Results for Science Fair 2015
Here are the results for the 2015 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 | Exhibit_Title | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ Antarctic Society | 1 - 1 | Jack Julian | Antarctica - factors that affect melting | Brooklyn School |
| First in Class 3 | 3 - 2 | Dani Brearton and Nika Reichert | Ozone / Nozone | Chilton Saint James School |
| NIWA | 3 - 2 | Dani Brearton and Nika Reichert | Ozone / Nozone | Chilton Saint James School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 6 | Daniel Gibbs | Trim is Tall - Fat is Flat | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 1 - 6 | Daniel Gibbs | Trim is Tall - Fat is Flat | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| First in Class 1 | 1 - 7 | Embla Joergensen | Liquifaction | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 1 - 7 | Embla Joergensen | Liquifaction | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| OPUS International Consultants | 1 - 7 | Embla Joergensen | Liquifaction | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| The Massey University/GNS Science Joint Centre for Disaster Research | 1 - 7 | Embla Joergensen | Liquifaction | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award | 1 - 9 | Jamie Allott | Sweet As | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 2 - 14 | Reuben Campbell | Skyhigh on Sugar | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 14 | Sara Alzaanin | Preservatives in Meat: Nature vs Synthetic | Evans Bay Intermediate |
| Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy Association | 1 - 19 | Mac Madsen | Windy Electricity | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 19 | Mac Madsen | Windy Electricity | Fergusson Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 24 | Greta Burchell, Lauren Strickland and Zara Milikin | Cleaning Comparisons (1800s and 2000s) | Hutt Intermediate |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 2 - 27 | Jack Cherry | Raising the Bar......of Soap??? | Hutt International Boys School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 30 | Taylor Briers | Exploring the science of marinades | Karori Normal School |
| Phillip Alve Futures Prize | 2 - 44 | Milly Isac | Pollution to Evolution | Kelburn Normal School |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 2 - 53 | Reese Fraser | Wicked Weeds | Maungaraki School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 53 | Reese Fraser | Wicked Weeds | Maungaraki School |
| First in Class 4 | 4 - 2 | Zavier Boyd | The Heat is On | Naenae College |
| OPUS International Consultants | 4 - 2 | Zavier Boyd | The Heat is On | Naenae College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 4 - 2 | Zavier Boyd | The Heat is On | Naenae College |
| VUW Faculty of Science Faculty Prize | 4 - 2 | Zavier Boyd | The Heat is On | Naenae College |
| VUW School of Engineering and Computer Science | 4 - 2 | Zavier Boyd | The Heat is On | Naenae College |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 41 | Jack Grant, Bailey Trevathan | Magic Magnets | Naenae Intermediate |
| Met Shop | 2 - 66 | Dylan Howell & Rohan Pasupuleti | Solar powered streetlights | Newlands Intermediate School |
| OPUS International Consultants | 2 - 66 | Dylan Howell & Rohan Pasupuleti | Solar powered streetlights | Newlands Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 72 | Cathy Harris | Eye spy – or do I? How good is an eye witness’ judgement? | Northland School |
| Sociological Association of Aotearoa, New Zealand | 2 - 72 | Cathy Harris | Eye spy – or do I? How good is an eye witness’ judgement? | Northland School |
| Capital City Science Educators (Doreen Gates Memorial Prize) | 2 - 73 | Elena Salmond | How acidic are the foods that I eat? | Northland School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 73 | Elena Salmond | How acidic are the foods that I eat? | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 45 | Fletcher Ng | Does light colour affect plant growth? | Northland School |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 2 - 74 | Heather Harper | How does temperature affect magnetism? | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 74 | Heather Harper | How does temperature affect magnetism? | Northland School |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 2 - 74 | Heather Harper | How does temperature affect magnetism? | Northland School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 76 | Isabelle Riches | Don’t feed the birds! Will a bird bath attract more birds to my garden? | Northland School |
| Fourth in Class 1 | 1 - 46 | Jack Garr | The asthma advantage: Does asthma make you a better swimmer? | Northland School |
| New Zealand Statistical Association and Statistics New Zealand | 1 - 46 | Jack Garr | The asthma advantage: Does asthma make you a better swimmer? | Northland School |
| VUW School of Mathematics and Statistics | 1 - 46 | Jack Garr | The asthma advantage: Does asthma make you a better swimmer? | Northland School |
| Third in Class 2 | 2 - 78 | Lauren Kendon | Don’t let your tent blow away! Measuring how much force tent pegs can withstand. | Northland School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 78 | Lauren Kendon | Don’t let your tent blow away! Measuring how much force tent pegs can withstand. | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 84 | Simon Armstrong | Elder watch: a portable laser tripwire for sleep walkers and the elderly. | Northland School |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 2 - 85 | Thomas Robertson | Does the type and grade of paper affect the flight of a paper plane? | Northland School |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 2 - 85 | Thomas Robertson | Does the type and grade of paper affect the flight of a paper plane? | Northland School |
| Second in Class 2 | 2 - 85 | Thomas Robertson | Does the type and grade of paper affect the flight of a paper plane? | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 49 | Tom Boers | Whose nose knows best? | Northland School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 86 | William Antrobus | How much are you eating? Do children serve more than the recommended serving size? | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 86 | William Antrobus | How much are you eating? Do children serve more than the recommended serving size? | Northland School |
| Fourth in Class 5 | 5 - 1 | Catherine Pot | Cat's Whisker Diode | Onslow College |
| VUW School of Chemical and Physical Sciences | 5 - 1 | Catherine Pot | Cat's Whisker Diode | Onslow College |
| IPENZ | 5 - 3 | Siddha Ganesan and Chun-Kiet Vong | Affordable Absorption Spectrometer | Onslow College |
| Capital City Science Educators (Doreen Gates Memorial Prize) | 2 - 87 | Ben Carson | Can Europa Support Life? | Paremata School |
| Phillip Alve Futures Prize | 2 - 94 | Libby Witheford-Smith | There's a Bug in My Soup | Paremata School |
| Wellington City Libraries | 5 - 4 | Anamika Nampoothiry | "I don't always need to end up in a soup" A Tomato | Queen Margaret College |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 5 - 5 | Antonina Smolnicki | A pain in the aspirin | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 7 | Freya Crestani | The Esterification of Amoxicillin | Queen Margaret College |
| NZ Institute of Chemistry | 5 - 7 | Freya Crestani | The Esterification of Amoxicillin | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 108 | Isobel Scherf | More Drip, More Grip | Queen Margaret College |
| ESR | 5 - 8 | Jemma Smith | Antimicrobial properties: To bee or not to bee? | Queen Margaret College |
| New Zealand Statistical Association and Statistics New Zealand | 5 - 8 | Jemma Smith | Antimicrobial properties: To bee or not to bee? | Queen Margaret College |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 5 - 8 | Jemma Smith | Antimicrobial properties: To bee or not to bee? | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 9 | Jessica Yule | Global Warming : Is your lunch the culprit? | Queen Margaret College |
| Sociological Association of Aotearoa, New Zealand | 5 - 9 | Jessica Yule | Global Warming : Is your lunch the culprit? | Queen Margaret College |
| ESR | 2 - 109 | Laura Snell | Honey, I shrunk the bacteria | Queen Margaret College |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 109 | Laura Snell | Honey, I shrunk the bacteria | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 13 | Olivia Kelly | The Meaning of the Colours we 'See'[weed] | Queen Margaret College |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 5 - 13 | Olivia Kelly | The Meaning of the Colours we 'See'[weed] | Queen Margaret College |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 120 | Amy Sutton-Gribble and Elsa Jones | The Power of the Itch | Raroa Intermediate |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 125 | Regan McIvor and Eva Martin | Shake off that Asthma | Raroa Intermediate |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 7 | Leo Griffiths | Bike Bright | Rongotai College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 130 | Keanu Templonuevo | Worm compost tea. Keen for a cuppa | Saint Bernard's College |
| NZ Soil Science Society | 2 - 130 | Keanu Templonuevo | Worm compost tea. Keen for a cuppa | Saint Bernard's College |
| Aotearoa Wave and Tidal Energy Association | 3 - 15 | Annabel Walsh | Wind Power | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 15 | Annabel Walsh | Wind Power | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| OPUS International Consultants | 3 - 15 | Annabel Walsh | Wind Power | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 17 | Georgia Bowden | Feeding Fido | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Third in Class 3 | 3 - 18 | Grace Abbott | Green or Mean - what's best to clean? | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 29 | Sophie Brown | What Sugar & Spice makes Ginger Beer Nice? | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 37 | Shabila Watkinson | Can egg substitutes completely replace the leavening agent of egg? | Samuel Marsden Collegiate School-Whitby |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 1 - 110 | Eliza Cartmell | A Spoon Full of Sugar | Seatoun School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 67 | Harry Kidd | Eye's Wide Open | Seatoun School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 1 - 67 | Harry Kidd | Eye's Wide Open | Seatoun School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 145 | Luke Juriss | You Only Get One Skin | Seatoun School |
| NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award | 2 - 146 | Marco Davies | Sure to Rise, but Which One? | Seatoun School |
| Fourth in Class 2 | 2 - 148 | Pip Crowley | Surf's Up! | Seatoun School |
| New Zealand Statistical Association and Statistics New Zealand | 2 - 148 | Pip Crowley | Surf's Up! | Seatoun School |
| NIWA | 2 - 148 | Pip Crowley | Surf's Up! | Seatoun School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 150 | Lucia Culas | Now You See It Now You Don't | SS Peter and Paul School |
| First in Class 1 | 1 - 74 | Maeghan Casey | Woolly Jumpers: for people, sheep and houses! | St Benedict's School |
| ANZCCART | 2 - 156 | Sarah Scott | Do pH levels in the water affect pH levels on the eel's skin? | St Benedict's School |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 2 - 158 | Eve na Nagara | Something in the Water | St Marks Church School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 158 | Eve na Nagara | Something in the Water | St Marks Church School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 161 | Kate Parker | Exercise to Memorize | St Marks Church School |
| ESR | 1 - 78 | Shreya Mistry | Public or Private, I am Everywhere: Bacteria | St Marks Church School |
| OPUS International Consultants | 4 - 4 | Bonnie Fordyce | Light Link | St Oran's College |
| James Duncan Futures Prize | 4 - 5 | Cassandra Dawson and Madeline Keown | Game Over - the effect of violent video gameson behaviour. | St Oran's College |
| Capital City Science Educators (Peter Jennings Memorial Prize) | 5 - 17 | Marta Teal | Zebra Crossings | St Oran's College |
| Second in Class 5 | 5 - 17 | Marta Teal | Zebra Crossings | St Oran's College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 17 | Marta Teal | Zebra Crossings | St Oran's College |
| VUW School of Mathematics and Statistics | 5 - 17 | Marta Teal | Zebra Crossings | St Oran's College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 172 | Matthew McCabe | Glass half full. | Tawa Intermediate |
| Second in Class 3 | 3 - 51 | Kieran Edwards | The prevention of bun incineration | Upper Hutt College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 52 | Olivia Healey | How ecosystems effect native plant growth | Upper Hutt College |
| Wellington Botanical Society | 3 - 52 | Olivia Healey | How ecosystems effect native plant growth | Upper Hutt College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 53 | Ryan Hooper-Smith and Zyan Gillies | The effect of noise annoyance on the different performances of tasks | Upper Hutt College |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 2 - 180 | Aidan Homewood | Piles of liquefaction | Wadestown School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 1 - 97 | Annabel Peacock | Think Before You Drink | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 181 | Boston Bright | Which way should I go? | Wadestown School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 1 - 98 | Emily Rampton | Growing Microgreens | Wadestown School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 183 | Heather Miller | Square Eyes | Wadestown School |
| ESR | 2 - 185 | Jacqui Ormsby | Would Wood Filter | Wadestown School |
| First in Class 2 | 2 - 185 | Jacqui Ormsby | Would Wood Filter | Wadestown School |
| NZ Farm Forestry Association | 2 - 185 | Jacqui Ormsby | Would Wood Filter | Wadestown School |
| OPUS International Consultants | 2 - 185 | Jacqui Ormsby | Would Wood Filter | Wadestown School |
| Royal Society of NZ Wellington Branch Prize for best overall exhibit | 2 - 185 | Jacqui Ormsby | Would Wood Filter | Wadestown School |
| The Massey University/GNS Science Joint Centre for Disaster Research | 2 - 185 | Jacqui Ormsby | Would Wood Filter | Wadestown School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 185 | Jacqui Ormsby | Would Wood Filter | Wadestown School |
| Callaghan Innovation Research Ltd | 1 - 100 | Jakob Lanzerstorfer | Motion Powered Safety Light | Wadestown School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 1 - 103 | Max Falconer | Sunscreen are protected? | Wadestown School |
| Third in Class 1 | 1 - 103 | Max Falconer | Sunscreen are protected? | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 106 | Tom Pottinger | Battery Life | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 107 | Zoe Ashton | Physics - Times Rolling Out | Wadestown School |
| Third in Class 3 | 3 - 55 | Liam Anderson | Power plant | Wellington College |
| Met Shop | 4 - 16 | Alex Edmonds | Sink or Swim - Oceans on the Rise | Wellington Girls' College |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 17 | Georgia Hoggarth | Can you see a rainbow? | Wellington Girls' College |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 4 - 17 | Georgia Hoggarth | Can you see a rainbow? | Wellington Girls' College |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 4 - 17 | Georgia Hoggarth | Can you see a rainbow? | Wellington Girls' College |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 61 | Rebecca Simpson & Mia Abenojar-Yee | Leave it to the leaves | Wellington Girls' College |
| Callaghan Innovation Research Ltd | 4 - 18 | Susie Lee, Alyssa Chin | Cash Wash | Wellington Girls' College |
| Third in Class 4 | 4 - 18 | Susie Lee, Alyssa Chin | Cash Wash | Wellington Girls' College |
| First in Class 4 | 4 - 19 | Tara Kendon | Dangerous Homes? Measuring the Radio Frequency and Magnetic Field Output from Household Objects and Appliances | Wellington Girls' College |
| Auckland University Science Scholars Programme | 5 - 23 | Adelaide Abraham and Ruby Medlicott | Kiwi custard | Wellington High School |
| Callaghan Innovation Research Ltd | 5 - 23 | Adelaide Abraham and Ruby Medlicott | Kiwi custard | Wellington High School |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 23 | Adelaide Abraham and Ruby Medlicott | Kiwi custard | Wellington High School |
| IPENZ | 5 - 18 | Callum Davidson and James Matheson | Renewable energy from recycled parts. | Wellington High School |
| OPUS International Consultants | 5 - 18 | Callum Davidson and James Matheson | Renewable energy from recycled parts. | Wellington High School |
| First in Class 5 | 5 - 19 | Jack Tregidga | Clumsy coffee cup | Wellington High School |
| University of Otago | 5 - 19 | Jack Tregidga | Clumsy coffee cup | Wellington High School |
| VUW Faculty of Science Prize Innovation Prize | 5 - 19 | Jack Tregidga | Clumsy coffee cup | Wellington High School |
| Highly Commended | 5 - 20 | Shakked Noy | Circle of Light | Wellington High School |
| VUW School of Chemical and Physical Sciences | 5 - 20 | Shakked Noy | Circle of Light | Wellington High School |
| Kainic Medical Communications | 5 - 21 | Tess Breitenmoser | Solar scorcher | Wellington High School |
| Third in Class 5 | 5 - 21 | Tess Breitenmoser | Solar scorcher | Wellington High School |