The 52nd NIWA Auckland City Science

and Technology Fair2011

Prize List

First Prize

Ryan Blackmore Die Mould Die

Remuera Intermediate School

Second Prize

Annabelle Rennie-Younger Colour My Study NotesPonsonby Intermediate School

Third Prize !

Devon LowyimSupertasters St Cuthbert's College

Highly Commended

Emma Holland Manuka St Cuthbert's College

George Pope Bitter Sweet Saint Kentigern School

Georgia McLeish Do My Teeth Have a Drinking Problem? Saint Kentigern School For Girls - Corran

Rose Sudworth How Low Can You Go? Saint Kentigern School For Girls - Corran

Bella Ieremia Does Cheese Give You Nightmares? Ponsonby Intermediate School

Liam Braithwaite Brain Freeze Saint Kentigern School

Monty Sansom Teeth Terrifiers Saint Kentigern School

Nayanika Podder Impact of Colour on Blood Pressure Remuera Intermediate School

Zak Whiting Lighting Up Your Emotions

Ponsonby Intermediate School

Category 1 Living World - Years 7 & 8

First Prize

George Knowles & Alex Qu How High Can You Jump

King's School

Second Prize !

Francesca ArmstrongEfficient Illumination St Cuthbert's College

Third Prize!

Thomas von Keisenberg The Faster You Go, The Bigger The MessWaikowhai Intermediate School

Highly Commended

Olivia Salmon & Molly Waters Dominoes St Cuthbert's College

Juliette Danesh-Meyer The Environmentally Friendly Battery St Cuthbert's College

Sai Krupa Narayana Do Magnets Affect The Rate Of Flux Of LiquidMt Roskill Intermediate School

Thomas Scott Perfect Pitch Saint Kentigern School

Johnathan Bates The Science Of Skateboards' Grip Saint Kentigern School

Toby Ellis Electronic Fields in Our EnvironmentPonsonby Intermediate School

William Craig Ramp It Up! St Peter's College

Callum Baker & Zane McEnteePassive Solar Water HeatingSt Peter's College

Andy Bao & Benjamin Ng The Invisible Connection King's School

Cassandra Laird & Melissa Wang Block It Out St Cuthbert's College

Luke Hindmarsh & Max Wilson That's Attractive King's School

Samantha Louie Loud Enough? Saint Kentigern School For Girls - Corran

Abby Mc George The Sound of Music

Churchill Park School

Category 2 Physical World - Years 7 & 8

First Prize

Tiffany Goh Can Hot Water Freeze Quicker than Cold?

St Cuthbert's College

Second Prize

Lachlan Davidson & Jackson Astley Breath Busters King's School

Third Prize =!

Hannah Conlon Full or Low Fat Food Remuera Intermediate School

Third Prize =

Annoushka Davis-ClareAAAHTISSUE Auckland Home Educators

Highly Commended

Amy Brokovich & Tessa Wylie Oil - The Lone Ranger St Cuthbert's College

Lucas Walsh Catching The Invisible Ponsonby Intermediate School

Jacqueline Yu & Kitty Sun The Immortal Apple Auckland Normal Intermediate School

Alyssa Bullot Escaping Evaporation Churchill Park School

Disha Gomathinayagam What Is The Effect Of Vitamin E On Rose Petals?

Mt Roskill Intermediate School

Category 3 Material World - Years 7 & 8

First Prize

Hamish Hall-Smith Rock vs. Sand

Auckland Home Educators

Second Prize

Jamie Sinclair-Eagle Liquefaction

Saint Kentigern School

Third Prize

Sarah Letford The Disastrous Moon

Ponsonby Intermediate School

Highly Commended

Edward Barry & Joshua Brame Earthquake Resistant Foundations

Saint Kentigern School

Category 4 Planet Earth and Beyond - Years 7 & 8

First Prize

Sarah Scarrow Perfect Piece

Remuera Intermediate School

Second Prize !

Jess Gracie Attach n Go Remuera Intermediate School

Third Prize!

Anna Roberts iDoor Remuera Intermediate School

Highly Commended

Catherine Boddy Run Rabbit Run! Putting Rabbits to the Test

Ponsonby Intermediate School

Dayna Lindsay & Jenni Long Water Filtration in a Survival SituationAuckland Normal Intermediate School

Gabriel Lobo Life Detector

Mt Roskill Intermediate School

Category 5 Technology - Years 7 & 8

First Prize

Alfred Hazelman & Douglas Tata Fish in a Plastic Bottle Onehunga High School

Second Prize !

Alex Harker A Local Solution Onehunga High School

Third Prize!

Susana Vunipola & Tame TaratuPlastic (Not) FantasticOnehunga High School

Highly Commended

Zachary Walker-RendellEffective Handwash Lynfield College

Amelia Vincent & Monique Findlay To Waste Or Not To Waste Diocesan School for Girls

Vaelei Lee-Kum & Mereia Bale Free Radicals Vs Anti-Oxidants Tamaki College

Madeline Chan Honey, You're So Good Diocesan School for Girls

Cerise Brown & Avoka Faualo Sweet As Onehunga High School

Ayushi Pillai Students Vs Calculators Mt Roskill Grammar School

Eloise Chin How Fit Are You? Diocesan School for Girls

Abigail Mileng Red Wine or White Wine? Tamaki College

Carwyn Thomas & Ryan TaskerDoes Complex Carbohydrate Help You Last for Longer?

Kelston Boys High

Carwyn Thomas & Ryan TaskerDoes Complex Carbohydrate Help You Last for Longer?

Kelston Boys High

Category 6 Living World - Years 9 & 10

First Prize

Jairaj Modak The Most Aerodynamic Building

Mt Roskill Grammar School

Second Prize !

Jane WaterhouseColourful SeashellsEpsom Girls Grammar School

Third Prize!

Libby Porter Do Cheats Prosper? Diocesan School for Girls

Highly Commended

Struthi Navaneethan Christine DengVibrant Vortex St Cuthbert's College

Mackenzie MorrisonBullet Ballistics St Cuthbert's College

Anna Dong How Strong is Sticky?? Epsom Girls Grammar School

Emma Dunbar Water Skis - Does Shape Make A Difference?Onehunga High School

Hugh Huang The Shocking Greener Future Mt Roskill Grammar School

Holly Hender Can Sound Break Glass St Cuthbert's College

Joel Raichur Built to Last

Mt Roskill Grammar School

Category 7 Physical World - Years 9 & 10

First Prize

Olivia Fonua Biofuel Briquettes

Tamaki College

Second Prize

Eilish Out-O'Reilly Fade Defiant Lynfield College

Third Prize!

Lauren Greig The Eggs-elent Enzyme ProjectEpsom Girls Grammar

Highly Commended

Avita Ram Natives of Fire

St Cuthbert's College

Kristina Lowndes & Laura McDonaldAre Bargain Batteries Better?

Diocesan School for Girls

Raynil Laxmidas Nuts: A Biological Fuel

Lynfield College

Sela Tukuafu What is the Best Container for Vitamin C?

Tamaki College

Category 8 Material World - Years 9 & 10

First Prize

Tylah Kaulima-Palalagi Tiana Puru How Much Is Too Much?

Tamaki College

Second Prize

Libby Twiss How Green Is Your Clean?Diocesan School for Girls

Third Prize!

Kayla Fairbairn Plastic Not So Fantastic St Cuthbert's College

Highly Commended

Mary Chen & Polly Le How Strong are your Foundations in an Earthquake??

Epsom Girls Grammar School

Hayley Ewen Caring for Catchments

Diocesan School for Girls

First Prize

Holly White Safe Place

St Cuthbert's College

Second Prize

Imogen Samuels One Handed Cook

St Cuthbert's College

Highly Commended

Emma Murphy Flash Dog

St Cuthbert's College

Category 10 Technology - Years 9 & 10

Category 9 Planet Earth and Beyond - Years 9 & 10

First Prize

Alvina Pau'uvale Kauri Killer on the Loose

Tamaki College

Second Prize !

Nina Huang Eye Think Diocesan School for Girls

Third Prize

Shreya Handa Cosmetic Controversies Mt Roskill Grammar School

Highly Commended

Rebecca Burridge Transpiration & Temperature

Diocesan School for Girls

First Prize

Nathanael Brown EIPIC (Easy Interface Programmable Integrated Circuits)

Auckland Home Educators

Category 12 Senior Technology - Years 11, 12 & 13

Category 11 Senior Science - Years 11, 12 & 13

Special Prizes

Bronze Awards

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Bronze Award in Geology

Tylah Kaulima-Palalagi Tiana PuruHow Much Is Too Much? Tamaki College

NZ Soil Science Society Bronze Award

Jamie Sinclair-Eagle Liquefaction Saint Kentigern School

New Zealand Statistical Association Bronze Award 1st = Juliette Danesh-Meyer The Environmentally Friendly Battery St Cuthbert's College

New Zealand Statistical Association Bronze Award 1st = Annabelle Rennie-Younger Colour My Study Notes Ponsonby Intermediate School

New Zealand Statistical Association Bronze Award 2nd= Kayla Fairbairn Plastic Not So Fantastic St Cuthbert's College

New Zealand Statistical Association Bronze Award 2nd = Jamie Sinclair-Eagle Liquefaction Saint Kentigern School

Clare Butcher Bronze Award for Natural History (Entomological Society of New Zealand)

Susana Vunipola Tame Taratu Plastic (Not) Fantastic Onehunga High School

Kelly Tarlton’s - Bronze Award for Excellence in Life Sciences

Nayanika Podder Impact of Colour on Blood Pressure Remuera Intermediate School

Cerise Brown Avoka Faualo Sweet As Onehunga High School

Ornithological Society New Zealand Bronze Award Samuel Ng To Foil the Oil and Kill the Spill King's School

Baking Industry Research Trust Bronze Award 1stCarwynThomas RyanTasker Does Complex Carbohydrate Help You Last for Longer?Kelston Boys High School

Baking Industry Research Trust Bronze Award 2nd

Madeline Chan Honey, You're So GoodDiocesan School for Girls

Department of Conservation Auckland,Conservation Award

Hamish Hall-Smith Rock vs Sand Auckland Home Educators

The Entomological Society of New Zealand (Incorporated)

Auckland Branch

Silver Awards

ASTA Silver Award for Original Research Years 7& 8

Ioana Manoa Mark My WordsPonsonby Intermediate School

ASTA Silver Award for Original Research Years 9&10

Amanda Tauber Daisy Archibald I'll Just Google ItDiocesan School for Girls

Auckland Dental Association Silver Award for Human BiologyNina Huang Eye ThinkDiocesan School for Girls

University of Auckland Physics Department Award for Excellence in Physical Investigations

Jane Waterhouse Colourful Seashells Epsom Girls Grammar School

Bob Briggs Memorial Award for the Best Material World Application

Olivia Fonua Biofuel Briquettes Tamaki College

New Scientist Silver Awards

Nathanael Brown EIPIC (Easy Interface Programmable Integrated Circuits) Auckland Home Educators

Rebecca Burridge Transpiration & Temperature Diocesan School for Girls

DairyNZ Excellence in Biological Science

Shreya Handa School Cosmetic Controversies Mt Roskill Grammar

Alfred Hazelman Douglas Tata Fish in a Plastic Bottle Onehunga High School

University of Auckland Faculty of Science Junior Scientist Award

Shreya Handa Cosmetic Controversies Mt Roskill Grammar School

Alvina Pau'uvale Kauri Killer on the Loose Tamaki College

Nina Huang Eye Think Diocesan School for Girls

Babbage Consultants Ltd - Silver Award for Excellence 1st Catherine Boddy Run Rabbit Run! Putting Rabbits to the TestPonsonby Intermediate School2nd Francesca Armstrong Efficient IlluminationSt Cuthbert's College3rd Abby Mc George The Sound of MusicChurchill Park School

Babbage Consultants Ltd - Silver Award for Innovation 1st Sarah Scarrow Perfect Piece

Remuera Intermediate School 2nd

Imogen Samuels One Handed Cook St Cuthbert's College 3rd Anna Roberts iDoor Remuera Intermediate School

Babbage Consultants Ltd - Silver Award for Problem Solving 1st Jess GracieAttach n GoRemuera Intermediate School2nd Holly White Safe PlaceSt Cuthbert's College3rd Dayna Lindsay Jenni Long Water Filtration in a Survival Situation Auckland Normal Intermediate School

Environmental Department, Auckland City Council - Scientist for a Day Hamish Hall-Smith Rock vs Sand Auckland Home Educators Binh-minh Ha Garlic to the Rescue! Boost Your Immune System! Epsom Girls Grammar School Hayley Ewen Caring for Catchments Diocesan School for Girls

Environmental Department, Auckland City Council Silver Award - Living World Years 7 & 8 Ryan Blackmore Die Mould Die Remuera Intermediate School

Environmental Department, Auckland City Council Silver Award - Living World Years 9 & 10 Amelia Vincent Monique Findlay To Waste Or Not To WasteDiocesan School for Girls

Environmental Department, Auckland City Council Silver Award Planet Earth & Beyond Years 7 & 8 Jamie Sinclair-Eagle Liquefaction Saint Kentigern School

Environmental Department, Auckland City Council Silver Award - Planet Earth & Beyond Years 9 & 10Mary Chen Polly Le How Strong are your Foundations in an Earthquake??Epsom Girls Grammar School

Environmental Department, Auckland City Council Silver Award Senior Science

Alvina Pau'uvale Kauri Killer on the LooseTamaki College

Gold Awards

NIWA Auckland Prize - Best Exhibit in Atmospheric & Water Science

Alfred Hazelman Douglas TataFish in a Plastic BottleOnehunga High School

NIWA Gold Award - Runner up to the Premier Award

Alfred Hazelman Douglas Tata Fish in a Plastic BottleOnehunga High School

NIWA Premier Gold Award - Best Overall Exhibit in the Fair

Alvina Pau'uvale Kauri Killer on the Loose

Tamaki College

Realise the Dream 2011Auckland Nominations

NinaHuang Eye Think Diocesan School for Girls

Shreya Handa Cosmetic ControversiesMt Roskill Grammar School

Susana VunipolaTame Taratu Plastic (Not) FantasticOnehunga High School

Alex HarkerA Local SolutionOnehunga High School

Alfred Hazelman Douglas Tata Fish in a Plastic BottleOnehunga High School

LENScience, Liggins Institute NominationAlvina Pau'uvale

Kauri Killer on the LooseTamaki College