Results for Science Fair 2013
Here are the results for the 2013 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 | Project Title | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highly Commended | 1 - 105 | Januek Subra | Keepin' it Cool, Keepin' it Hot | St Benedicts School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 125 | Ella Taylor | Flying the flag for Science | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 126 | Elliot Baguely | Earthquake! How to purify water in a natural disaster | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 137 | Ryan Shepherd and Caleb Bartlett | Speed test | Newlands Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 138 | Emma Brown | Do I Hear a Ringing | Raroa Normal Int |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 17 | Vedaanth Kannan | What a windy day! | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 34 | Ryan In and Hugo Daily | Startling Sight-seeing | Kelburn Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 4 | George Williamson | Growing Stalactites | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 57 | Sophie Russell | How to Make the Perfect Sandcastle | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 92 | Morgan O'Hara | Hydro-Dynamics | Seatoun School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 93 | Wiley Craven | To drink or not to drink? | Seatoun School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 134 | Callum Hodson | Game On! | Seatoun School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 189 | Ella Strachan | Capture, store, release the heat | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 197 | Matthew Sutcliffe | High Visibility Aids - How effective are they? | Wellesley College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 54 | Jack MacCormick | Green oven | Kelburn Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 61 | Sam Edlund | Temperature Tantrum | Kelburn Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 24 | Hannah Boese-Hebbend and Alexandra Reese | Does age affect short term memory? | St Oran's College |
| NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award | 2 - 2 | Amira Bajema | Flour Power | Chilton Saint James School |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 4 - 14 | Kevin Chen, Tom Sutton | The UV Detectives | Wellington College |
| NZ Antarctic Society | 1 - 2 | Ben Piesocki | How fast does ice melt? | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 1 - 44 | Sheridan Boyd and Zavier Boyd | Operation Hero | Naenae Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 44 | Sheridan Boyd and Zavier Boyd | Operation Hero | Naenae Intermediate |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 1 - 49 | Keir Thompson | Does Music Have an Effect on the Germination and Growth Rate of Plants? | Northland School |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 1 - 49 | Keir Thompson | Does Music Have an Effect on the Germination and Growth Rate of Plants? | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 49 | Keir Thompson | Does Music Have an Effect on the Germination and Growth Rate of Plants? | Northland School |
| NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award | 1 - 81 | Mackenzie Georgeson | The effect on blood glucose between white bread and grain bread. | Saint Bernard's College |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 2 - 115 | Sienna Ash | Wait! Don't Drink that Water | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 115 | Sienna Ash | Wait! Don't Drink that Water | Queen Margaret College |
| VUW School of Chemical and Physical Sciences | 2 - 126 | Thomas Dunn and Caylum Blenkhorn | Pistons Under Pressure | Raroa Normal Int |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 126 | Thomas Dunn and Caylum Blenkhorn | Pistons Under Pressure | Raroa Normal Int |
| ANZCCART | 2 - 140 | Sam Rowan | Here Little Birdy | Seatoun School |
| VUW School of Chemical and Physical Sciences | 2 - 15 | Eric London | Can an apple power my Apple? | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 15 | Eric London | Can an apple power my Apple? | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 2 - 160 | Reuben Andrews | Translational Lift | South Wellington Int |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 2 - 168 | Matthew Chu | Sky Dive | St Benedicts School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 188 | Claudia Duston-Fursman | Finding the "C" in juice, to help against cancer | Wadestown School |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 2 - 35 | Harrison Yates and Callum Roache | Emergency Power Source | Hutt Intermediate |
| Wellington City Libraries | 2 - 47 | Charlotte Tilley and Charlotte Sinclair | Can children detect Photo shopping | Karori Normal School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 47 | Charlotte Tilley and Charlotte Sinclair | Can children detect Photo shopping | Karori Normal School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 117 | Tamsin Cooper, Frances Wright | Fun in the Sun | Queen Margaret College |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 2 - 141 | Scott Withell | Tsunami Barriers | Seatoun School |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 31 | Piper-Rose Morrison | How fat is your brain? | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 31 | Piper-Rose Morrison | How fat is your brain? | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 2 - 93 | Lea Gabor | Soil for the Future | Northland School |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 97 | Zoe Mansell | Fantastic and Fabulous Fundraisers | Northland School |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 4 - 7 | Mikayla Joyce | Solar Panel Tracker | St Oran's College |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 5 - 3 | Grace Huang | Hitting the (Ileal) Brakes | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 3 | Grace Huang | Hitting the (Ileal) Brakes | Queen Margaret College |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 2 - 147 | Dhairya Thakkar | A Battery's Life | South Wellington Int |
| Callaghan Innovation Research Ltd | 1 - 22 | Mya McGrath | Handicator | Hutt Intermediate |
| Callaghan Innovation Research Ltd | 1 - 94 | Jamie U | The Hand | South Wellington Int |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 148 | Eliza Oyo | Seeing the Light | South Wellington Int |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 195 | Loren Kale | Colour Blindness | Wadestown School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 1 - 128 | Gloria Hickey | Sugar,sugar. Can you have your cake and eat it? | Wadestown School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 1 - 128 | Gloria Hickey | Sugar,sugar. Can you have your cake and eat it? | Wadestown School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 1 - 36 | Lucy Vannisselroy | Cookie Chaos | Korokoro School |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 1 - 40 | Sophie Johnson | Fried Brains | Maranatha School |
| Met Shop | 2 - 112 | Mai Uluilelata | Fact or Friction | Queen Margaret College |
| Met Shop | 2 - 52 | Dante Frean | Thunderstorm | Kelburn Normal School |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 2 - 85 | Nicholas Woolf Ben Avraham | Ferro Fluids | Newlands Intermediate |
| AUSIMM NZ Branch | 2 - 85 | Nicholas Woolf Ben Avraham | Ferro Fluids | Newlands Intermediate |
| NZ Farm Forestry Association | 2 - 89 | Yohan De Silva | Soil Erosion | Newlands Intermediate |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 91 | Baxter Kirikiri | INTRUDER ALERT! | Northland School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 96 | Tara Kendon | Is Your Juice Losing Vitamin C? | Northland School |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 5 - 10 | Maor Ben Shahar | I believe I can fly | Wellington College |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 5 - 10 | Maor Ben Shahar | I believe I can fly | Wellington College |
| Phillip Alve Futures Prize | 2 - 100 | Merryn Giblin | Ticket to Pollution | Paremata School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 100 | Merryn Giblin | Ticket to Pollution | Paremata School |
| Phillip Alve Futures Prize | 2 - 60 | Nathan Carter | A byte of the future | Kelburn Normal School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 191 | Gerard Hickey | Snack Attack | Wadestown School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 42 | Lachlan Smith | How Right is your light? | Hutt International Boys |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 42 | Lachlan Smith | How Right is your light? | Hutt International Boys |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 5 - 7 | George Connolly | Novel approach to testing the efficiency of Sunblock | St Patrick's College Wellington |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 5 - 7 | George Connolly | Novel approach to testing the efficiency of Sunblock | St Patrick's College Wellington |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 2 - 39 | Eli Campbell-Stokes | Up the Creek | Hutt International Boys |
| New Zealand Statistical Association | 2 - 39 | Eli Campbell-Stokes | Up the Creek | Hutt International Boys |
| NIWA | 2 - 154 | Jack Keddy | Fish Cafe | South Wellington Int |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 154 | Jack Keddy | Fish Cafe | South Wellington Int |
| NIWA | 2 - 51 | Alex Edmonds | Paua Panic! | Kelburn Normal School |
| NIWA | 5 - 1 | Bryony Miller | Marine vs Freshwater Conservation in NZ | Queen Margaret College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 1 | Bryony Miller | Marine vs Freshwater Conservation in NZ | Queen Margaret College |
| IPENZ | 1 - 30 | Henry Anderson, Joseph Manalo, Caelan Hopkirk-Elliot and Ben McHardy | Heat Height | Karori West Normal School |
| IPENZ | 1 - 37 | Taylor Barr | The Big Bend | Korokoro School |
| IPENZ | 1 - 56 | Sophia Daellenbach | The Three Little Pigs Meet Mr Big Bad Earthquake: What Building Material Withstands Earthquakes the Best? | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 56 | Sophia Daellenbach | The Three Little Pigs Meet Mr Big Bad Earthquake: What Building Material Withstands Earthquakes the Best? | Northland School |
| Third in Class 5 | 5 - 6 | Ishani Sukumaran | A natural remedy for diabetics | Sacred Heart College |
| James Duncan Futures Prize | 5 - 6 | Ishani Sukumaran | A natural remedy for diabetics | Sacred Heart College |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 5 - 6 | Ishani Sukumaran | A natural remedy for diabetics | Sacred Heart College |
| Fourth in Class 5 | 5 - 4 | Michelle Too | How Big P depends on little p(H) | Queen Margaret College |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 5 - 4 | Michelle Too | How Big P depends on little p(H) | Queen Margaret College |
| NZ Soil Science Society | 5 - 4 | Michelle Too | How Big P depends on little p(H) | Queen Margaret College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 4 | Michelle Too | How Big P depends on little p(H) | Queen Margaret College |
| Second in Class 4 | 4 - 19 | Adibah Kahn | AQUA CLEAN: How Drinkable is our Water? | Wellington Girl's College |
| Third in Class 4 | 4 - 18 | William Munn | Distance and synchronisation between metronomes - it's a matter of timing. | Wellington College |
| Fourth in Class 4 | 4 - 10 | Ethan Bloor-Wilson | Finding the ideal nitrate concentration | Wellington College |
| First in Class 3 | 3 - 46 | Alex Sharples, Sebastian Thompson | Dirt Cheap | Wellington College |
| James Duncan Futures Prize | 3 - 46 | Alex Sharples, Sebastian Thompson | Dirt Cheap | Wellington College |
| Second in Class 3 | 3 - 19 | Paolo Lopez | Isolation of bacteria on phones | Saint Bernard's College |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 3 - 19 | Paolo Lopez | Isolation of bacteria on phones | Saint Bernard's College |
| Second in Class 3 | 3 - 37 | Jemima Teal and Sarah Tallon | In an egg shell. | St Oran's College |
| James Duncan Futures Prize | 3 - 37 | Jemima Teal and Sarah Tallon | In an egg shell. | St Oran's College |
| Fourth in Class 3 | 3 - 51 | Oscar Robinson | Low flow - the way to go. | Wellington College |
| First in Class 2 | 2 - 121 | Elinor Taylor | Death to Moss and Lichen | Raroa Normal Int |
| Capital City Science Educators (Peter Jennings Memorial Prize) | 2 - 121 | Elinor Taylor | Death to Moss and Lichen | Raroa Normal Int |
| Second in Class 2 | 2 - 174 | Shashwath Joji | Reaching for independence | St Mark's Church School |
| Callaghan Innovation Research Ltd | 2 - 174 | Shashwath Joji | Reaching for independence | St Mark's Church School |
| Capital City Science Educators (Doreen Gates Memorial Prize) | 2 - 174 | Shashwath Joji | Reaching for independence | St Mark's Church School |
| Third in Class 2 | 2 - 198 | Keiran Lewellen | Red Light, Green Earth: Saving time and carbon emissions via traffic light coordination | Wellington Home Education Network |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 2 - 198 | Keiran Lewellen | Red Light, Green Earth: Saving time and carbon emissions via traffic light coordination | Wellington Home Education Network |
| Sociological Association of Aotearoa, New Zealand | 2 - 198 | Keiran Lewellen | Red Light, Green Earth: Saving time and carbon emissions via traffic light coordination | Wellington Home Education Network |
| Fourth in Class 2 | 2 - 158 | Max Culver | Rongoa Maori: The Anti-fungal Properties of Horopito | South Wellington Int |
| Wellington Botanical Society | 2 - 158 | Max Culver | Rongoa Maori: The Anti-fungal Properties of Horopito | South Wellington Int |
| Fourth in Class 2 | 2 - 62 | Solal Pont | Lyall Bay Defences | Kelburn Normal School |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 2 - 62 | Solal Pont | Lyall Bay Defences | Kelburn Normal School |
| First in Class 1 | 1 - 51 | Louis Thomas | Insulation, Insulation, Insulation | Northland School |
| NZ Antarctic Society | 1 - 51 | Louis Thomas | Insulation, Insulation, Insulation | Northland School |
| Third in Class 1 | 1 - 8 | Kate Pickard | Bird Food | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Capital City Science Educators (Doreen Gates Memorial Prize) | 1 - 8 | Kate Pickard | Bird Food | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Fourth in Class 1 | 1 - 71 | Carlos Mendonca | Grass Can Always Be Greener | Raroa Normal Int |
| Capital City Science Educators (Peter Jennings Memorial Prize) | 1 - 71 | Carlos Mendonca | Grass Can Always Be Greener | Raroa Normal Int |
| University of Otago | 5 - 9 | Adrina Venayagam | Breath of Clean Air - Air Quality | Tawa College |
| VUW School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research | 5 - 9 | Adrina Venayagam | Breath of Clean Air - Air Quality | Tawa College |
| James Duncan Futures Prize | 5 - 9 | Adrina Venayagam | Breath of Clean Air - Air Quality | Tawa College |
| Sociological Association of Aotearoa, New Zealand | 5 - 9 | Adrina Venayagam | Breath of Clean Air - Air Quality | Tawa College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 9 | Adrina Venayagam | Breath of Clean Air - Air Quality | Tawa College |
| Realise the Dream Nomination | 5 - 5 | Shruti Iyer | Radicals vs. Radicles | Queen Margaret College |
| Second in Class 5 | 5 - 5 | Shruti Iyer | Radicals vs. Radicles | Queen Margaret College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 5 | Shruti Iyer | Radicals vs. Radicles | Queen Margaret College |
| VUW Faculty of Science Faculty Prize | 1 - 133 | Miro Macdonald | Thermal conductivity of Fabrics | Wadestown School |
| First in Class 1 | 1 - 133 | Miro Macdonald | Thermal conductivity of Fabrics | Wadestown School |
| VUW Faculty of Science Prize Innovation Prize | 5 - 14 | Lily Mason-Mckay | Physics for the Future | Wellington High School |
| Realise the Dream Nomination | 5 - 14 | Lily Mason-Mckay | Physics for the Future | Wellington High School |
| First in Class 5 | 5 - 14 | Lily Mason-Mckay | Physics for the Future | Wellington High School |
| Association for Women in the Sciences | 5 - 14 | Lily Mason-Mckay | Physics for the Future | Wellington High School |
| Royal Society of NZ Wellington Branch Prize for best overall exhibit | 4 - 11 | Giotto Frean | Using a cloud chamber to detect cosmic ray showers | Wellington College |
| First in Class 4 | 4 - 11 | Giotto Frean | Using a cloud chamber to detect cosmic ray showers | Wellington College |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 4 - 11 | Giotto Frean | Using a cloud chamber to detect cosmic ray showers | Wellington College |