By TBHS | Posted: Saturday September 24, 2016
For the first time in a number of years, TBHS entered numerous students in the annual Sanford Science and Technology Fair held at the Caroline Bay Hall on 8 September.
During Term 2, 9HD and 10MF investigated their projects in class and at home. Having taken many hours to research and complete these projects, a mini Science Fair was held in the hall at the beginning of Term 3 for these classes to receive feedback on their projects and through this process, twelve junior projects were recommended for submission to the Science Fair. Four senior projects which had been adapted from Achievement Standards completed in class were also entered, along with three submissions from students in the photo competition.
The students from 9HD and 10MF did very well and took out some great prizes, landing these boys with some cold hard cash!
In the Year 9 and 10 section, Cadell Tompkinson and Bailey Lissington received a silver award, while the three following pairs received bronze awards: Liam Parker and James Davidson, Joshua Earnshaw and Mackenzie Annett and Peter Rawlins and Joshua O’Neill.
Two junior pairs received special awards: Peter Rawlins and Joshua O’Neill received one of the Lincoln University Awards and Isaac Davies and Alec Whitticase received a third in the ECAN Awards.
The senior entries also did very well: Hamish Dunbar received one of the Lincoln University Awards for his project called 'In too Deep' which looked at how planting depth can influence clover growth, while Kit Sadler also received one of the Lincoln University Awards and placed Silver in the senior section for his project called 'Parkside vs Hakataramea' which investigated lime from different valleys and the effect it has on plant growth.
Overall Tim Currie did extremely well with his project called 'Clover vs Grass' which investigated interspecific competition between clover and grass. Tim received a gold award in the senior section; he also received an all-expenses paid Hands on Science experience at Otago University and placed second overall in the whole fair. Tim’s prize pool is valued at well over $1000.
If you would like to enter a project next year, start thinking of a topic and talk to your Science teacher.
