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Eighteen Awards for Boys’ School at Science Fair!

September 11, 2018 at 3:10 PM

Following on from the Boys’ School Science Symposium, a select group of young scientists from our Senior School presented their science projects for judging at the Auckland Regional Science and Technology Fair hosted at the Auckland Museum. The boys’ projects were put on display alongside the top 125 projects from 25 schools within the central Auckland area.

At the Prizegiving, the judges said that the standard across Year 7 and 8 this year was extremely high, so we were delighted that 12 of our boys were recognised with 18 awards. Five of the projects were singled out for six special awards!

The projects were varied, interesting and, in some cases, very imaginative! Jamie Hilliam and Ferguson Muthu’s project, ‘The Best Bond Breaker’ came first in the Physical World category, as well as being awarded two prestigious prizes - The Bob Briggs Memorial Award for the Best Material World Application as well as a membership to the Auckland Museum Institute. Their project aimed to see which electrolytes could produce the most hydrogen, hoping to solve some of the world’s energy problems. 

Coming second in the Human Behaviour category, was Isaac Lindroos’ project titled ‘Tool or Toy’. He was also acknowledged with the Science Award Trust Prize. This project would have interested many of our boys and teachers alike, as he looked at whether or not the infamous ‘fidget spinner’ does in fact help children concentrate as the marketers have been punting! 

Two of our Year 7 boys, Hugo MacKenzie and Alexander Dunn, both came third in their project’s respective categories; namely Physical World and Material World. Again, they chose topics that are very relevant to children of their age. Hugo looked at whether scrum caps really offer protection in a collision, while Alexander was figuring out which sun screen offered the most protection. Hugo also walked away with The University of Auckland Faculty of Science Award for his project. 

Another two of our projects drew the attention of the judges and both Lachlan Nicholls and Thomas Hunter were awarded Highly Commended certificates as well as special prizes for their projects on ‘Soil Symptoms’ and ‘Nails for Breakfast?’  Lachlan received the Geoscience Society of New Zealand Prize while Thomas was also the winner of the Science Ward Trust Prize. A further six projects were recognised with a Highly Commended for their impressive standard. Congratulations to Luca Roberton; Roshan ter Wal and Ben James; Jules Webb; Baxter Hilson; Joshua Gordon-Glassford and Oscar Aitken. 

As always there was a diverse range of imaginative projects displayed for the judges to ponder but the winning projects were selected on the basis of their rigour to carry out repeated scientific measurements, fair testing, analysis of the results, returning to reflect on the hypothesis and taking into account any experimental error. 

Well done boys! 

Top Placed Prize Winners

Ferguson Muthu & Jamie Hilliam

The Best Bond Breakers

Physical World

1st +  2 Special Prizes

Isaac Lindroos

Tool or Toy

Human Behaviour

2nd +  Special Prize

Hugo MacKenzie

Headgear Fact or Fiction?

Physical World

3rd +  Special Prize

Alexander Dunn  

Burn Baby Burn

Material World

3rd

 

Highly Commended

Thomas Hunter

Nails for Breakfast

Material World

HC + Special Prize

Lachlan Nicholls  

Solid Foundation

Physical World

HC + Special Prize

Luca Roberton

Eating the Odds

Living World

HC

Roshan Ter Wal and Ben James

Running with Formula

Technology         

HC

Jules Webb

Power from Pencil Case

Physical World

HC

Baxter Hilson

Soil Symptoms

Living World

HC

Oscar Aitken

Productivity Patches

Human Behaviour

HC

Joshua Gordon-Glassford

Hot Drink Not Hot?

Physical World

HC

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