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Following on from the College Year 7 Science Fair, five of our students’ projects were submitted to the NIWA Manukau Region Science and Technology Fair with all five receiving awards!
We are delighted that Paige Badish placed 1st in the Years 7 & 8 Physical and Material World category with her project ‘How Much Pressure Can I Hold?’ This tested the holding power of different dam designs proving that the buttress design was the strongest.
In the consumer category Amelia Blockely placed 2nd with ‘Is It Hot or Watt!’ This was a project that tested the energy efficiency of eco and standard light bulbs.
In addition Jeremy Stubbins was Highly Commended in the Living World category for his project on blood glucose levels, as was Zac Attwood in the Consumer category for testing UV protection, and Ben Franich in the Living World category for his project that tested chlorine levels at local swimming pools.
The winning projects were selected on the basis of their rigour to carry out repeated scientific measurements; fair testing; analysis of the results and returning to reflect on the hypothesis and any experimental error. We congratulate these students for their efforts!
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