Every year interested students from Years 7 and 8 can enter our school Science Fair. This year 23 students thought of a variety of projects. They ranged from developing a quick release dog collar to extracting DNA from bananas to determine their nutritional value. Everybody worked extremely hard on their projects and can be congratulated on their efforts. All the hard work culminated in the School Science fair on Friday 30th July. Thanks to Mr and Mrs Silvester who acted as judges.
And the winners of the School Science Fair were....
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1st Place Wipe It Right by Emma |
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2nd Place Chocolate Wars by Courtney and Courtney |
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3rd Place Speedy Shapes by Ryan and Alasdaire |
The following projects were judged highly commended
· Mailbox Mania by Elena and Caitlyn
· Doggone Fast by Corbin
· Yellow DNA by Ryan, Jordan and Luke
· Are Boarding Passes Environmentally Friendly? by Jarod
· Bursting Balloons by Hayley
· Oil Spill by Rani
These people are taking their projects to compete in the Waikato Science Fair at the Hamilton Gardens Pavilion. Projects from schools all over the Waikato can be viewed on Friday 20th August and Saturday 21st August.
Well done to all everyone who took part.
Huge congratulations to Ryan, Alasdaire and Corbin who were all awarded places in the Waikato Science Fair. Ryan and Alasdaire won 1st place in Exhibit Class:3 Year 7-8 Physical World for their Speedy Shapes exhibit which tested the aerodynamics of various profiles for truck cabs.
Corbin won 3rd place in Exhibit Class:15 Inventions and Technical Innovations (Open age group) for his Doggone Fast quick release dog lead. This innovation on a conventional lead enabled a dog to be released much more quickly by avoiding the need to bend down and undo the lead from the collar around the dog's neck.
What a fantastic effort boys. It is exciting to think we have budding scientists and inventors in our midst.
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