | Betty Chung | Baby Formulas and Renin | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 117 | McKenzie Jones & Nore De Ridder | Mighty Marine Reserves | Plimmerton School |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 2 - 117 | McKenzie Jones & Nore De Ridder | Mighty Marine Reserves | Plimmerton School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 110 | Jade Thomson | The Effect of Media on Tween Girls | Paremata School |
| NZ Futures Trust | 2 - 110 | Jade Thomson | The Effect of Media on Tween Girls | Paremata School |
| IPENZ | 1 - 75 | Andrew Sturman | Trembling Towers | Paremata School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 72 | Merryn Thompson | Dinner Time for Worms; Cocktail Hour for Plants | Northland School |
| Met Shop | 1 - 65 | Roman Dunford | Weather: Comparing Results- Me Versus Metservice | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 64 | Laura Somerset | What is the Best Memory Technique to Use to Memorise a List? | Northland School |
| Third in Class 2 | 2 - 101 | Gabriel Robbins | Wonderful Worm Juice | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 95 | Eduard Bradley | What Makes a Strong Paper Structure? | Northland School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 95 | Eduard Bradley | What Makes a Strong Paper Structure? | Northland School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 89 | Tiger Huang | Perpetual motion | Newlands Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 89 | Tiger Huang | Perpetual motion | Newlands Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 82 | Lara Molloy | Eau so clean | Newlands Intermediate School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 78 | Phoebe Bugtong | Does 3D TV cause damage to eyes? | Maranatha Christian School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 78 | Phoebe Bugtong | Does 3D TV cause damage to eyes? | Maranatha Christian School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 2 - 72 | Sera Rawson | Flour Power | Korokoro School |
| First= Class 1 | 1 - 38 | Imogen Graham & Emma Munro | A Hole Lot of ****! | Kelburn Normal School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 58 | Laura Albiston | Birds in the KNS Gully | Kelburn Normal School |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 1 - 35 | Jock Gordon & Isaac Tebbs | Wingin'it | Kelburn Normal School |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 2 - 62 | Sanny Orr | Homework Online | Kelburn Normal School |
| Devereux-Blum Training and Development Limited | 2 - 56 | Levi McElwain | The Triangle of Life or Death | Kelburn Normal School |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 2 - 55 | Sarah O'Connor; Esau Puloka & Edd Barot | Corrosion Under Liquids | Karori West Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 52 | Campbell Garrett | All in good Taste | Karori Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 31 | Alex Sharples & Joel Nelson | Cress Contamination | Karori Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 28 | Sebastian Thompson | Moving Music | Karori Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 3 | Poonam Soma | Fact or Fiction: Do Natural Remedies Really Fight Your Sore Throat? | Hutt Valley High School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 40 | Nathaniel Cornish | How Bright is Your Light? | Hutt International Boys School |
| Industrial Research Ltd | 2 - 39 | Sam Mitchell | The Reliability of Text Messaging | Hutt International Boys School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 39 | Sam Mitchell | The Reliability of Text Messaging | Hutt International Boys School |
| AUSIMM NZ Branch | 2 - 36 | Holly Cumming | Concrete Fibres | Hutt Intermediate |
| Fourth = Class 2 | 2 - 36 | Holly Cumming | Concrete Fibres | Hutt Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 29 | Michelle Alexander | What a Hit! | Fergusson Intermediate |
| IPENZ | 1 - 18 | Bridgette Dickens | Can My Shower Water Power My Lights? | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Industrial Research Ltd | 1 - 18 | Bridgette Dickens | Can My Shower Water Power My Lights? | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory | 2 - 29 | Michelle Alexander | What a Hit! | Fergusson Intermediate |
| CRL Energy Ltd | 1 - 18 | Bridgette Dickens | Can My Shower Water Power My Lights? | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 18 | Bridgette Dickens | Can My Shower Water Power My Lights? | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Second in Class 2 | 2 - 17 | Thomas Fitzgerald | One Foot and Three Senses - What Effects Your Balance? | Evans Bay Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 16 | Ben Manners | Boat Speed and Length | Evans Bay Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 23 | Scarlet Mollan | Short Term Memory | Evans Bay Intermediate School |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 1 - 5 | Romy Tennet | Are You Prepared? | Evans Bay Intermediate School |
| NIWA | 1 - 4 | Aimee Thiele | What would happen to NZ's shellfish if seawater acidity increases? | Evans Bay Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 6 | Zoe Bennett | Gelantine Desserts | Evans Bay Intermediate School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 1 - 6 | Zoe Bennett | Gelantine Desserts | Evans Bay Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 4 | Aimee Thiele | What would happen to NZ's shellfish if seawater acidity increases? | Evans Bay Intermediate School |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 1 - 1 | Eva Glastonbury & Emma Turner | Beating Diabetes | Discovery School |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory | 2 - 8 | Tamara Warmerdam | Are all sunblocks equal? | Chilton Saint James School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 8 | Tamara Warmerdam | Are all sunblocks equal? | Chilton Saint James School |
| Realise the Dream Nomination | 4 - 4 | Georgia Hulme-Moir | Pests of Whiteria Park | Bishop Viard College |
| First in Class 4 | 4 - 4 | Georgia Hulme-Moir | Pests of Whiteria Park | Bishop Viard College |
| Capital City Science Educators (Peter Jennings Memorial Prize) | 4 - 4 | Georgia Hulme-Moir | Pests of Whiteria Park | Bishop Viard College |