Results for Science Fair 2012
Here are the results for the 2012 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First in Class 1 | 1 - 121 | Keiran Lewellen | The Beaches are Moving | Wellington Home Education Network |
| First in Class 2 | 2 - 89 | Merryn Thompson | Do Different Seaweeds Affect the Growth Rate of Blackfoot Paua and What Effects Will Global Warming Have? | Northland School |
| First in Class 3 | 3 - 36 | Danielle Watson, Olivia Macrae | Mighty Magnets | Tawa College |
| First in Class 4 | 4 - 6 | Adrina Venayagam | Wood ash to the rescue | Tawa College |
| First in Class 5 | 5 - 3 | Lydia Hingston | Antibiotics versus Probiotics | Queen Margaret College |
| Second in Class 1 | 1 - 112 | Ciaran Sim | Plants vs Bacteria | Wellesley College |
| Second in Class 2 | 2 - 142 | Lauren O'Hara | Wind Power! | Seatoun School |
| Second in Class 3 | 3 - 48 | Jamie McClymont | Using computers and statistics to determine the effect of visual distraction on cognitive performance. | Wellington College |
| Second in Class 4 | 4 - 20 | Celia Painter | Microbiological Quality of Watties Baby Food | Wellington Girls' College |
| Second in Class 5 | 5 - 2 | Kate Bielby | Jet Laaaag | Queen Margaret College |
| Third =in Class 1 | 1 - 16 | Dante Frean | Enigma | Kelburn Normal |
| Third =in Class 1 | 1 - 49 | Zoe Mansell | Classroom Noise! | Northland School |
| Third in Class 2 | 2 - 184 | Oscar Robinson | Is polystyrene under floor insulation worth the money? | St Mark's Church School |
| Third in Class 3 | 3 - 45 | Ethan Bloor-Wilson | NO3 Daphnia Dynamics | Wellington College |
| Third in Class 4 | 4 - 12 | James Evans | Destroyed in Seconds | Wellington College |
| Third in Class 5 | 5 - 5 | Sarah Novak | Oil spill! What happens to dissolved oxygen in seawater? | Queen Margaret College |
| Fourth in Class 2 | 2 - 147 | Nico Henneveld | Shake, Rattle and Roll | Seatoun School |
| Fourth in Class 3 | 3 - 52 | Adibah Khan | Hands Up: Soap VS Sanitiser | Wellington Girls' College |
| Fourth in Class 5 | 5 - 7 | James Irvine-Ford | Tomatoes - superfood or fraud? | Wellington College |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 1 | Chenoa Vorster | Heart Rate | Evans Bay Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 106 | Hugo Hibbert | Saving our Oceans | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 18 | Tessa Wishart | Terrible Taggers | Kelburn Normal |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 32 | Margarita Montes De Orca | Are finger print patterns inherited? | Muritai School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 65 | Ollie Robinson | How many bacteria are there in tobacco and on your cigarette | Pauatahanui School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 7 | Maddy Kerr, Billie Halford | Shoes with Bounce | Hutt Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 75 | Kate Bolton | Heating with light. | South Wellington Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 81 | Anastasia Lagoutaris | Flower Power Staying Alive | St Benedict's School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 47 | Tara Kendon | Bread-Maker Bread Baking | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 55 | Te Rauhina Jackson | Ka taea te wai ki te poito ki runga te wai (Density and salinity of water) | Otari School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 59 | Merryn Giblin | Does Colour Help You Read? | Paremata School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 70 | Owen McKenzie | Must it Rust? | Seatoun School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 117 | Matthew Sutcliffe | Weather Lore, Fact or Fiction? | Wellesley College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 122 | Patrick Curran | Light My Fire | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 24 | Jasmine Walker, Alexandra Hanaray | Left or Right | Hutt Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 52 | Lauren Dickie | More Bang for you Buck | Kelburn Normal |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 85 | Georgia Taylor | Decisions, Decisions... | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 95 | Tertia Hempel | Veggie Power! | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 159 | Hazel Williams | Making Paper | South Wellington Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 157 | Eloise Daysh | What wood you burn? | South Wellington Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 29 | John Hudson | Solar Oven | Hutt International Boys School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 35 | Alex Sharples | Water, Water, Everywhere. But is it Safe to Drink? | Karori Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 23 | James Hazeldine, Rachin Ravendra | Do you have Tunnel Vision? | Hutt Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 168 | Olivia van Woerkom | Cancer - Reducing the Risk | Ss Peter and Paul School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 54 | Rory Dickson | Compost Power | Kelburn Normal |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 202 | Harry Mills | Sugar: Is it a Drug and are we all Addicted? | Wellesley College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 10 | Aidan Almand | Spatial Awareness | Saint Bernard's College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 20 | Justina Koh | Eye spy with my colour sensitive eye | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 22 | Laura Albiston | Can shampoo actually strengthen your hair? | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 30 | Gabrielle Johnston | What sense is more important to balance - vision or hearing? | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School Whitby |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 34 | Amali Wijesooriya | The solar evaporation of salt water | Tawa College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 42 | Georgiarose Wells | I Spy With My Little Eye | Upper Hutt College |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 21 | Priyanka Rajakumaran | Simple way to measure sugar contents of liquids at home. | Wellington Girls' College |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 3 | Kiran Richards | Pitch Perfect | Rongotai College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 1 | Ameshka Perera | Does the 'B' Help the 'T' | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 10 | Caitlin Agnew-Francis | Increase in calcium in water due to increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere | Wellington High School |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 6 | Thalia Babbage | Sport Supplements: How Vit C changes with storage time | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 8 | Jessica Dickinson and Kaitlin-Rose Maddever | Germ, busters | Wellington Girls' College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 4 | Paris Watson | UV light, Vitamin C and Oranges | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 9 | Katie Hughes, Tessa Eyre | Amazing antioxidants | Wellington Girls' College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 2 | Kate Bielby | Jet Laaaag | Queen Margaret College |
| NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award | 1 - 47 | Tara Kendon | Bread-Maker Bread Baking | Northland School |
| NZ Antarctic Society | 1 - 100 | Claudia Duston-Fursman | Antarctica- How fast does ice melt relative to size? | Wadestown School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 1 - 39 | Kadin Hermans | What makes the best edible fruit label? | Newlands Intermediate School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 1 - 55 | Te Rauhina Jackson | Ka taea te wai ki te poito ki runga te wai (Density and salinity of water) | Otari School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 1 - 59 | Merryn Giblin | Does Colour Help You Read? | Paremata School |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 1 - 38 | Jarred Hodson | Is our diet/lifestyle killing us? | Newlands Intermediate School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 1 - 38 | Jarred Hodson | Is our diet/lifestyle killing us? | Newlands Intermediate School |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 1 - 70 | Owen McKenzie | Must it Rust? | Seatoun School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 1 - 103 | Gerard Hickey | Colon Cancer | Wadestown School |
| Met Shop | 1 - 117 | Matthew Sutcliffe | Weather Lore, Fact or Fiction? | Wellesley College |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 1 - 45 | Nyah Parbhu | Warmer in Wilton? | Northland School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 1 - 63 | Yasmine Ahlman | Love Your Lips | Paremata School |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 1 - 76 | Reuben Andrews | Rocket Science | South Wellington Intermediate School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 1 - 116 | Marcus Millad | Chicken Nuggets | Wellesley College |
| IPENZ | 1 - 109 | Macy Toovey | Which bridge structure is strongest? | Wadestown School |
| Industrial Research Ltd | 1 - 16 | Dante Frean | Enigma | Kelburn Normal |
| Wellington Botanical Society | 1 - 112 | Ciaran Sim | Plants vs Bacteria | Wellesley College |
| Capital City Science Educators (Peter Jennings Memorial Prize) | 1 - 112 | Ciaran Sim | Plants vs Bacteria | Wellesley College |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 1 - 121 | Keiran Lewellen | The Beaches are Moving | Wellington Home Education Network |
| NIWA | 1 - 121 | Keiran Lewellen | The Beaches are Moving | Wellington Home Education Network |
| VUW School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research | 1 - 121 | Keiran Lewellen | The Beaches are Moving | Wellington Home Education Network |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 2 - 156 | Daisy Abraham | A family A-fair | South Wellington Intermediate School |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 2 - 97 | Yovan Rasiah | Interactive Video Games: Do They Make You More or Less Active Than Playing Outside? | Northland School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 159 | Hazel Williams | Making Paper | South Wellington Intermediate School |
| NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award | 2 - 88 | Lola Morton | Yum Yum - Mouldy Pizza | Northland School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 195 | Elise Hampton | Can pretty packaging lead to healthier eating? | Wadestown School |
| CRL Energy Ltd | 2 - 13 | Jacob Russell | Hydro Electricity | Evans Bay Intermediate School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 157 | Eloise Daysh | What wood you burn? | South Wellington Intermediate School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 199 | Renee Patete | Sight- Technologies that make a difference | Wadestown School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 205 | Lachie O'Connor | Colour - Vision Deficiency in Hunters | Wellesley College |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 2 - 27 | Gabriel Foote | The Effect Of Parachute Canopy Shape | Hutt International Boys School |
| VUW School of Chemical and Physical Sciences | 2 - 29 | John Hudson | Solar Oven | Hutt International Boys School |
| Wellington City Libraries | 2 - 35 | Alex Sharples | Water, Water, Everywhere. But is it Safe to Drink? | Karori Normal School |
| ANZCCART | 2 - 49 | Isaac Tebbs | Track my cat | Kelburn Normal |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 2 - 94 | Terence Wright | What Colour Most Attracts the Eye? | Northland School |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 2 - 26 | Caleb Chan, Connor Haythornthwaite | Sour Power | Hutt International Boys School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 23 | James Hazeldine, Rachin Ravendra | Do you have Tunnel Vision? | Hutt Intermediate |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 168 | Olivia van Woerkom | Cancer - Reducing the Risk | Ss Peter and Paul School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 168 | Olivia van Woerkom | Cancer - Reducing the Risk | Ss Peter and Paul School |
| NZ Soil Science Society | 2 - 54 | Rory Dickson | Compost Power | Kelburn Normal |
| CRL Energy Ltd | 2 - 54 | Rory Dickson | Compost Power | Kelburn Normal |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 2 - 100 | Andrew Sturman | Danger Liquefaction! | Paremata School |
| AUSIMM NZ Branch | 2 - 100 | Andrew Sturman | Danger Liquefaction! | Paremata School |
| Sociological Association of Aotearoa, New Zealand | 2 - 140 | Jessie Cartmell | I'm not waving I'm drowning! | Seatoun School |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 2 - 140 | Jessie Cartmell | I'm not waving I'm drowning! | Seatoun School |
| ESR | 2 - 141 | Keeley Farrell | Cleaning Products: Old vs New | Seatoun School |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory | 2 - 163 | Ruby Medlicott | Think fast | South Wellington Intermediate School |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 202 | Harry Mills | Sugar: Is it a Drug and are we all Addicted? | Wellesley College |
| Capital City Science Educators (Doreen Gates Memorial Prize) | 2 - 55 | Ruby Robinson-Shaw | Fat Bottom Girls | Kelburn Normal |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 2 - 65 | Finn Connell | How does Vitamin C deteriorate in milk? | Muritai School |
| Met Shop | 2 - 90 | Roman Dunford | Can You Predict the Weather From Looking at Cloud Formations? | Northland School |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 96 | Tipene Johnson | Can It Be Chemical-Free? | Northland School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 135 | Anton Jenkins | But...Did you see the moon-walking bear? | Seatoun School |
| IPENZ | 2 - 148 | Oliver Novak | Liquefaction Prone? | Seatoun School |
| IPENZ | 2 - 77 | Islam Khalid-Abbas | Living Tomorrow | Newlands Intermediate School |
| IPENZ | 2 - 147 | Nico Henneveld | Shake, Rattle and Roll | Seatoun School |
| Opus International Consultants | 2 - 147 | Nico Henneveld | Shake, Rattle and Roll | Seatoun School |
| Industrial Research Ltd | 2 - 184 | Oscar Robinson | Is polystyrene under floor insulation worth the money? | St Mark's Church School |
| New Zealand Institute of Physics Wellington Branch | 2 - 184 | Oscar Robinson | Is polystyrene under floor insulation worth the money? | St Mark's Church School |
| CRL Energy Ltd | 2 - 142 | Lauren O'Hara | Wind Power! | Seatoun School |
| Opus International Consultants | 2 - 142 | Lauren O'Hara | Wind Power! | Seatoun School |
| VUW School of Chemical and Physical Sciences | 2 - 142 | Lauren O'Hara | Wind Power! | Seatoun School |
| NZ Futures Trust | 2 - 89 | Merryn Thompson | Do Different Seaweeds Affect the Growth Rate of Blackfoot Paua and What Effects Will Global Warming Have? | Northland School |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 2 - 89 | Merryn Thompson | Do Different Seaweeds Affect the Growth Rate of Blackfoot Paua and What Effects Will Global Warming Have? | Northland School |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 2 - 89 | Merryn Thompson | Do Different Seaweeds Affect the Growth Rate of Blackfoot Paua and What Effects Will Global Warming Have? | Northland School |
| NZ Farm Forestry Association | 3 - 5 | Kieren Fisher | Vegetation and Stream Flow | Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School |
| Capital City Science Educators (Peter Jennings Memorial Prize) | 3 - 52 | Adibah Khan | Hands Up: Soap VS Sanitiser | Wellington Girls' College |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 3 - 52 | Adibah Khan | Hands Up: Soap VS Sanitiser | Wellington Girls' College |
| NIWA | 3 - 45 | Ethan Bloor-Wilson | NO3 Daphnia Dynamics | Wellington College |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 3 - 48 | Jamie McClymont | Using computers and statistics to determine the effect of visual distraction on cognitive performance. | Wellington College |
| New Zealand Institute of Physics Wellington Branch | 3 - 36 | Danielle Watson, Olivia Macrae | Mighty Magnets | Tawa College |
| Opus International Consultants | 3 - 36 | Danielle Watson, Olivia Macrae | Mighty Magnets | Tawa College |
| NZ Futures Trust | 4 - 3 | Kiran Richards | Pitch Perfect | Rongotai College |
| Opus International Consultants | 4 - 12 | James Evans | Destroyed in Seconds | Wellington College |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 4 - 20 | Celia Painter | Microbiological Quality of Watties Baby Food | Wellington Girls' College |
| Opus International Consultants | 4 - 6 | Adrina Venayagam | Wood ash to the rescue | Tawa College |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory | 4 - 6 | Adrina Venayagam | Wood ash to the rescue | Tawa College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 8 | Jessica Dickinson and Kaitlin-Rose Maddever | Germ, busters | Wellington Girls' College |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory | 5 - 4 | Paris Watson | UV light, Vitamin C and Oranges | Queen Margaret College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 4 | Paris Watson | UV light, Vitamin C and Oranges | Queen Margaret College |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 5 - 5 | Sarah Novak | Oil spill! What happens to dissolved oxygen in seawater? | Queen Margaret College |
| University of Otago | 5 - 9 | Katie Hughes, Tessa Eyre | Amazing antioxidants | Wellington Girls' College |
| Realise the Dream Nomination | 5 - 2 | Kate Bielby | Jet Laaaag | Queen Margaret College |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 5 - 2 | Kate Bielby | Jet Laaaag | Queen Margaret College |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 5 - 2 | Kate Bielby | Jet Laaaag | Queen Margaret College |
| Realise the Dream Nomination | 5 - 3 | Lydia Hingston | Antibiotics versus Probiotics | Queen Margaret College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 3 | Lydia Hingston | Antibiotics versus Probiotics | Queen Margaret College |
| VUW Faculty of Science Prize | 2 - 89 | Merryn Thompson | Do Different Seaweeds Affect the Growth Rate of Blackfoot Paua and What Effects Will Global Warming Have? | Northland School |
| VUW Faculty of Science Innovation Prize | 5 - 2 | Kate Bielby | Jet Laaaag | Queen Margaret College |
| Royal Society of NZ Wellington Branch Prize for best overall exhibit | 5 - 3 | Lydia Hingston | Antibiotics versus Probiotics | Queen Margaret College |