Results for Science Fair 2020
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.
2020 Featured Project
2020 Award Ceremony
2020 Programme Booklet
2020 Winners
| Prize | Class | Student Name | Project Title | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 1 - 57 | Isabella Ismail-Sanders | Which pH? | Wadestown School |
| Hugh D Gordon Memorial Prize | 2 - 27 | Miro Kennett | Petone’s Precarious Plankton | Northland School |
| Peter Jennings Memorial Prize | 1 - 27 | Tom Simpson | Salt concentration on seed germination | Northland School |
| Peter Jennings Memorial Prize | 2 - 52 | Seb Kerr, Leith Worden | Flaming Succulents! | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| Doreen Gates Memorial Prize | 2 - 68 | Patrick Jones | White Wonder | St Mark's Church School |
| Doreen Gates Memorial Prize | 1 - 20 | Abi Montgomery | I don’t mean to be corny but … Are corn /husk fibres suitable for biodegradable packaging? | Northland School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 73 | Sophie Conway | The effect that chicken feed has on chicken growth | St Oran's College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 4 - 11 | Rayha Samin | Plan B = Planet B | Wellington Girls' College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 69 | Zachary Swallow | Lockdown Happiness | St Mark's Church School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 79 | Jesse Rumball-Smith | Effects of Saline Soil on Manuka Plants | Wadestown School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 2 - 67 | Ishaan Badiyani | The hot case | St Mark's Church School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 4 - 1 | Cameron Grice, Flynn Gowans | Virtual Education | Rongotai College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 4 - 5 | Mikey Lemon | Masking the Truth | Rongotai College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Education | 5 - 4 | Ryan Bright | Bottle Airflow Investigation | Wellington High School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 1 - 50 | Olivia Hollard | What are the links between fast food logos and peoples' colour preferences? | St Oran's College |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 2 - 46 | Arham Jain | Battling Bacteria! | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| Cancer Society of NZ | 1 - 52 | Agatha Morley | Will calling something healthy make people like it less? | Wadestown School |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 1 - 20 | Abi Montgomery | I don’t mean to be corny but … Are corn /husk fibres suitable for biodegradable packaging? | Northland School |
| Geoscience Society of NZ | 1 - 45 | Kenzyl Moon | Ocean Cleaning Kete | St Mark's Church School |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 1 - 10 | Sravya Moparthi | Trebuchet | Hutt Intermediate |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 2 - 52 | Seb Kerr, Leith Worden | Flaming Succulents! | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 3 - 10 | Benjamin Housden | Springy Spring | St Bernard's College |
| Measurement Standards Laboratory, Callaghan Innovation | 1 - 21 | Cormac Wood | The Acoustics of Eavesdropping! | Northland School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 2 - 78 | Jasper Lienert | Do different ages see different colours better? | Wadestown School |
| NZ Association of Optometrists - Wellington Branch | 4 - 6 | Chris Lander, Damian Melvin | Invisibility | Upper Hutt College |
| Callaghan Innovation | 1 - 45 | Kenzyl Moon | Ocean Cleaning Kete | St Mark's Church School |
| Callaghan Innovation | 3 - 12 | Sophie Hayes | Would you exercise to tell the time? | Wellington Girls' College |
| New Zealand Institute of Chemistry | 1 - 20 | Abi Montgomery | I don’t mean to be corny but … Are corn /husk fibres suitable for biodegradable packaging? | Northland School |
| New Zealand Institute of Chemistry | 3 - 4 | Charlotte Merwood | Testing the pH levels of Water Using Cabbage Juice | Samuel Marsden Collegiate |
| Victoria University of Wellington School of Mathematics and Statistics | 5 - 4 | Ryan Bright | Bottle Airflow Investigation | Wellington High School |
| Victoria University of Wellington School of Engineering and Computer Science | 1 - 28 | Miles Armstrong | Sobot: The social robot | Northland School |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 1 - 60 | Sophia Paviour-Smith | Which type of Paracetamol is the most soluble? | Wadestown School |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 23 | Harrison Just | Did you smell that? | Northland School |
| Wellington Medical Research Foundation | 2 - 51 | Samantha Gawe, Felix Fu | A Pillstaking Pathway | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| ESR | 1 - 31 | Caleb Tristam, Owen Boobier | That's Fire! | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| ESR | 1 - 33 | Finn Fraser | Light of the Bacteria | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| ESR | 1 - 54 | Grace Williams | Hand sanitizers vs Germs | Wadestown School |
| ESR | 2 - 46 | Arham Jain | Battling Bacteria! | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| ESR | 3 - 1 | Trijal Pednekar | Household Radiation vs Household Shields | Onslow College |
| ESR | 4 - 12 | Oshadha Perera | Marking Pathogens | Southland Boys' High School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 2 - 25 | Lucy Hansen | The Science Behind the Sauce Bottles | Northland School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 1 - 52 | Agatha Morley | Will calling something healthy make people like it less? | Wadestown School |
| NZ Institute of Food Science and Technology | 2 - 67 | Ishaan Badiyani | The hot case | St Mark's Church School |
| NZ Farm Forestry Association Wellington Branch | 2 - 24 | Lucas Plant | Which Wood? Testing The Properties of wood for House Construction | Northland School |
| NZ Farm Forestry Association Wellington Branch | 2 - 79 | Jesse Rumball-Smith | Effects of Saline Soil on Manuka Plants | Wadestown School |
| Wellington Botanical Society | 2 - 79 | Jesse Rumball-Smith | Effects of Saline Soil on Manuka Plants | Wadestown School |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 2 - 26 | Millie Abernethy | Reducing my Rubbish | Northland School |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 1 - 13 | Abhimata Rachmanto | The Cathode, the Anode, and the Fruit | Newlands Intermdiate |
| Australasian Corrosion Association | 2 - 53 | Stephanie Nock, Kat Muller | Biodegradable Plastic: Fact or Fiction? | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 1 - 26 | Tilly Jowett | Do external airbags on vehicles save lives? | Northland School |
| NumberWorks'nWords | 2 - 22 | Hannah Brockett | The Pocket Money Scandal | Northland School |
| Wellington City Libraries | 4 - 12 | Oshadha Perera | Marking Pathogens | Southland Boys' High School |
| NZ Baking Industry Research Trust Award | 1 - 46 | Mitchell McJorrow | Great Yeast V Egg Debate! | St Mark's Church School |
| The Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching | 1 - 22 | Elsa Tervoort | Purrferd Paws | Northland School |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 2 - 36 | Frida Paramo Granwal | The Ups and Downs of Air Displacement | Queen Margaret College |
| Royal Aeronautical Society | 2 - 45 | Zara Ali-Sakoufakis, Yasmin Ramanathan | How does the position of a paper plane’s centre of gravity affects it flight length? | Queen Margaret College |
| Victoria University of Wellington School of Psychology | 1 - 25 | Samara Sazzad | Sunny with a Chance of Smiles | Northland School |
| Victoria University of Wellington School of Psychology | 1 - 61 | Maia McKee | Guess Who? Children's Trust | Wadestown School |
| Victoria University of Wellington School of Psychology | 2 - 68 | Patrick Jones | White Wonder | St Mark's Church School |
| Victoria University of Wellington School of Psychology | 2 - 69 | Zachary Swallow | Lockdown Happiness | St Mark's Church School |
| Victoria University of Wellington School of Psychology | 2 - 76 | Ellie Cook | What factors improve Mood? | Wadestown School |
| The Massey University/GNS Science Joint Centre for Disaster Research | 2 - 49 | Ira Crampton | The Art of Cleanliness | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| The Massey University/GNS Science Joint Centre for Disaster Research | 4 - 5 | Mikey Lemon | Masking the Truth | Rongotai College |
| eCubed Ltd | 1 - 21 | Cormac Wood | The Acoustics of Eavesdropping! | Northland School |
| eCubed Ltd | 2 - 3 | Ben Young | Fully Charged | EBIS |
| First in Class 5 | 5 - 3 | Lydia Acton | Swinging Sound Tube | Wellington High School |
| First = in Class 4 | 4 - 1 | Cameron Grice, Flynn Gowans | Virtual Education | Rongotai College |
| First = in Class 4 | 4 - 5 | Mikey Lemon | Masking the Truth | Rongotai College |
| First in Class 3 | 3 - 12 | Sophie Hayes | Would you exercise to tell the time? | Wellington Girls' College |
| First = in Class 2 | 2 - 22 | Hannah Brockett | The Pocket Money Scandal | Northland School |
| First = in Class 2 | 2 - 67 | Ishaan Badiyani | The hot case | St Mark's Church School |
| First in Class 1 | 1 - 26 | Tilly Jowett | Do external airbags on vehicles save lives? | Northland School |
| Second in Class 5 | 5 - 4 | Ryan Bright | Bottle Airflow Investigation | Wellington High School |
| Second in Class 3 | 3 - 3 | Alexandra More | Does the liquid used in hydraulics affect the maximum mass it can lift? | Samuel Marsden Collegiate |
| Second in Class 1 | 1 - 21 | Cormac Wood | The Acoustics of Eavesdropping! | Northland School |
| Third = in Class 4 | 4 - 2 | Elliot Brown | Biofuel | Rongotai College |
| Third = in Class 4 | 4 - 6 | Chris Lander, Damian Melvin | Invisibility | Upper Hutt College |
| Third in Class 3 | 3 - 2 | Elliot Mance | Homemade Facemasks | Rongotai College |
| Third in Class 2 | 2 - 3 | Ben Young | Fully Charged | EBIS |
| Third in Class 1 | 1 - 28 | Miles Armstrong | Sobot: The social robot | Northland School |
| Fourth in Class 3 | 3 - 6 | Macy Mahoney-Studd | Slip or Grip With Different Shoes | Samuel Marsden Collegiate |
| Fourth in Class 2 | 2 - 27 | Miro Kennett | Petone’s Precarious Plankton | Northland School |
| Fourth in Class 1 | 1 - 57 | Isabella Ismail-Sanders | Which pH? | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 23 | Ewan Riches | Fantastic Fruits and Where to ‘Rind’ Them | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 24 | Penny Jorgensen | Sweet Dreams | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 34 | Ruby Easton-Smith, Iris Polaschek | Walking with Whales | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 49 | Lucy Worthington | Mushrooms | St Oran's College |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 51 | Sarah Reid | Does colour affect the rate at which ice melts? | St Oran's College |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 59 | Noah Talbot | Mouse trap Car | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 62 | Petra Bouras | Mona Pizza | St Anthony's School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 2 | Ben Trugly | Catapults armed for Length! | EBIS |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 39 | Maria Revelant | Astounding Dissipation | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 42 | Neha Ramanathan | Moist-sure Meter | Queen Margaret College |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 57 | George Doyle | Does helium affect the performance of the football | St Francis De Sales |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 80 | Madison Homewood | How to ride on air | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 5 | Gussie Hampton | Storm water: what really goes down the drain | Samuel Marsden Collegiate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 27 | Tom Simpson | Salt concentration on seed germination | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 52 | Seb Kerr, Leith Worden | Flaming Succulents! | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 73 | Sophie Conway | The effect that chicken feed has on chicken growth | St Oran's College |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 61 | Maia McKee | Guess Who? Children's Trust | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 68 | Patrick Jones | White Wonder | St Mark's Church School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 20 | Abi Montgomery | I don’t mean to be corny but … Are corn /husk fibres suitable for biodegradable packaging? | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 22 | Elsa Tervoort | Purrferd Paws | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 31 | Caleb Tristam, Owen Boobier | That's Fire! | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 54 | Grace Williams | Hand sanitizers vs Germs | Wadestown School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 23 | Harrison Just | Did you smell that? | Northland School |
| Highly Commended | 2 - 51 | Samantha Gawe, Felix Fu | A Pillstaking Pathway | Raroa Normal Intermediate School |
| Highly Commended | 3 - 4 | Charlotte Merwood | Testing the pH levels of Water Using Cabbage Juice | Samuel Marsden Collegiate |
| Highly Commended | 1 - 45 | Kenzyl Moon | Ocean Cleaning Kete | St Mark's Church School |
| Highly Commended | 4 - 6 | Chris Lander, Damian Melvin | Invisibility | Upper Hutt College |
| NIWA Prize for best overall exhibit | 5 - 3 | Lydia Acton | Swinging Sound Tube | Wellington High School |
| Royal Society of NZ Wellington Branch Prize for the runner-up best overall exhibit | 3 - 12 | Sophie Hayes | Would you exercise to tell the time? | Wellington Girls' College |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Science Innovation Prize | 5 - 3 | Lydia Acton | Swinging Sound Tube | Wellington High School |
| Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Science Prize | 3 - 12 | Sophie Hayes | Would you exercise to tell the time? | Wellington Girls' College |