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Special thank youThe following organisations are thanked for their donations and contributions to our expenses:

AGCO Australia Ltd.

Australian Institute of Energy

Australian Skeptics Science and Education

Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

BHP Billiton in partnership with CSIRO and ASTA with support from Intel Corporation

Catholic Education Office (Melbourne)

Chemistry Education Association

Dr Joy Bear

Entomological Society of Victoria Inc.

Field Naturalists Club of Victoria

Gene Technology Access Centre

In Memory of Eileen Goodfield & Dorothy Dalton

In Memory of Dr Noel Schleiger

Independant Primary School Heads of Australia

La Trobe University: Science, Engineering and Technology

Methodist Ladies’ College

Minerals Council of Australia (Victorian Division)

Parade College (Preston)

Powercor Australia and Citipower

Quantum Victoria

STELR Project

Science Teachers’ Association of Victoria Inc.

Swinburne University of Technology

The Royal Society of Victoria Inc.

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

The University of Melbourne: Science Education

Vaisala Pty Ltd

Victoria Teachers Mutual Bank

Victoria University

Wesley College (Prahan)

Yakult Australia Pty Ltd

About the Science Talent SearchThe first Science Talent Search was conducted and sponsored by the Science Teachers’ Association of Victoria, in 1952. The then Secretary, Mr Hugh McKnight, invited students from all secondary schools to submit a 1000 word report titled ‘My Science Project’.

A special judging panel of prominent Scientists interviewed the entrants and awarded 17 bursaries, totalling £380.00 ($760.00). There were two major bursaries of £100.00 ($200.00) and £60.00 ($120.00) respectively. Five intermediate bursaries of £25.00 ($50.00) each with ten other awards, seven worth £10.00 ($20.00) and three worth £5.00 ($10.00).

Over the past 62 years, the Science Talent Search has undergone much change. Currently, there are ten Sections in which students can enter: Computer Programs, Games, Science Photography, Posters and Scientific Wall Charts, Working Models, Inventions, Experimental Research, Creative Writing, Video Productions and Class Research Project for primary students.

The Search is open to all students enrolled in Prep through to Year 12 in both Government and non-Government Schools.

The Science Talent Search has three broad aims:1. To stimulate an ongoing interest in the serious

study of Sciences by:

a) encouraging independent self-motivated project work amongst students of science;

b) giving students the opportunity to communicate their achievements to a wider audience;

c) according recognition of effort and achievement for their scientific enterprise.

2. To promote the direct involvement of the students in the process of science and its communication.

3. To give the public at large an opportunity to see the quality of work being achieved in Science, by both primary and post primary students.

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Some interesting statistics about Science Talent Search 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Total number of entries 2,052 2185 2114 1892 1925 1990Total number of students entered 2,875 3197 2929 2644 2667 2874Total number of class entries 11 16 14 11 11 15Total number of bursaries awarded 629 573 592 554 649 584Total sponsorship for bursary awards $43,280 $43,166 $29,184 $30,672 $32,512 $32,519Number of schools entered 156 150 142 143 144 149

Distribution of Student Awards by Division 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Lower Primary (P-3) 185 213 204 186 215 182Primary (4-6) 417 456 423 392 362 407Junior (7-8) 469 448 476 461 500 525Intermediate (9-10) 139 133 186 162 152 136Open (11-12) 7 8 6 10 11 17Totals 1,217 1,258 1,295 1,211 1240 1267

Awards included in this summary are Major, Minor and Merit. Merit Awards are not a Financial Bursary.

A more comprehensive report of this year’s Science Talent Search will be published in Lab Talk and Let’s Find Out - the journals of the Science Teachers’ Association of Victoria Inc. If you are interested in entering next year’s Science Talent Search, ask your Science Teacher for a copy of the 2014 STS Handbook (available Term 1, 2014) or go to our website: www.sciencevictoria.com.au/sts/

1Science Talent Search 2013 Bursary Book •www.stav.org.au• www.sciencevictoria.com.au

• TheAgoraTheatreandAgoraCinemaarelocatedintheAgoraComplex• TheOdeonisinUnionHall• SignswillindicatedirectionstoCeremonyVenuesandinformationwillalsobegivenattheopeningceremony.

Wednesday 6 November 20138.30amto10.00amONLY RegistrationinthefoyerofUnionHall

9.30am Exhibitionopentoinvitedguests,pressandpublicintheUnionHall

10.00am – 10.30am Official opening of the Exhibition and Presentation of School Awards

Union Hall DrElizabethJohnson, FacultyofScience,TechnologyandEngineering,LaTrobeUniversity

SpecialGuest:MrKelvinThomsonMP

11.15am – 12.15pm Presentation of Lower Primary and Primary Awards (Prep to Year 6)

Agora Cinema Sections:CreativeWriting,ClassProjects Presenter: AssociateProfessorChristopherFluke,SwinburneUniversity

Agora Theatre Sections:ExperimentalResearch,Inventions,Models,SciencePhotography, VideoProductions(DVD), Presenter: SarahMcArthur,TheUniversityofMelbourne

The Odeon Sections:Games,ComputerPrograms,PostersandScientificWallCharts Presenter:MsJoanneErnest,LaTrobeUniversity

12.30pm – 1.30pm Presentation of Junior, Intermediate and Open Awards (Years 7 to 12)

Agora Cinema Sections:WorkingModels,Games,SciencePhotography,VideoProductions(DVD) Presenter: DrChristineRedman,TheUniversityofMelbourne

Agora Theatre Sections:ExperimentalResearch,ComputerPrograms Presenter: ProfessorDougHilton,WalterandElizaHallInstituteofMedicalResearch

The Odeon Sections:Inventions,CreativeWriting,PostersandScientificWallCharts Presenter:MrDavidTrotter,CSIROEducation

The Presentation of Awards will be completed by 1.30pm.

TheabovePresentershavevolunteeredtobepartoftheScienceTalentSearchExhibitionandPresentationDayandcontributetothesuccessofthisday.Thestudents,teachersandtheScienceTalentSearchCommitteewouldliketoacknowledgetheircommitmentandinvolvementinscienceeducation.

Please note: The presenters listed were correct at the time of publication. Changes may be necessary due to unforeseen circumstances.

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ContentsAbout the Science Talent Search ....................................................................................................... inside front coverIn Appreciation .................................................................................................................................................................4School Awards ..................................................................................................................................................................4Agora Cinema: 11.15am – 12.15pm .............................................................................................................................5CreativeWriting–LowerPrimary.........................................................................................................................................5ClassProject–LowerPrimary..............................................................................................................................................5CreativeWriting–Primary.................................................................................................................................................6-7ClassProject–Primary......................................................................................................................................................7-8Agora Theatre: 11.15am – 12.15pm .............................................................................................................................9ExperimentalResearch–LowerPrimary............................................................................................................................9Inventions–LowerPrimary..................................................................................................................................................9WorkingModels–LowerPrimary.................................................................................................................................. 9-10SciencePhotography–LowerPrimary..............................................................................................................................10VideoProductions–LowerPrimary...................................................................................................................................10ExperimentalResearch–Primary............................................................................................................................... 10-11Inventions–Primary...........................................................................................................................................................12WorkingModels–Primary........................................................................................................................................... 12-13SciencePhotography–Primary.........................................................................................................................................13VideoProductions–Primary..............................................................................................................................................13The Odeon: 11.15am – 12.15pm ................................................................................................................................ 14Games–LowerPrimary.....................................................................................................................................................14ComputerPrograms–LowerPrimary................................................................................................................................14Posters&ScientificWallcharts–LowerPrimary........................................................................................................ 14-15Games–Primary.......................................................................................................................................................... 15-16ComputerPrograms–Primary...........................................................................................................................................16Posters&ScientificWallcharts–Primary................................................................................................................... 16-18Agora Cinema: 12.30pm – 1.30pm ............................................................................................................................. 19WorkingModels–Junior.....................................................................................................................................................19Games–Junior...................................................................................................................................................................20SciencePhotography–Junior............................................................................................................................................21VideoProductions–Junior.................................................................................................................................................22WorkingModels–Intermediate.........................................................................................................................................22Games–Intermediate........................................................................................................................................................23SciencePhotography–Intermediate................................................................................................................................23VideoProductions–Intermediate............................................................................................................................... 23-24SciencePhotography–Open.............................................................................................................................................24VideoProductions–Open..................................................................................................................................................24Agora Theatre: 12.30pm – 1.30pm ............................................................................................................................. 25ExperimentalResearch–Junior.................................................................................................................................. 25-27ComputerPrograms–Junior.............................................................................................................................................27ExperimentalResearch–Intermediate.............................................................................................................................28ComputerPrograms–Intermediate..................................................................................................................................29ExperimentalResearch–Open.........................................................................................................................................29The Odeon: 12.30pm – 1.30pm ................................................................................................................................... 30Inventions–Junior..............................................................................................................................................................30CreativeWriting–Junior............................................................................................................................................... 30-31Posters&ScientificWallcharts–Junior...................................................................................................................... 31-33Inventions–Intermediate..................................................................................................................................................33CreativeWriting–Intermediate...................................................................................................................................33-34Posters&ScientificWallcharts–Intermediate.................................................................................................................34STS Major Sponsors ................................................................................................................................................ 35-44Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................................... 45STS Judges 2013 .....................................................................................................................................................45-48STS Co-ordinator reports 2013 ...............................................................................................................................48-52Map of La Trobe University .................................................................................................................. inside back cover


A very special thank youDavidTrotterhasonceagainworkedtirelesslyontheSTSdatabases.David’sexpertise,persistenceandunwaveringsupportforSTSis

greatlyappreciated.

TheScienceTeachers’AssociationofVictoriaInc.andtheCo-Directorsofthe62ndScienceTalentSearcharegratefultotheorganisationswhohavegivengeneroussupporttothisyear’scompetition;totheSTSCommitteefortheirenthusiasticandpositiveapproachandtoKevinCoates,togetherwiththestaffofLaTrobeUniversity,fortheirco-operationandorganisationoftheScienceTalentSearchExhibitionandPresentationDayatLaTrobeUniversity.

WewouldalsoliketoextendourappreciationtoMethodistLadies’College,WesleyCollegeandParadeCollegefortheuseoftheirfacilitiesandassistanceduringthejudgingofPosters,Photography,Videos,Games,Computers,Models,InventionsandClassProjects.

InparticularwealsothankAnne-MarieWilliams(MethodistLadies’College),GrantEyles(WesleyCollege)andEdisonShamoail(ParadeCollege)fortheirworkandsupportco-ordinatingoperationsatthejudgingvenues.

Finallyaspecialthankstoalltheteacherswhovolunteeredtojudgethemanyprojectsreceived.ThejudgesarelistedatthebackofthisBursaryBook.

The STS CommitteeTheSTSCo-directorsextendtheirthanksandappreciationtotheSTScommitteememberswhoworkeddiligentlythroughouttheyeartoensurethecompetitionransmoothly.Committeemembersarelistedonpage45.

STAV Business CentreTheSTSCommitteewouldliketoexpressitsappreciationtotheSTAVBusinessCentrefortheircooperation,understandingandassistancewiththeorganisationofSTSthroughouttheyear.TheyhaveallgiventimewillinglyandhavemaintainedtheirsupportforSTS.

STS School AwardsSolway Primary SchoolSponsored by BHP Billiton in partnership with CSIRO and ASTA with support from Intel Corporation

Hume Anglican Grammar School PrimarySponsored by BHP Billiton in partnership with CSIRO and ASTA with support from Intel Corporation

Princes Hill Secondary CollegeSponsored by BHP Billiton in partnership with CSIRO and ASTA with support from Intel Corporation

Presbyterian Ladies College – SeniorSponsored by BHP Billiton in partnership with CSIRO and ASTA with support from Intel Corporation

The Hugh McKnight Encouragement Awards Flemington Primary SchoolSponsored by BHP Billiton in partnership with CSIRO and ASTA with support from Intel Corporation

Scotch College – Junior Sponsored by BHP Billiton in partnership with CSIRO and ASTA with support from Intel Corporation

Cheltenham Secondary College Sponsored by BHP Billiton in partnership with CSIRO and ASTA with support from Intel Corporation

St Kevins College – Secondary Sponsored by BHP Billiton in partnership with CSIRO and ASTA with support from Intel Corporation

In Appreciation STS Awards


Creative Writing - Lower PrimaryMajor Bursary - $35Name School Project Title Sponsor MollyConquest& SolwayPrimarySchool BlibbaandBlobba’sAdventure AustralianSkepticsScienceandMollyLassen EducationFoundationEmilyLeaumont DoncasterGardens MyworkasanAustralianGeologist InMemoryofDrNoelSchleiger PrimarySchoolElinaJayamanna SerpellPrimarySchool Astronomy,AustralianStyle:Stunning TheBHPBillitonScienceand SupernovaoftheSouthernSkies EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROKatrinaWong& SacreCoeurPrimarySchool OnesmallAustralianinvention DrJoyBearRhianaWormingtonStephanieKondopoulos ShelfordGirlsGrammarSchool Thomas’Tail IndependentPrimarySchool (Primary) HeadsofAustralia

Creative Writing - Lower PrimaryMinor Bursary - $25Name School Project Title Sponsor OliverHolland TuckerRoadPrimary Astronomy,AustralianStyle YakultAustraliaPtyLtdTaraBoyce SolwayPrimarySchool TheMysteryofthePoisonBush VictoriaTeachersMutualBankBrendonAllan FirbankGrammarSchool “Itmeanswe’vemadeanimportant IndependentPrimarySchool -SandringhamHouse discovery,”saidtheAustralianScientist HeadsofAustraliaBlissPuryer ElthamEastPrimarySchool “Itmeanswe’vemadeanimportant VaisalaPtyLtd discovery”saidtheAustralianScientistLuciePuryer ElthamEastPrimarySchool AstronomyAustralianStyle QuantumVictoriaYolandaDevlin ElthamEastPrimarySchool “Itmeanswe’vemadeanimportant PowercorAustralia discovery”saidtheAustralianScientistCharlotteBrown& DeepdenePrimarySchool MyworkasanAustralianGeologist InMemoryofDrNoelSchleigerKaylaGeertsemaElizabethGordon-Saker FirbankGrammarSchool- “Itmeanswe’vemadeanimportant IndependentPrimarySchool TurnerHouse discovery,”saidtheAustralianScientist.HeadsofAustralia AllBuggedOut!BillyAllan& BeulahPrimarySchool Airseeder-“Itmeanswe’vemadean TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.BrodieMcCredden importantdiscoveryforfarmers”, saidtheAustralianScientist.AuroraCarli MacedonGrammarSchool “Itmeanswe’vemadeanimportant FieldNaturalistsClubOfVictoria discovery”,saidtheAustralianScientist

Class Project - Lower PrimaryMinor Bursary - $150Name School Project Title Sponsor Brighton Primary School ImagineaWorldWithout TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROAshtonBarron KaitlinCollins HeidiCornish EdwardCrundell OphirDiamant LeoDickinson GraceEdwards OscarEttershank LucasExell EmmaGoudie ArcherGrant SamHiggins CharlotteJohnson BellaLopreiato MollyMcGillan HudsonPearce LucindaPoole AlisaSambor SamuelShedden OscarWilliamsVassiliZervas

Agora Cinema: 11.15am – 12.15pm


Creative Writing - PrimaryMajor Bursary - $45Name School Project Title Sponsor CalebDickson CliftonHillPrimarySchool “Itmeanswe’vemadeanimportant AGCOAustraliaLtd. discovery!”saidtheAustralianscientistChloeLeaumont DoncasterGardensPrimary “Itmeanswe’vemadeanimportant AustralianSkepticsScienceand School discovery!”saidtheAustralianscientist.EducationFoundationElishaCox SerpellPrimarySchool MoneyMoneyMoney TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROChloeBridgeman& FintonaGirlsSchool-Primary Spike TheBHPBillitonScienceandGeorgiaGeorgarakis EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROSarahGolding& FintonaGirlsSchool-Primary BewareBacteria AustralianSocietyforGiselleLuznik Biochemistry&MolecularBiologyWilliamBrowning TrinityGrammarSchool-Junior TheEarth’sTilt&Seasons InMemoryofDrNoelSchleigerMaiganHounslow ElthamEastPrimarySchool MyLifeasanAustralianGeologist InMemoryofDrNoelSchleigerEshaBhatia HeathdaleChristianCollege OnesmallAustralianInvention. AustralianSkepticsScienceand -Primary OneHUGEworldwidetechnological EducationFoundation advance.NatalieComan FirbankGrammarSchool Astronomy,Australianstyle.New VictoriaTeachersMutualBank -SandringhamHouse HorizonsattheSquareKilometerArrayLukeSdralis CareyBaptistGrammarSchool TheDiscoveryofPenicilin-Peteand AustralianSocietyfor Donvale Pat’sStory Biochemistry&MolecularBiologyKeirathSingh FirbankGrammarSchool “Itmeanswe’vemadeanimportant PowercorAustralia -SandringhamHouse discovery,”saidtheAustralianScientist. Lookingatthepast,presentandfutureRiminiFitzgerald& WesleyCollege MyworkasanAustralianGeologist InMemoryofDrNoelSchleigerAnnabelleRoberts -StKildaRoadPrimary

Creative Writing - PrimaryMinor Bursary - $30Name School Project Title Sponsor MatthewHenry CliftonHillPrimarySchool MyworkasanAustralianGeologist InMemoryofDrNoelSchleigerMarcusCecconato& StThomasTheApostlePrimary OnesmallAustralianinvention. CatholicEducationOfficeMasonHosmer School Onehugeworldwidetechnological (Melbourne) advance.-TheBionicEar.LakeishaBrazier& StThomasTheApostlePrimary “Itmeanswe’vemadeanimportant QuantumVictoriaMiaStovell School discovery”saidtheAustralianscientist. -TheMan,ThePump,andtheNamib DesertBug!StaceyFlaounas CaulfieldSouthPrimarySchool OneSmallAustralianInvention, YakultAustraliaPtyLtd OneHugeWorldwideTechnological Advance.HayleyDodkins LyndaleGreensPrimaryschool MyWorkasanAustralianGeologist MineralsCouncilofAustralia (VictorianDivision)HuiJennThoo SerpellPrimarySchool CloudSeeding PowercorAustraliaSienaO’Neil FintonaGirlsSchool-Primary MyMiniAdventure VaisalaPtyLtdStevenWenas CamberwellGrammarSchool TheGreatDiscovery SwinburneUniversityof -Primary TechnologyKateForwood StrathconaBaptistG.G.S MyworkasanAustralianGeologist MineralsCouncilofAustralia -Primary (VictorianDivision)TamsynLovass& StrathconaBaptistG.G.S AstronomyAustralianStyle TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.SaraStebbins -PrimaryJackLytras ChairoChristianSchoolCardiniaTheCochlearImplant TheBHPBillitonScienceand -Primary EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROAratiNair HeathdaleChristianCollege Astronomy,AustralianStyle VictoriaUniversity -Primary



Creative Writing - Primary (continued)

Minor Bursary - $30 Name School Project Title Sponsor RaynaSalian HeathdaleChristianCollege “Itmeanswe’vemadeanimportant YakultAustraliaPtyLtd -Primary discovery”,saidtheAustralianScientist.AbhinavGupta HeathdaleChristianCollege OnesmallAustralianinvention,one -Primary HUGEworldwidetechnologicaladvance.DrJoyBearJontiGeorge& BeulahPrimarySchool TheRoundBaler-“Itmeanswe’vemadeFieldNaturalistsClubOfImogenHolland animportantdiscoveryforfarmers” Victoria saidtheAustralianScientistIzabelleColville& BeulahPrimarySchool “Itmeanswe’vemadeanimportant VaisalaPtyLtdJessicaPhelan discoveryforfarmers”saidthe AustralianScientist.NeharikaBaswa EssexHeightsPrimarySchool OnesmallAustralianinvention. SwinburneUniversityof OneHUGEworldwidetechnological Technology advance.TobyLau GlendalPrimarySchool OnesmallAustralianinvention. TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. Onehugeworldwidetechnological advanceLasyaKondur GlendalPrimarySchool OnesmallAustralianinvention. VictoriaTeachersMutualBank Onehugeworldwidetechnological advance.RachelDroege FlemingtonPrimarySchool OnesmallAustralianinvention. TheBHPBillitonScienceand Onehugeworldwidetechnological EngineeringAwards,managedby advantage. CSIROJordanNguyen HeathdaleChristianCollege Astronomy,AustralianStyle VictoriaUniversity -PrimaryJohanParackalAlex EssendonNorthPrimarySchool MyworkasanAustralianGeologist TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.AndieMontag WesleyCollege-StKildaRoad ‘Itmeanswe’vemadeanimportant TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. Primary discovery’,saidtheAustralianScientist.JoshuaJinu HeathdaleChristianCollege JonathanInSpace AustralianSkepticsScienceand -Primary EducationFoundation

Class Project - PrimaryMajor Bursary - $300Name School Project Title Sponsor Hume Anglican Grammar School - Primary Theabsenceoffreshwaterinplant VictoriaUniversity growthAmanBanfal CadeBrockman JacobCletus IsabelleCookTeaganFinn ChelseaGarraway DaleKeily GraceLozanovski ChristineMathew JoannaNewton AnakhaPanicker TysonPapanicolaou GregoryParsons BenPolemicos ShrishaekaPremathasa AkitaReji EmmanualRiscica HanishSareen JissThomas JessicaVanHeurck

Class Project - PrimaryMinor Bursary - $200 Name School Project Title Sponsor Hume Anglican Grammar School - Primary InvestigatingFriction TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROMitchellAngelino ErwinBatayola BlakeBrockman SamanthaDankha RuwanariDassanayaka CatherineDean ZwananaiDhalakama ThomasGagula ReisGuclu RashmiIddamalgoda KiaraJarvis BradleyKeable CooperLaffey GianMartino BrodieMelia HamishNair AngelRavenhill NeesaReji GabrielleRiscica DinelSamaratunga TommySimpson AnnaRoseThomas BikramjeetUppal MatthewWebling MartinZaya



Class Project - Primary (continued)

Minor Bursary - $200 Name School Project Title SponsorHume Anglican Grammar School - Primary PlantLife TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROKritiBhoomla KnanetaDankha BenjaminDeLuca IsabellaGattBridieJohnston GurleenKaur BaileyLackas KhanhKimLe MarcusMandozzi LiamMazzoli ClaireMountney JapleenPannuAmberPaton LachlanPrillwitz CiaraSalama JohnShanahan Ann-MariaSibi SimeranSingh IoriTsubakidani AronUdhaykumarReubenVillegas KatherineWoodcock ChloeWright

Class Project - PrimaryMinor Bursary - $200 Name School Project Title Sponsor Girton Grammar School - Junior TrussBridges-Doesdesignmatter? VictoriaUniversityNicholasAshman EllaBerry PiperBurge MillieCarroll EllynaCollins JackCripps MatildaDimsey HayleyDouglas ImogenDouglass KateDouglass JackEdwards WilliamEverist EllaFisher GraceFlaherty AlexiGinis TaylahGurdMatthewJohnston CharlieLourie AneliseMcKenzie AngelaMekel CharlesParkes WilliamRussell HannahThomas GraceWhyte SebastianWood

Class Project - PrimaryMinor Bursary - $200 Name School Project Title Sponsor Girton Grammar School - Junior Genderrecognitionfromphotographs IndependentPrimarySchool HeadsofAustraliaKelseyAlexander EloiseArthur HarryChester MatthewFoxwell JustinGamble ZacharyHarithBrewer LiamHassard EmilyHeislers CallumHercus EarthaHewett JamesHumphry SatyaJhaveri BlaireJohnston ThomasKay MadalynLourie D’ArcyLowther LachlanMcKinley LucyMills TanishaMohapatra IzabellaNassar BronteNoble AbbeySaxon TobyScott GracieSladden OliverVine



Experimental Research - Lower Primary

Major Bursary - $40Name School Project Title Sponsor LouisaLazar TuckerRoadPrimary-Bentleigh WhyDoSomeFruitBecomeBlack ChemistryEducationAssociation WhenTheyHaveBeenCut?JerryJin WesleyCollege-JuniorCampus SoaringScience:PaperAirplanes TheUniversityofMelbourne (ScienceEducation)

Experimental Research - Lower PrimaryMinor Bursary - $30Name School Project Title Sponsor KostaLalogiannis SerpellPrimarySchool WhatBurnsFaster? AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationIsabelleStrang StLeonard’sCollege Isabelle’sFadingBathersExperiment TheBHPBillitonScienceand -JuniorSchool EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRONedKarunaratne ScotchCollege-Junior WhichFlowerLaststheLongest? VaisalaPtyLtdLaurenMayhood WesleyCollege-JuniorCampus Whydotreeslosetheirleavesin InMemoryofDrNoelSchleiger Autumn?EthanLoh HeathdaleChristianCollege ExperimentalResearch VictoriaUniversity -PrimaryJamiePennisi SolwayPrimarySchool YarrawongaTornado QuantumVictoria

Inventions - Lower PrimaryMajor Bursary - $40Name School Project Title Sponsor OliviaWiemels FlemingtonPrimarySchool HighGrabber AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundation

Inventions - Lower PrimaryMinor Bursary - $30Name School Project Title Sponsor JustinOoi ScotchCollege-Junior PedalPoweredWashingMachine IndependentPrimarySchool HeadsofAustralia

Working Models - Lower PrimaryMajor Bursary - $40Name School Project Title Sponsor CharlieDowling CaulfieldGrammarSchool IsaacNewton-AnAmazingStoryof IndependentPrimarySchool -MalvernCampus Creativitiy HeadsofAustraliaQuinnCoetzee SerpellPrimarySchool Buoyancy-afloatingobjectdisplaces AustralianSkepticsScienceand avolumeofwaterthatisasheavyas EducationFoundation theobjectJamesButler CamelotRisePrimarySchool HowPedestrianCrossingsWork TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROMarcusDingle& FlemingtonPrimarySchool TheChemicalBike TheBHPBillitonScienceandMitchellMacLaren EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRORandilFernando GlendalPrimarySchool Electricity PowercorAustralia

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Agora Theatre: 11.15am – 12.15pmWorking Models - Lower PrimaryMinor Bursary - $30Name School Project Title Sponsor PerryGiannopoulos CaulfieldSouthPrimarySchool InventionofthePacemaker STELRProjectJoshuaHui RobertsMcCubbinPrimary Rubberbandpoweredcar VaisalaPtyLtd SchoolJessicaAllen& CaulfieldGrammarSchool LightBulb IndependentPrimarySchoolMiaKakoufas -MalvernCampus HeadsofAustraliaGabrielLoh SerpellPrimarySchool ModelofaHillsHoist TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRONicholaMuser WesleyCollege-JuniorCampus SolarEnergy AustralianInstituteofEnergyJimmyO’Mara EssexHeightsPrimarySchool BreakingtheSoundBarrier AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationQuentinMarchiori WesleyCollege-StKildaRoad ParallelandSeriesCircuit PowercorAustralia Primary

Science Photography - Lower PrimaryMajor Bursary - $35Name School Project Title Sponsor NinaBoyce SolwayPrimarySchool HelpSavetheWoyliefromExtinction TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.WeiJieSoo GlendalPrimarySchool Fungi InMemoryofDrNoelSchleiger

Science Photography - Lower PrimaryMinor Bursary - $25Name School Project Title Sponsor MarcoAlvaro& StThomasTheApostlePrimary SeedGermination CatholicEducationOfficeLucaGaglioni School (Melbourne)BenjaminChristie SolwayPrimarySchool TheGrowthofaGumTree VaisalaPtyLtd

Video Productions - Lower PrimaryMajor Bursary - $40Name School Project Title Sponsor FrancisButler& FlemingtonPrimarySchool Gravity AGCOAustraliaLtd.JackShears

Video Productions - Lower PrimaryMinor Bursary - $30Name School Project Title Sponsor OliverRadford FitzroyNorthPrimarySchool Mawson’sDiscoveries AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationAshleyNewnham GreatRyriePrimarySchool WarInventionsandHowTheyWork TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRO

Experimental Research - PrimaryMajor Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor JanelleEng& HumeAnglicanGrammarSchoolPlasticMoneyversusPaperMoney VictoriaUniversityKiaraJarvis -PrimaryZoeMinhGuymer EssexHeightsPrimarySchool “Softdrinkisnotgoodforyour AustralianSkepticsScienceand health.”IsMumright? EducationFoundationDylanFraser ScotchCollege-Junior HowDoesEthanolasanotherfuel ChemistryEducationAssociation sourcemeasureuptotoday’s regularfuels?


Experimental Research - Primary (continued)

Major Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor HaydenLee CareyBaptistGrammar Boomerang IndependentPrimarySchool SchoolDonvale HeadsofAustraliaSeanFord GlendalPrimarySchool Whichliquidaffectsatennisballs’ SwinburneUniversityof bouncethemost? TechnologyHamishGalloway StLeonard’sCollege Doesthedensityofgasaffecthow TheBHPBillitonScienceand -JuniorSchool fastaballfalls? EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRO

Experimental Research - PrimaryMinor Bursary - $35Name School Project Title Sponsor AnnMariaSibi HumeAnglicanGrammarSchoolOscillations VictoriaUniversity -PrimaryLukeBennett CliftonHillPrimarySchool PlantsareUs AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationOliviaAdrian& CaulfieldGrammarSchool InsectRepellentReport AustralianSocietyforElenaStefanos -MalvernCampus Biochemistry&MolecularBiologyCodyLeBlanc SolwayPrimarySchool PlantsandLights TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRODanielleRoode FirbankGrammarSchool Differentliquidsandtheireffecton IndependentPrimarySchool -SandringhamHouse adultandmilkteeth HeadsofAustraliaSophieMcPhee& StrathconaBaptistG.G.S Doessightaffecttaste? VictoriaTeachersMutualBankGeorgiaSibly -PrimaryKatelynScamp& ChairoChristianSchoolCardiniaBalloonInflating TheBHPBillitonScienceandSamanthaKennedy -Primary EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROOscarAbe& FlemingtonPrimarySchool Howdodifferentfabricsreacttowater VaisalaPtyLtd LewisMasonWilliamMayhood WesleyCollege-JuniorCampus HelmetsandHeadInjuries IndependentPrimarySchool HeadsofAustraliaSashaGirski CamelotRisePrimarySchool Doesregularexerciseaffectyour PowercorAustralia lungcapacity?LisetteBuckle& RuytonGirls’School(Primary) DirtyDrummondiiDwarf TheBHPBillitonScienceandJasmineHogg EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROEmilyGove& RuytonGirls’School(Primary) PitchPerfect IndependentPrimarySchoolLilyTarry-Smith HeadsofAustraliaAnastasiaRaftis& LowtherHallAnglicanGrammar Movingmolecules ChemistryEducationAssociationJasmineSee SchoolMadissonHamilton ShelfordGirlsGrammarSchool InvestigatingbacteriaandmouldintheAustralianSocietyfor -Primary ShelfordJuniorSchoolbathroom Biochemistry&MolecularBiologySiaHorrobin ShelfordGirlsGrammarSchool Doanyaspectsoffire,suchasheator TheBHPBillitonScienceand -Primary smoke,helpspeedupthegermination EngineeringAwards,managedby ofnativeseeds? CSIROIsabelGreenslade ShelfordGirlsGrammarSchool Whichmaterialspreservefoodbest? PowercorAustralia -PrimaryOliviaAmor FlemingtonPrimarySchool Whatfactorsinfluencethedistancea TheBHPBillitonScienceand scooterwilltraveldownhill? EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRO



Agora Theatre: 11.15am – 12.15pmInventions - Primary Major Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor ChristopherRozakeas HomeSchoolRozakeas Awatervorteximpeller. AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationDanteKuti& Preshil:TheMargaretLyttle TheSunCleaners IndependentPrimarySchoolNichaudKuti MemorialSchool HeadsofAustralia

Inventions - PrimaryMinor Bursary - $35Name School Project Title Sponsor TaraSkelton StrathconaBaptistG.G.S Butterstick TheBHPBillitonScienceand -Primary EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROMiloMarchiori WesleyCollege-StKilda HarvestingExcessEnergy VaisalaPtyLtd RoadPrimary

Working Models - PrimaryMajor Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor AlexanderJones LabRatsScienceClubPrimary TowerTypeSolarPowerStation InMemoryofEileenGoodfield& DorothyDaltonHarrisonPena HuntingtowerSchool-Primary SolarCar IndependentPrimarySchool HeadsofAustraliaCatherineGordon TheKnoxSchool-Primary HydraulicArm SwinburneUniversityof TechnologyHugoBegg GirtonGrammarSchool-Junior RefractingTelescope VictoriaUniversityToanNguyen CreeksideK-9College WindTurbine VictoriaUniversityEveHill MethodistLadiesCollege TheParticlethatRoared AustralianSkepticsScienceand JuniorSchool EducationFoundationAsanLiyanaratne CreeksideK-9College Howaturbojetengineworks AustralianInstituteofEnergy (hotsection)ShinEnTan GlendalPrimarySchool WaterClock PowercorAustralia

Working Models - PrimaryMinor Bursary - $35Name School Project Title Sponsor ZunDeKaiSim CliftonHillPrimarySchool RobotHelper TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROAedanGordon& CaulfieldSouthPrimarySchool ATrueBlueBackyardIcon TheBHPBillitonScienceandJesseMarlow EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROGeorgiaChrist CaulfieldGrammarSchool HillsHoistClothesline PowercorAustralia -MalvernCampusJacobHart& MiddleKinglakePrimarySchool CorrugatedIronTank AustralianSkepticsScienceAndMatthewJohnson EducationFoundationElmarieKock SerpellPrimarySchool WorkingScaleModelSolarWater TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. HeatingEmilyDoyle SolwayPrimarySchool RisingSeaLevels QuantumVictoriaAlyssaChau& HuntingtowerSchool-Primary Merry-go-round IndependentPrimarySchoolSatomiGoh-Maejima HeadsofAustraliaNoahAshby& GirtonGrammarSchool-Junior HumanDigestiveSystem AustralianSocietyforDominicTune Biochemistry&MolecularBiologyChristopherRozakeas HomeSchoolRozakeas Theamazingwatervortexpower PowercorAustralia generator.


Working Models - Primary (continued)

Minor Bursary - $35Name School Project Title Sponsor JosephDavies WesleyCollege-JuniorCampus FourPlaceBinaryCalculator AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationBriannaDonato LowtherHallAnglican Spaghettification VictoriaUniversity GrammarSchoolMitchellWebster EssendonNorthPrimarySchool Coolgardiesafe AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundation

Science Photography - PrimaryMajor Bursary - $45Name School Project Title Sponsor IsabelleVincenzino HeathdaleChristianCollege ScientificPhotography VictoriaUniversity -PrimaryDinuliMolagoda HomeSchoolMolagoda TheAmazingFungi AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationNataliaKelly-Gerreyn GlendalPrimarySchool Rocks InMemoryofDrNoelSchleigerXingtongHuang GlendalPrimarySchool Thewoodenweathermark VictoriaTeachersMutualBank

Science Photography - PrimaryMinor Bursary - $30Name School Project Title Sponsor JoannaNewton HumeAnglicanGrammarSchoolFungus&MouldversusFruits AustralianSocietyfor -Primary Biochemistry&MolecularBiologyLauraArnel& StThomasTheApostle TheImportanceofBarkonTrees DrJoyBearLucyNolan PrimarySchoolKiannaBartolo StThomasTheApostle AnatomyofaFlower CatholicEducationOffice PrimarySchool (Melbourne)KeiraSherri StThomasTheApostle VariationinRateofSpeciesAging FieldNaturalistsClubOfVictoria PrimarySchoolAndrewSmith FlemingtonPrimarySchool PhasesoftheMoon SwinburneUniversityof TechnologyNatasha WesleyCollege-JuniorCampus Rateofdecompositioninanapple AustralianSkepticsScienceandStonehouse-Melke EducationFoundation

Video Productions - PrimaryMajor Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor AshleyOsborne SolwayPrimarySchool TheSmallestThing DrJoyBearNicholasDugdale CaulfieldGrammarSchool FrozenInTime IndependentPrimarySchool -MalvernCampus HeadsofAustraliaFinnKeighley SolwayPrimarySchool VenomandAntivenom InMemoryofDrNoelSchleiger

Video Productions - PrimaryMinor Bursary - $35Name School Project Title Sponsor AneirinGallowayMcLean FirbankGrammarSchool CanYouUnscrambleanEgg? AustralianSkepticsScienceand -SandringhamHouse EducationFoundationIngaGriffiths-Hunt EssexHeightsPrimarySchool PowerGenerationinVictoria STELRProjectRupertBalfe& ScotchCollege-Junior SecurityoftheAustralianBanknote VictoriaTeachersMutualBankWilliamCussellEllaAshburner& MethodistLadiesCollege LiquidsEffects PowercorAustraliaAnnaliseKing JuniorSchool



Games - Lower PrimaryMajor Bursary - $35Name School Project Title Sponsor RebeccaMcAuley SolwayPrimarySchool ProtectThePond AGCOAustraliaLtd.EvaSutton& CaulfieldGrammarSchool MadAussieScientists IndependentPrimarySchoolSophieVanBronswijk -MalvernCampus HeadsofAustraliaRubyPrice OurHolyRedeemerSchool MyGame CatholicEducationOffice (Melbourne)

Games - Lower PrimaryMinor Bursary - $25Name School Project Title Sponsor AmeliaHyde CaulfieldSouthPrimarySchool AmazingAustralianInventions AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationEthanChong CaulfieldSouthPrimarySchool TheAmazingQuestofAustralian PowercorAustralia InventionsDylanHua CamelotRisePrimarySchool SpaceGalaxy:TheWholeUniverse TheUniversityofMelbourne (ScienceEducation)

Computer Programs - Lower PrimaryMinor Bursary - $30Name School Project Title Sponsor JamieHolmes CareyBaptistGrammar Whatdoyouknowaboutthe AustralianSkepticsScienceand SchoolDonvale BionicEar? EducationFoundation

Posters Scientific Wall Charts - Lower PrimaryMajor Bursary - $35Name School Project Title Sponsor DeannaHollis ElthamEastPrimarySchool AEurekaMomentforAustralian AGCOAustraliaLtd. ScienceKaitlinRoode FirbankGrammarSchool IndigenousScienceinthelast100 IndependentPrimarySchool -SandringhamHouse years..TheChangesmadeintheuses HeadsofAustralia ofTeaTreeOilJeremyLe ScotchCollege-Junior AEurekamomentforAustralian AustralianSkepticsScienceand Science… EducationFoundationAlexandraCameron& OurHolyRedeemerSchool AEurekaMomentforAustralian TheBHPBillitonScienceandLucyVandenBoom Science EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROAnjaliD’Souza MacedonGrammarSchool HowAustralianSciencehas DrJoyBear improvedourlivesKaiNielsen GlendalPrimarySchool HowAustralianSciencehas TheBHPBillitonScienceand improvedourlives EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROAudreyLiuk GlendalPrimarySchool HowAustralianSciencehas TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. improvedourlives

Posters Scientific Wall Charts - Lower PrimaryMinor Bursary - $25Name School Project Title Sponsor RohanWein StThomasTheApostle HowAustralianSciencehasimproved CatholicEducationOffice PrimarySchool ourlives-GardeningwithaDifference (Melbourne)KvetaSquire CaulfieldSouthPrimarySchool BugsBeware EntomologicalSocietyofVictoria Inc.TianaKocolis CaulfieldGrammarSchool Penicillin-AnAmazingMould AustralianSocietyfor -MalvernCampus Biochemistry&MolecularBiologyJessicaSoo SerpellPrimarySchool HowAustralianScienceHas AustralianSkepticsScienceand ImprovedOurLives EducationFoundation

The Odeon: 11.15am – 12.15pm


The Odeon: 11.15am – 12.15pmPosters Scientific Wall Charts - Lower Primary (continued)

Minor Bursary - $25Name School Project Title Sponsor JoshuaKuzmis CaulfieldSouthPrimarySchool HowAustralianInventionshave VaisalaPtyLtd ImprovedourLives-TheBlackBox- RecordingtheMysteryofAirDisastersThomasSmith ElthamEastPrimarySchool BugsBewareofAustralianScientists VictoriaTeachersMutualBankIsabelGuszlovan ElthamEastPrimarySchool AEurekaMomentForAustralian YakultAustraliaPtyLtd ScienceTomFarrer ScotchCollege-Junior HowAustralianSciencehas IndependentPrimarySchool improvedourlives HeadsofAustraliaFlynnAtkinson ScotchCollege-Junior AEurekamomentforAustralian AustralianSkepticsScienceand Science… EducationFoundationSebastianRobson ScotchCollege-Junior HowAustralianSciencehas TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. improvedourlivesJustinWildemast MacedonGrammarSchool Bugs’BewareOfAustralianScientists EntomologicalSocietyofVictoria Inc.DanilYahnov GlendalPrimarySchool HowAustraliansciencehas TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. improvedourlives.KylieCheah GlendalPrimarySchool HowAustralianSciencehas TheBHPBillitonScienceand improvedourlives EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROAnikaRahulan GlendalPrimarySchool AEurekamomentforAustralian TheBHPBillitonScienceand Science EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRO

Games - Primary

Major Bursary - $45Name School Project Title Sponsor MaiyshaMoin FintonaGirlsSchool-Primary Mission99Droughts TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROAahanaDudani FintonaGirlsSchool-Primary TsunamiSetback AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationLilyStevens FintonaGirlsSchool-Primary EarthshatteringEarthquakes InMemoryofDrNoelSchleigerCleoAllsop& OurHolyRedeemerSchool OurGame CatholicEducationOfficeLucyMeagher (Melbourne)DylanPhoon GlendalPrimarySchool Electricity PowercorAustralia

Games - PrimaryMinor Bursary - $30Name School Project Title Sponsor PiperBesley& FintonaGirlsSchool-Primary TroubleinEyari IndependentPrimarySchoolMiaBurg HeadsofAustraliaErinKontaxis& FintonaGirlsSchool-Primary GroundBreaker PowercorAustraliaMadelinePyntaSeiinKim& FintonaGirlsSchool-Primary ChaseywithaHurricane VaisalaPtyLtdYerinParkCelesteGotsis SerpellPrimarySchool AustralianScienceInvention QuantumVictoriaSophiePalmer SolwayPrimarySchool Pegged AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationMylesKelemen CaulfieldSouthPrimarySchool InventionoftheDimension TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRODanielleCook& HeathdaleChristianCollege AustralianFactamania VictoriaUniversityMiquettevanDam -PrimaryEmilyHolland& OurHolyRedeemerSchool OurGame CatholicEducationOfficeChloeLai (Melbourne)


Games - Primary (continued)

Minor Bursary - $30Name School Project Title Sponsor PeterWoods OurHolyRedeemerSchool MyGame TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROMarina GlendalPrimarySchool ACenturyofAustralianScience SwinburneUniversityofChuen-meiBaroudi Technology

Computer Programs - PrimaryMajor Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor LucasValente CliftonHillPrimarySchool Computers! TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROLachieHayes CamberwellGrammar SolarWaterHeating InMemoryofEileenGoodfield& School-Primary DorothyDaltonViniciusFagundes FlemingtonPrimarySchool ElectronConfiguration ChemistryEducationAssociation

Computer Programs - PrimaryMinor Bursary - $35Name School Project Title Sponsor RaphaelHennessy CliftonHillPrimarySchool GraphmeScience AGCOAustraliaLtd.WillHartley-Keane FlemingtonPrimarySchool MyPeriodicTable AustralianInstituteofEnergyBlakeAllan FirbankGrammarSchool T-time AustralianSkepticsScienceand -SandringhamHouse EducationFoundation

Posters Scientific Wall Charts - PrimaryMajor Bursary - $45Name School Project Title Sponsor HayleyMeydan CaulfieldSouthPrimarySchool HowAustralianSciencehasImproved AustralianInstituteofEnergy ourLives-TheInventionofSolarHot WaterHaydenMcElholum& SolwayPrimarySchool SuperSopper AustralianSkepticsScienceandJoshSalmon EducationFoundationNadyaDeSilva& SolwayPrimarySchool HowHastheBionicEarimproved TheBHPBillitonScienceandGraceMcElholum ourlives? EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROVanessaGogos SerpellPrimarySchool BionicEar TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROKonradReich SerpellPrimarySchool HowAustralianSciencehasimproved PowercorAustralia ourlives?AndrewLim TrinityGrammarSchool-Junior Apainlessvaccine AustralianSocietyfor Biochemistry&MolecularBiologyJoshHarper TrinityGrammarSchool-Junior AEurekaMoment IndependentPrimarySchool HeadsofAustraliaLachlanKarunaratne& CamberwellGrammar FloreyDevelopsPenicillin TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.AnthonyTran School-PrimaryJonathanComan FirbankGrammarSchool AEurekamomentforAustralian ChemistryEducationAssociation -SandringhamHouse Science....FirstHormoneClonedin AustraliaWilliamDavies WesleyCollege-JuniorCampus HowAustraliansciencehasimproved QuantumVictoria ourlives-BiologicalControlofPest AnimalandPlantsinAustraliaMiaSpencer ShelfordGirlsGrammar AussiesWorkingTowardsaVaccinationSwinburneUniversityof School-Primary AgainstMalaria Technology



Posters Scientific Wall Charts - Primary (continued)

Major Bursary - $45Name School Project Title Sponsor ImogenePerlen ShelfordGirlsGrammar AEurekaMomentinAustralianScienceVaisalaPtyLtd School-Primary –Spray-onSkinBrielleBrne MacedonGrammarSchool HowAustralianSciencehasimproved VictoriaTeachersMutualBank ourlivesMiaTamplin FirbankGrammarSchool HowAustralianSciencehasimproved IndependentPrimarySchool -TurnerHouse ourlives HeadsofAustraliaJimmyPsaltis GlendalPrimarySchool Bugs’bewareofAustralianScientists AGCOAustraliaLtd

Posters Scientific Wall Charts - PrimaryMinor Bursary - $30Name School Project Title Sponsor EmilyKlein& CaulfieldSouthPrimarySchool HowAustralianSciencehasImproved AustralianSkepticsScienceandSophieSwiatlo ourLives-TheAustralianInventionof EducationFoundation SolarWaterHeatingSashaJones CaulfieldGrammarSchool BlackBoxRecorder TheBHPBillitonScienceand -MalvernCampus EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROCarlDingfelder LabRatsScienceClubPrimary PerfectPenicillin TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROAlexanderCiccone OvernewtonAnglican HowAustralianSciencehasimproved PowercorAustralia CommunityCollege-Primary ourlivesJonathanCiccone OvernewtonAnglican Bugs-bewareofAustralianScience VictoriaUniversity CommunityCollege-PrimaryHeatherMaltby SerpellPrimarySchool AEurekamomentforAustralian PowercorAustralia ScienceClaireMcManus SerpellPrimarySchool AEurekamomentforAustralian TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. ScienceRileyBedford SerpellPrimarySchool TheBionicEar QuantumVictoriaHumdaanHafeez SerpellPrimarySchool TheBionicEar AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationJoeyHunting& CamberwellGrammarSchool 100YearsofScience IndependentPrimarySchoolLiamLy -Primary HeadsofAustraliaLachlanDoehmann CamberwellGrammarSchool AboriginalTechnology InMemoryofDrNoelSchleiger -PrimaryIsabelBaldwin ElthamEastPrimarySchool HowAustralianSciencehasimproved VaisalaPtyLtd ourlivesEdwinNguyen EssexHeightsPrimarySchool HowAustralianSciencehasimproved AustralianInstituteofEnergy ourlivesSonnyMoran ElthamEastPrimarySchool AEurekaMomentforAustralian AustralianSkepticsScienceand Science EducationFoundationAbbeyTurner CareyBaptistGrammarSchool RedBackSpiderBite+Antivenom TheBHPBillitonScienceand Donvale =Survival EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROEliseMcLeod ShelfordGirlsGrammarSchool BlackBoxFlightRecorder TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. -PrimaryTiaGiamadakis ShelfordGirlsGrammarSchool Penicillin IndependentPrimarySchool -Primary HeadsofAustraliaEllaBamby& OurHolyRedeemerSchool AEurekaMomentforAustralian CatholicEducationOfficeEmmaVeal Science... (Melbourne)LachlanHedger MacedonGrammarSchool AEurekaMomentForAustralian VaisalaPtyLtd Science...MaxwellBren-Clarke MacedonGrammarSchool AEurekaMomentforAustralian VictoriaUniversity Science...



The Odeon: 11.15am – 12.15pmPosters Scientific Wall Charts - Primary (continued)

Minor Bursary - $30Name School Project Title Sponsor TeyaD’Souza MacedonGrammarSchool IndigenousScienceInTheLast VictoriaTeachersMutualBank 100YearsZaraD’Souza MacedonGrammarSchool HowAustralianSciencehasimproved AustralianSkepticsScienceand ourlives EducationFoundationOliviaCleaver OvernewtonAnglicanCommunity100YearsofAustralianScience VictoriaUniversity College-PrimaryAdrianaOtis FirbankGrammarSchool IndigenousScienceinthelast QuantumVictoria -TurnerHouse 100yearsSarahIngilizian GlendalPrimarySchool Indigenousscienceinthelast TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. 100yearsChanithWijeratne EssendonNorthPrimarySchool AHistoryofIndigenousInventions AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationLauraGatt StThomasTheApostlePrimary HowAustralianScienceHasImproved CatholicEducationOffice School OurLives-TheLotusFlower (Melbourne)


Agora Cinema: 12.30pm – 1.30pmWorking Models - JuniorMajor Bursary - $60Name School Project Title Sponsor IsabelleOstrowski MethodistLadies’College BinaryGeothermalPowerplant AustralianInstituteofEnergy SeniorSchoolEzriChow& MethodistLadies’College RespiratorySystemofaGreat AustralianSkepticsScienceandAllyDunne SeniorSchool WhiteShark EducationFoundationAngelinaBassovitch& FirbankGrammarSchool WindTurbine VaisalaPtyLtdElinaChiJaredFernando YarraValleyGrammarSchool ElectromagneticLinearAccelerator SwinburneUniversityof TechnologyNatalieWenhrynowycz EastDoncasterSecondary Effectsoffertilizeronnatural AGCOAustraliaLtd. College waterways.GavinPlatt LilydaleHighSchool PlasmaCutter TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROAlexandrasBartaska StKevinsCollege-Secondary TheBlackBoxFlightRecorder CatholicEducationOffice (Melbourne)JemarodBrown LilydaleHighSchool HydroelectricPowerPlant PowercorAustralia

Working Models - JuniorMinor Bursary - $45Name School Project Title Sponsor LexiReisch MethodistLadies’College ThePowersandForceofLeverage AustralianSkepticsScienceand SeniorSchool EducationFoundationLauraTetaz& MethodistLadies’College RaisingandLoweringtheArm TheBHPBillitonScienceandElizaWard SeniorSchool EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROAnjaliChunilal MethodistLadies’College THandleWaterPump PowercorAustralia SeniorSchoolVidhiJain MethodistLadies’College BuildingCranepoweredbyHaudraulic TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. SeniorSchool PressureAlexandraJohnstone FirbankGrammarSchool SolarPanels AustralianInstituteofEnergyLukeOsbon OvernewtonAnglican FibreOpticscablemodel VictoriaUniversity Community-SecondaryJoshWoodbridge StKevinsCollege-Secondary TheFrothFloatationProcess MineralsCouncilofAustralia (VictorianDivision)JamesLyons StKevinsCollege-Secondary HowPlanesFly CatholicEducationOffice (Melbourne)TimothyEllul StKevinsCollege-Secondary CochlearImplant QuantumVictoriaMaxwellTarraran StKevinsCollege-Secondary SurfLifeSavingReel SwinburneUniversityof TechnologySebastianCapomolla KolbeCatholicCollege WindTurbines VictoriaUniversityEliseKervin& StLeonard’sCollegeBrighton CochleaImplant STELRProjectJessicaZaviacic -SecondaryKathrynDemtschyna& FintonaGirlsSchool TheAlzheimersBrain VaisalaPtyLtdAsmithaPrabaharan -SeniorSecondaryGraceMartyn SacredHeartGirlsCollege Thepowerofwind CatholicEducationOffice (Melbourne)ElizabethGraves BalcombeGrammarSchool WaterCycleModel TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. -SecondaryCorbinMcCullough MentoneGrammarSchool Supersoaker AustralianSkepticsScienceand -Middle EducationFoundation


Agora Cinema: 12.30pm – 1.30pmGames - JuniorMajor Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor CaitlinDonaghue-Evans MethodistLadies’College WehavethePower PowercorAustralia SeniorSchoolLucyMonk FlindersChristianCommunity EngageinClimateChange TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. College-CarrumDownsParisLovett FintonaGirlsSchool Braaiinnss AustralianSkepticsScienceand -SeniorSecondary EducationFoundationIsabelleChen& FintonaGirlsSchool EndangeredAnimals TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.MollyHoran -SeniorSecondaryImanoulaDichak& SantaMariaCollege Savetheanimals CatholicEducationOfficeGenevieveMurphy (Melbourne)ArabellaScanlon MentoneGrammarSchool IVFgame AustralianSocietyfor -Middle Biochemistry&MolecularBiologyAmberHanley ShelfordGirlsGrammar ElementHead-ThePeriodicTable ChemistryEducationAssociation -SecondaryLinaLe& DandenongHighSchool Backto1913-TimeTravelling AustralianSkepticsScienceandThyTruong EducationFoundation

Games - JuniorMinor Bursary - $35Name School Project Title Sponsor BettyZhang MethodistLadies’College Canyoumakeittothetopofthe YakultAustraliaPtyLtd SeniorSchool doublehelix?CassandraCollier& MentoneGirls’Grammar Pollution DrJoyBearFrancescaMarchesani SecondarySchoolYvonneLim& BoxHillHighSchool Scienceinthesky AGCOAustraliaLtd.FianaLyNicholasReynolds StKevinsCollege-Secondary Evolutionary-TheBoardGame VictoriaTeachersMutualBankEmmaTaylor& TheGrangeSecondaryCollege KingOfTheJungle. VictoriaUniversityJayneTyackRumaiyaHaque& TheGrangeSecondaryCollege MysteryScientist VaisalaPtyLtdSioapeVaitohiGayatriChaturvedi FintonaGirlsSchool AreyouthinkingwhatI’mthinking? SwinburneUniversityof -SeniorSecondary TechnologyIsabellaNorthwood& SantaMariaCollege TsunamiFrenzy QuantumVictoriaEmilyRoyalsRoseannaMacDonald SantaMariaCollege BeattheBunnies CatholicEducationOffice (Melbourne)MaryBotros SantaMariaCollege Constructyourowngreenhouse TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.VictoriaNewman SantaMariaCollege Endangeredspecies TheBHPBillitonScienceandJamieWagner EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROZoeMcQueen& DandenongHighSchool LittleEinstein PowercorAustraliaAnnieZhangJasmineCoco-Viti& SunburyDownsSecondary Gameofexperiments VictoriaUniversityBiancaSynott CollegeKarliWildemast MacedonGrammarSchool IndigenousInventOZ AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundation


Agora Cinema: 12.30pm – 1.30pmScience Photography - JuniorMajor Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor NedPurnell KingswoodCollege-Secondary PatternsinNature FieldNaturalistsClubOfVictoriaClaireO’Brien MethodistLadies’College FormationandColouringofSoap ChemistryEducationAssociation SeniorSchool BubblesSydneyMiller FirbankGrammarSchool TheCharacteristicsofdifferent InMemoryofDrNoelSchleiger IgneousRocksAnnaRabinov LabRatsScienceClub EmpiresoftheSky AustralianSkepticsScienceand Secondary EducationFoundationGabrielGubko FlindersChristianCommunity DiffusionCaptured TheUniversityofMelbourne College-CarrumDowns (ScienceEducation)IshaPatel SantaMariaCollege WaterPollution CatholicEducationOffice (Melbourne)CharlotteLynch PrincesHillSecondaryCollege Polarization AustralianInstituteofEnergySaraDraca& UniversityHighSchool-GTAC Stagesofcellmitosis GeneTechnologyAccessCentreEleanorWilson

Science Photography - JuniorMinor Bursary - $35Name School Project Title Sponsor CourtneyTurner& KingswoodCollege-Secondary ALeafyTime TheBHPBillitonScienceandTaylorWilson EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROSarahHillman MethodistLadies’College Magnetismandmagneticfields AustralianSkepticsScienceand SeniorSchool EducationFoundationKateDunwoody& MethodistLadies’College PropertiesofLight TheBHPBillitonScienceandCallieStaurou SeniorSchool EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROGeorginaRyan MethodistLadies’College Refraction TheBHPBillitonScienceand SeniorSchool EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROAltheaHuf BoxHillHighSchool TheScienceofSwimming PowercorAustraliaLaurenCork& MentoneGirls’Grammar FoodDyeandScience TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.NatalieFrank SecondarySchoolMariDeKock BoxHillHighSchool Theprocessoffire SwinburneUniversityof TechnologyAnastazyaClark& EastDoncasterSecondary Weather QuantumVictoriaNatashaPapadimitriou CollegeMatthewPresutto StKevinsCollege-Secondary Density,ColouringandSlime CatholicEducationOffice (Melbourne)EmmaScealy TinternGirlsGrammarSchool Harmonograms(Lighttracings) VaisalaPtyLtd -SecondaryNatalieJaman-Hogan& FintonaGirlsSchool ShadesofAutumn VictoriaTeachersMutualBankRubyKeeble -SeniorSecondaryDelaneyRyan SantaMariaCollege WaterPollution ChemistryEducationAssociationZoeUsher PrincesHillSecondaryCollege VictorianTallTimberForest AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationObanSymons PrincesHillSecondaryCollege TensionWheels QuantumVictoriaMaddyDwyer PrincesHillSecondaryCollege MerriCreekEcology FieldNaturalistsClubOfVictoriaHamishJones PrincesHillSecondaryCollege PedestrianLevelCrossing PowercorAustraliaLouieRogers PrincesHillSecondaryCollege KangarooIsland TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.ChristopherDaley EastDoncasterSecondary Engines,EnginesEverywhere! TheBHPBillitonScienceand College EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRO


Agora Cinema: 12.30pm – 1.30pmVideo Productions - JuniorMajor Bursary - $60Name School Project Title Sponsor JoshuaBek ChairoChristianSchool WeirdScience-Phronima AustralianSkepticsScienceand Cardinia-Secondary EducationFoundationFreyaSolnordal FintonaGirlsSchool Whatwouldhappenifoursundies PowercorAustralia -SeniorSecondaryEmilyDare& StLeonard’sCollegeBrighton HistoryofAustralianInventionsinour VictoriaTeachersMutualBankIsobelleRoss -Secondary DailyLivesSeanBoettger HomeSchoolHauer Teleportationanditsproblems AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundation

Video Productions - JuniorMinor Bursary - $45Name School Project Title Sponsor KatherineWang MethodistLadies’College Weight=Mass? TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. SeniorSchoolShirazMowbray& FirbankGrammarSchool PlantGerminationandPollination FieldNaturalistsClubOfVictoriaLolaPhilpNathanShannan StKevinsCollege-Secondary SurfacesandFriction CatholicEducationOffice (Melbourne)SusiloVincentius StKevinsCollege-Secondary Synroc MineralsCouncilofAustralia (VictorianDivision)MagnusRodgers StLeonard’sCollegeBrighton ACenturyofAustralianScience TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. -SecondarySamuelKent& YarraValleyGrammarSchool TeslaCoil(ProjectThunderstruck) TheBHPBillitonScienceandNikolasPapadakis EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRORyanBuckler& MentoneGrammarSchool Sublimation PowercorAustraliaTimSilvester -MiddleTomSiedle& MentoneGrammarSchool Rickettspointmarinesanctuary InMemoryofDrNoelSchleigerHarrySpencer -MiddleEmilyBresnehan& MentoneGrammarSchool AAESS:elephanttoothpaste VictoriaTeachersMutualBankAlexSiedle -Middle

Working Models - IntermediateMajor Bursary - $70Name School Project Title Sponsor TeleahBelkin OurLadyOfSionCollege TheHeart CatholicEducationOffice (Melbourne)LukeSilva GleneaglesSecondaryCollege GeneratingvideofromamicrocontrollerTheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROPaulTomoiaga GleneaglesSecondaryCollege SimpleElectronics-BigIdea MineralsCouncilofAustralia (VictorianDivision)AronLockhart MaryMacKillopCatholic Lockhart’sModel CatholicEducationOffice RegionalCollege (Melbourne)TateBosmans McClellandCollege TheTowerCrane VictoriaTeachersMutualBank

Working Models - IntermediateMinor Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor JaimePope LilydaleHighSchool DesalinationPlant AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationJosephGauci KolbeCatholicCollege Four-StrokeEngine AustralianInstituteofEnergy


Agora Cinema: 12.30pm – 1.30pmGames - IntermediateMajor Bursary - $60Name School Project Title Sponsor VictoriaAzizagdam MaribyrnongSecondaryCollege OZ-Vention VictoriaUniversity

Games - IntermediateMinor Bursary - $40Name School Project Title Sponsor JamesGover GippslandGrammar-Senior It’selemental! ChemistryEducationAssociationCharindyaJanakantha PresbyterianLadiesCollege ElementalGenius AustralianSkepticsScienceand -Senior EducationFoundation

Science Photography - IntermediateMajor Bursary - $60Name School Project Title Sponsor OliviaSioukas KilvingtonGrammarSchool Astronomy TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. -SeniorNidhiWadhwa PresbyterianLadiesCollege CapturingReflections AustralianSkepticsScienceand -Senior EducationFoundationStephanieRowlands PresbyterianLadiesCollege SolarEclipse AustralianSkepticsScienceand -Senior EducationFoundation

Science Photography - IntermediateMinor Bursary - $40Name School Project Title Sponsor ElizabethHu KilvingtonGrammarSchool NativeAustralianBirds InMemoryofDrNoelSchleiger -SeniorDaphneAng KilvingtonGrammarSchool TypesofEnergy AustralianInstituteofEnergy -SeniorNgaronoaNicholls& WesternHeightsSecondary Solid,LiquidAndGasPhasesOfThe VictoriaUniversityAlanaZafra College-VinesRd UniqueWaterMoleculeJasmineManly McClellandCollege Theperceptionofvision TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRO

Video Productions - IntermediateMajor Bursary - $70Name School Project Title Sponsor IsaacLeeson KingswoodCollege-Secondary TheSupercoolingPhenomenon TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.MeganLee GleneaglesSecondaryCollege BoatsandNewton’sLawsofMotion. YakultAustraliaPtyLtdLizChiem& MountWaverleySecondary HotIce-AnExothermicReaction TheBHPBillitonScienceandAngelineChin College-Senior EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROCareyTsiaves& MountWaverleySecondary HowDIfferentSoundsAffectUse TheBHPBillitonScienceandHashiraWeerawardana College-Senior DIfferently EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRO


Video Productions - Intermediate (continued)

Minor Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor JamesChin& KingswoodCollege-Secondary CutOff PowercorAustraliaCallumShemmellTasharaBrown LilydaleHighSchool Thediscoveryofpenicillin AustralianSocietyfor Biochemistry&MolecularBiologySophieFavilla& PresbyterianLadiesCollege Edison’sLightBulb PowercorAustraliaEllaHorska -SeniorFeiFeiLu& PresbyterianLadiesCollege OurStar:TheSun QuantumVictoriaLilianWong -SeniorKatyNewell WesternHeightsSecondary ChemicalCompounds AGCOAustraliaLtd. College-VinesRdLachlanClark StKevinsCollege-Secondary HelicopterPhysics CatholicEducationOffice (Melbourne)

Science Photography - OpenMajor Bursary - $70Name School Project Title Sponsor ShirleyWong SacredHeartGirlsCollege EyesvsLens TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRO

Science Photography - OpenMinor Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor SamuelTelford GeelongGrammarSchool PainlessPenicillin VaisalaPtyLtd -Secondary

Video Productions - OpenMajor Bursary - $85Name School Project Title Sponsor AlexMiglietti& WoodleighSchool TemporalDiscord:TheArrowofTime AustralianSkepticsScienceandCallumSimpson EducationFoundationHarrySexton GeelongGrammarSchool TheScienceofHomeBrewing YakultAustraliaPtyLtd -Secondary

Agora Cinema: 12.30pm – 1.30pm


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Computer Programs - JuniorMajor Bursary - $60Name School Project Title Sponsor TobyLaw& BalwynHighSchool RocketScienceGame TheBHPBillitonScienceandSomeshMehra EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROJenniferAndraos& SantaMariaCollege Meltdown CatholicEducationOfficeEmilyCvetanoski (Melbourne)SeanBoettger HomeSchoolHauer REM-TheCavernofLostDreams AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundation

Computer Programs - JuniorMinor Bursary - $45 Name School Project Title Sponsor RavinduWeerasinghe ParadeCollege HistoryofAustralianMedical CatholicEducationOffice ScienceKnowledgebase (Melbourne)SeanBoettger HomeSchoolHauer TimeThief-TheFailedInventions AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundation


Agora Theatre: 12.30pm – 1.30pmExperimental Research - IntermediateMajor Bursary - $70Name School Project Title Sponsor HarrietWalker MentoneGirls’Grammar TheEfficiencyofDifferentSubstrates TheWalterandElizaHallInstitute SecondarySchool (glucose,fructose,sucrose,maltose, ofMedicalResearch lactose)onyeastrespiration.TaraJadwani-Bungar MethodistLadies’College TheChangingMemory TheWalterandElizaHallInstitute SeniorSchool ofMedicalResearchDeclanClark LabRatsScienceClub TheEffectofIonisingRadiationon TheWalterandElizaHallInstitute Secondary MouldandFungalGrowth ofMedicalResearchRobertLiu ScotchCollege-Senior Justhowsafeisice? QuantumVictoriaCoreyRobinson SouthwoodBoysGrammar SolarStillInvestigation PowercorAustralia SchoolConroyCheers CaulfieldGrammarSchool TheeffectsofHands-freeandHands-onAustralianSkepticsScienceand -WheelersHillCampus TextingonDrivingAbility EducationFoundation

Experimental Research - IntermediateMinor Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor CaitlinCole MentoneGirls’Grammar Whatisthemosteffectivewayto TheBHPBillitonScienceand SecondarySchool purifyhouseholdgreywater? EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROAlessandraLouey& EastDoncasterSecondary Doeslemonorbleachstopfruit PowercorAustraliaNarbirMinhas College goingbrown?CarolineQuach PresbyterianLadiesCollege WhichAntibacterialDisinfectantis TheWalterandElizaHallInstitute -Senior MostEffective ofMedicalResearchNatalieLiu PresbyterianLadiesCollege MeasuringTheSpeedofLight TheBHPBillitonScienceand -Senior EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROKateFrench& RuytonGirls’School Howdoescaffeineaffectblood TheWalterandElizaHallInstituteCrystalHua pressure,heartrateandanxietylevels?ofMedicalResearchKathleenHanson& RuytonGirls’School Whichmaterialhasthemostelasticity InMemoryofDrNoelSchleigerAmeliaWood andstrength?ImogenFeder& RuytonGirls’School TheSoapMystery PowercorAustraliaJessicaLambSesharnaBala& RuytonGirls’School RiseAbovetheRest TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.LilianaTestenAstridMelton& RuytonGirls’School ActiveKernels TheBHPBillitonScienceandIsabelleScopelleti EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROCorrineWooden DoncasterSecondaryCollege Extendingthelifeofcutflowersusing AustralianSocietyfor householdadditives Biochemistry&MolecularBiologyJamesLockwood StPaul’sGrammarSchool BandicootCornerStudy InMemoryofDrNoelSchleiger WarragulYusufHassan MinaretCollege-Secondary Super-spiceinregulatingblood TheWalterandElizaHallInstitute glucoselevel ofMedicalResearch


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Inventions - JuniorMajor Bursary - $60Name School Project Title Sponsor JacquelineJohnstone& FirbankGrammarSchool LIFE:LivingInternallyFloraEnvironmentTheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.KellieWorrellBenjaminBeagley StKevinsCollege-Secondary BambooBike PowercorAustralia

Inventions - JuniorMinor Bursary - $45Name School Project Title Sponsor JonathonSymons CheltenhamSecondaryCollege HolidayKeeper AustralianSkepticsScienceand EducationFoundationBenjaminEastman FlindersChristianCommunity Auto-Ping TheBHPBillitonScienceand College-CarrumDowns EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRODanielOwies StKevinsCollege-Secondary Waterfeedingwiperblade SwinburneUniversityof TechnologyJamesLong& StKevinsCollege-Secondary SunscreenApplicator TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.AndrewWillett

Creative Writing - JuniorMajor Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor GraceFeng MethodistLadies’College AustralianScience,Belowthesurface DrJoyBear SeniorSchoolLachlanEvenden Woodleighschool DevilsinDanger TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.AnnBaby CheltenhamSecondaryCollege Necessitywasthemotherofinvention VaisalaPtyLtdJessicaWoolmer FirbankGrammarSchool AustralianScience,thesky’sthelimit TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.VictoriaPhan MethodistLadies’College Soitbegan,thestartofanAustralian TheUniversityofMelbourne SeniorSchool sciencelegend (ScienceEducation)Lee-AnnLeong& BoxHillHighSchool Necessityisthemotherofinvention TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc.JordanStaceyCathyFei MethodistLadies’College AustralianScience:TheSky’stheLimit SwinburneUniversityof SeniorSchool TechnologyLachlanWakeling LilydaleHighSchool Necessitywasthemotherofinvention YakultAustraliaPtyLtdConnorMillsom LilydaleHighSchool Australianscience,belowthesurface InMemoryofDrNoelSchleigerJerromeYong BoxHillHighSchool Earthprime(Necessitywasthe TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. motherofinvention)JakeMcCauley StLeonard’sCollegeBrighton Necessitywasthemotherofinvention VictoriaTeachersMutualBank -SecondaryLachlanHowe MentoneGrammarSchool AustralianScience:belowthesurface AustralianSocietyfor -Middle Biochemistry&MolecularBiologyCleopatraKopanidis ShelfordGirlsGrammar TheBionicEar SwinburneUniversityof -Secondary Technology

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The Odeon: 12.30pm – 1.30pmCreative Writing - Junior (continued)

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Posters Scientific Wall Charts - JuniorMajor Bursary - $50Name School Project Title Sponsor EkusheyAhmed HumeAnglicanGrammar Is‘Superfish’PestManagement AustralianSkepticsScienceand School-Secondary Possible? EducationFoundationHaniAlasad CheltenhamSecondaryCollege AustralianScienceCreates... TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROLisaTu CheltenhamSecondaryCollege Australiansciencecreates.. PowercorAustralia TheBionicEarNihalTodd CheltenhamSecondaryCollege Australiansciencecreates.. TheRoyalSocietyofVictoriaInc. SprayonSkinAshleyChong FirbankGrammarSchool AEurekaMomentforAustralian AustralianSkepticsScienceand Science:TheCochlearImplant EducationFoundationZoeTamplin FirbankGrammarSchool AustralianScienceCreates: TheBHPBillitonScienceand TheCochlearEar EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROMertcanOmerDamoglu CheltenhamSecondaryCollege AustralianScienceCreates..Penicillin TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRO


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Posters Scientific Wall Charts - IntermediateMajor Bursary - $60 Name School Project Title Sponsor NipunieVithanage PresbyterianLadiesCollege AEurekaMomentforAustralian AustralianSocietyfor -Senior Science:DiscoveryofH.pylori Biochemistry&MolecularBiologyAntheaWanigaratne NossalHighSchool AEurekamomentforAustralian AustralianSkepticsScienceand science EducationFoundationZoeCanestra ShelfordGirlsGrammar Insulin GeneTechnologyAccessCentre -Secondary

Posters Scientific Wall Charts - IntermediateMinor Bursary - $40Name School Project Title Sponsor RiyazShahulhameed CheltenhamSecondaryCollege AustralianNanotechnology TheBHPBillitonScienceand EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIROCharlotteMcCarthy OurLadyOfSionCollege AustralianScienceCreates... CatholicEducationOffice (Melbourne)LourdesJayawardena SacredHeartGirlsCollege Australiansciencecreatesthe VaisalaPtyLtd bionicearMarieBomban CarolineChisholmCatholic AEurekamomentforAustralian CatholicEducationOffice College Science... (Melbourne)CeciliaRafanan CarolineChisholmCatholic AEurekamomentforAustralian AustralianSkepticsScienceand College Science... EducationFoundationRowinaNathan ShelfordGirlsGrammar TheSonoEye-Nanotechnology TheBHPBillitonScienceand -Secondary EngineeringAwards,managedby CSIRO


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STS Co-DirectorsJosieCrisara AitkenCollegeMirandaMcKellar LaTrobeUniversity-Schoolof LifeScienceAnne-MarieWilliams MethodistLadies’CollegePeterCraig MtWaverleySecondaryCollegeLeonieLang UniversityofMelbourne

STS Committee 2013CharlesTivendale AustralianSkepticsMaryDonaghy BadenPowellCollegeLynetteLew BalwynHighSchoolManjuMohandoss BalwynHighSchoolVizKozak CreeksideK-9CollegeDianaVeremciukas CheltenhamSecondaryCollegeSubuChockalingam GeneTechnologyAccessCentreMaureenFrith GreatRyriePrimarySchoolAdrianCameron HoppersCrossingSecondary CollegeEmmaGeyer HumeAnglicanGrammarSchoolMarisaJarvis HumeAnglicanGrammarSchoolPinaPikos HumeAnglicanGrammarSchoolSarahShatford HumeAnglicanGrammarSchoolJudithSise LyndaleGreensPrimarySchoolScottSmith MountWaverleySecondary CollegeMeeIngOng NazarethCollegeSoulaBennett QuantumVictoriaLyndenFielding RosehillSecondaryCollegeAmeliaStrzebonski RoxburghCollegeJaniceTeng ScienceTeachers’Associationof VictoriaInc.PhilipStrack StAndrewsChristianCollegeKatherineGeorganakis StLeonard’sCollegeMarcLewandowski StLeonard’sCollegeRachelJohnson TheKnoxSchoolAnnPisarevsky UniversityofMelbourneChristineRedman UniversityofMelbourneJohnRainbow UpperYarraSecondaryCollegeJoannaAlexander VermontSecondaryCollegeVanessaPhillips WesleyCollege-StKildaRoad PrimaryAnnetteAtkinsonGregaryBoylesMariaMylonasSaimaWasimGregWilson

STS assistantsDavidTrotter CSIROEducationJaniceTeng STSOfficerAnnetteMcKenna STAVAdministrationManagerSofieKrcmar STSAssistantKellieJackson STAVDesktopPublishing

ClaireAttard AitkenCollege(Secondary)GraziellaCarta KimForwardKateHattyAdeleHudsonSallySnowdenHeatherMurtagh AquinasCollegeMadelaineScott-Jones AvilaCollegeTheovanEykAlanaBalloch BalcombeGrammarSchool- SecondaryYvonneWiebell BalwynHighSchoolDebbieMason BeaconhillsCollege- Valley(secondary)MichaelFincher BeaconhillsCollegeVillage- SeniorSenemShamsili BellarineSecondaryCollege, DrysdaleCampusCarrieBloomfield BentleighSecondaryCollegeYvonneSirianosJeanieClark BeulahPrimarySchoolMartinJellinek BoxHillHighSchoolEricaSporriJamesHeazlewood BraemarCollege-MichaelPituch SecondaryCoralieTarantoRobinGamble BrentwoodSecondaryCollegeJulieMurray BrightonPrimarySchoolJulieGould BrunswickSecondaryCollegeCarolineGatley CamberwellGrammarSchool-SusanRankin PrimaryMarkWilliams CamberwellGrammarSchool- SeniorSchoolMeganKerr CamberwellHighSchoolJacquiBrooks CamelotRisePrimarySchoolSimoneGriffith CareyBaptistGrammarJoThornburn SchoolDonvaleYvonneNgiam CarolineChisholmAliceSzeto CatholicCollegeNicholeFraser CreeksideK-9CollegeRebeccaMcMahonKatherineRyanAndreaJohnson CaulfieldGrammarSchool- MalvernCampusChristopherBowen CaulfieldGrammarSchool- WheelersHillCampusKateHarman CaulfieldSouthPrimarySchoolMarianneSichlauChrisRogerson ChairoChristianSchool Cardinia(Primary)SpirosLiacos CheltenhamSecondaryCollegeJessicaOharaTomSharpleyDiNevile CliftonHillPrimarySchool

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BenJohnson CoburgPrimarySchoolAmandaPowell DandenongHighSchoolSueEvangelakos DeepdenePrimarySchoolMichaelCincotta DoncasterGardensPrimary SchoolTomWragg DoncasterSecondaryCollegeBernieKennedy EastDoncasterSecondarySallyPolidano CollegeNoreenAkhtar ElthamEastPrimarySchoolLisaPolsonKateDillon EssendonNorthPrimarySchoolJessicaChan EssexHeightsPrimarySchoolMaritaStewardLisaBroben FintonaGirlsSchool-PrimaryVanessaStockleyChristaAckermann FintonaGirlsSchool-SeniorJulieGoldsworthy SecondarySuzieHanneberyPaulaHicks FirbankGrammarSchoolKerrySlaterLauraSheffield FirbankGrammarSchool-BethWatson SandringhamHouseBrookeClayton FirbankGrammarSchool-BethWatson TurnerHouseEveyChen FitzroyNorthPrimarySchoolKathleenLindsay-FieldNicolaDziadkiewicz FlemingtonPrimarySchoolLesleyMcCarthyDavidMeyerCarolynMcLean FlindersChristianCommunityDuncanNeil College-CarrumDownsSiwanRees GeelongGrammarSchool- SecondaryTracyClark GenazzanoFCJCollegeMaritaO’SheaJulieRipon GippslandGrammar-SeniorKristieWoodward GirtonGrammarSchool-JuniorJaeChang GlendalPrimarySchoolChristinaGaffyChristineGilliganLisaTuttJulieMullins GleneaglesSecondaryCollegeMaureenFrith GreatRyriePrimarySchoolRohanCraig HeathdaleChristianCollege-JulieVenning PrimaryAnnWalkerWarrenPedersen HolySpiritSchoolPetrosRozakeas HomeSchoolRozakeasFionaEllis HumeAnglicanGrammarEmmaGeyer School-PrimaryPamelaGomesPinaPikosSarahShatford

DanielaCampanale HumeAnglicanGrammarJordanIgnatiadis School-SecondaryMarisaJarvisBrigitteRiscicaPamRobertsonLeesaGallard HuntingtowerSchool-PrimaryPaulCuthbert KewHighSchoolLornaMcKellarRajneshRam KilvingtonGrammarSchool- SeniorSueEgan KinglakePrimarySchoolSajiAnil KingswoodCollege-SecondaryIainMurphyPhillipChan KolbeCatholicCollegeMichelleVellaLydiaLow LabRatsScienceClubPrimaryImeldaMason LauristonGirlsSchool-PrimaryLauraKaspar LilydaleHighSchoolNuralSekerJodieStreetKasieVanHennikJacquelineBerkeley LowtherHallAnglicanGrammar SchoolJudithSise LyndaleGreensPrimaryschoolSusanPetousis LyndaleSecondaryCollegeMarkSmith MacedonGrammarSchoolJennyWhiteClintonHale MaribyrnongSecondaryCollegeConnieKyrisKomalLataAliceJung MazenodCollegeGeorgeStoforidisKerryArcher McClellandCollegeEllieBeni MentoneGirls’GrammarMariaMavridis SecondarySchoolLeighChislett MentoneGrammarSchoolMichaelWilton (Middle)MiriamBeasy MethodistLadiesCollegeJuniorAnne-MarieWilliams SchoolCassieBlainey MethodistLadies’CollegeDrewChan SeniorSchoolTomCurtisMarkDanaroJillDetezConnieHandrinosChrisHeathDicksonHoVeraHudsonKylieWarnerVickyZhouKarenFaulwetter MiddleKinglakePrimarySchoolStevenHallamKarenSomersSarahBywater MillParkHeightsPrimary School

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MeharSaeed MinaretCollege-SecondaryLaurenKelly MountWaverleySC-AdamLaan JuniorSchoolScottSmithPeterCraig MountWaverleySecondary College-SeniorLuisaMasocco NazarethCollegeChristopherRyanStephenAlderton NossalHighSchoolAnnemiekWaters OurHolyRedeemerSchoolPaulWhitely OurLadyOfSionCollegeNicoleKountouri OvernewtonAnglican Community-SecondaryRuthArnold OvernewtonAnglican CommunityCollege-PrimaryJonathonBroughton ParadeCollegeIgorLysenko ParadeCollege-PrestonEdisonShamoailMisjaCarbo PresbyterianLadiesCollege-RussellDownie SeniorNatalieJensen Preshil:TheMargaretLyttle MemorialSchoolShantelleBrown PrincesHillSecondaryCollegeAndrewKellyMelindaBrowne RobertsMcCubbinPrimary SchoolSusanFryer RuytonGirls’SchoolChristineMckillop SacreCoeur-SecondaryCatherineVastbinderJohnDenmead SacreCoeurPrimarySchoolMarikaPayne SacredHeartCollege-KynetonAnneNoonan SacredHeartGirlsCollegeKerrileePywellSarahRapson SalesianCollege-ChadstoneMichelleNedosyko SantaMariaCollegeBrianO’ReillyGillianComport ScotchCollege-JuniorAnthonyTascaDinahWaldieJohnJackowski ScotchCollege-SeniorTrentAsquith SerpellPrimarySchoolJeremyTottenhamErinZervosAlisonReid ShelfordGirlsGrammar-AnnetteWilliams SecondaryJacquelineSidaway ShelfordGirlsGrammarSchoolTaniaWhitehead -PrimaryCarlyBriant SolwayPrimarySchoolLucyFyffeRhiannonQuillAntheaWatkins SouthwoodBoysGrammar School

EwaBiviano StBedesCollegeRebeccaSeelJohnMcGlashan StJosephsCollegeMilduraRobertBell StKevinsCollege-SecondaryChrisDunnJamesRossEmmaHarkin StLeonard’sCollegeBrighton- SecondaryJaneCuttler StLeonard’sCollege-Junior SchoolJuliaBehr StPaul’sGrammarSchool WarragulMirandaArmstrong StThomasTheApostlePrimaryMichelleBates SchoolIanMcDonald StrathconaBaptistGGS-Erin-RosePandita SecondaryCharlotteForwood StrathconaBaptistG.G.S-AndrewMudgway PrimaryAndrewBlackbourn SunburyDownsSecondaryMichaelSperling CollegeAjsheThaqi TheGrangeSecondaryCollegeSophieZwolanski-MorovicRebekahBonnett TheHamiltonAndAlexandra College-SeniorKimHepworth TheKnoxSchool-SecondaryRachelJohnson TheKnoxSchool-PrimaryGlennBason ThornburyHighSchoolChristineFarmakisLannaDerry TinternGirlsGrammarSchool- SecondaryRayDrake TrinityGrammarSchool-JuniorHeatherEvans TrinityGrammarSchool- SecondaryLinaTashlik TuckerRoadPrimary-BentleighSubuChockalingam UniversityHighSchool-GtacNicoleWebsterFionaTrapani UniversityofMelbourneMelissaTyers WallanPrimarySchoolSheonaCarter WesleyCollege-StKildaRoadMagitaConrad PrimaryHamishLeahyJamesSkehanKarenDover WesleyCollege-JuniorCampusRussellWelshJuneGeorge WesternHeightsSecondary College-VinesRdSuzanneLampe WoodleighSchoolAnthonyLyon WoorannaParkPrimarySchoolKateCatania YarraValleyGrammarSchoolJohnRetchford

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STS Co-ordinator ReportsPosters Scientific Wall Charts – Junior and Intermediate divisionsSection Coordinator: Diana VeremciukasTheJudgingDayonSaturdaythe10thofAugustranefficientlythankstothetirelesseffortsofthe30+volunteerjudges,whoweremostlyprimaryandsecondaryteachers,andsometraineeteachersfromLaTrobeandMelbourneUniversities.AbigthankyoutoMethodistLadies’CollegefortheuseoftheirfacilitiesandtothestaffwhohelpedsetuptheroomsontheprecedingFridayevening,andthosewhoprovidedmorningteaforparentsandentrantsontheSaturdaymorning.AlsothankyoutotheMLCstudentswhoactedasushers.Judgesfoundthatthestandardofposterswasveryhighthisyear,aswastheoralpresentationprovidedbystudents.ThenumberofJuniorentriesreceivedwereonehundredandfive,uponlastyear’stotal.Oftheentriessubmitted15wonMajorbursaries,30wonMinorbursariesand30receivedMeritcertificates.Twenty-fourIntermediateentrieswerereceived,uponlastyear’stotal.Oftheentriessubmitted3wonMajorbursaries,6wonMinorbursariesand8receivedaMeritcertificate.STAVencouragesmoreyear9and10+studentsenteringnextyear.Thefavouritetopicforentrantswas“AustralianSciencecreates….”at59%.Nextatequalpopularitywas“AEurekamomentforAustralianScience…..”and“AustralianNanotechnology”,at19%.Leastfavouritewas“IndigenousScienceinthelast100years”at3%.Postersbasedon“AustralianSciencecreates….”and“AEurekamomentforAustralianScience…..”coveredtheBionicEye,CochlearEarimplant,SprayonSkin,TheHeartpacemaker,Cloudseeding,Anthraxvaccine,Anti-malariadrug,Vegemite,Sport’swool,SolarHotWater,theBlackboxrecorder,Ultrasoundtechnology,Penicillin,theBovineTBtest,theBrennanTorpedo,Polymerbanknotes,WiFi,Movieclapperboards,Aeroguard,Refrigerationdevices,Relenza-Fluvaccine,Superfishpestmanagement,Gardasil-CervicalCancerdrug,introductionoftheDungBeetle,FrozenEggcells/embryos,theSurfSki,Magicbandages,SurfLife-savingreel,Musicbubbles,DNAandTelomerase,Myxamatosisdisease,TasmanianDeviltumourdisease,AtomicAbsorptiondevices,Radioastronomydevices,HelicobacterandPepticulcers,andBrainstimulators.Postersbasedon“AustralianNanotechnology”coverednanobotsinmedicine,spaceelevators,Nanoradar,Nanobugs,probes,Buckyballs,sensors,nano-diamonds,Insulinreleasenanotubes,OilrigNanoprotectors,NanochipsinBioniceyes,Sonoeye,ZinccreamandSuntanlotions.Postersbasedon“IndigenousScienceinthelast100years”coveredBoomerangs,Didgeridoos,andSpearthrowers,Stonetools,useofnativeplantsandnaturalminerals.

Pre-service teacher judgesRikaraAhmat ArjanSinghAjitSingh DesmondAngLaurenAngley RossAveryKartiniBeghin TylaBrackenJacksonBrooke ElizaBrownSivanBurton WilliamButtigiegAlexCarnie SarahChiappaAmandaChoo JuliaCirilloHaydnClancy RussellClarkJessicaCobley AnastasiaCourtneyGabrielCsaszar SanaDerbasMelanieErwin CassandraFlanaganJessicaGennery MichaelGoldbergSamuelHannah StephanieHoganBeiJiang EmilyJordanSamanthaKeenan RebeccaKerrLindaLa RebeccaLawrenceAidiLiu BethanyMasonEmmaMcIntyre ErinMillerKatieMiller RaquellaNeigerEmilyNicholls MichaelO’NeillTimothyPaoli MelissaPertKatherineRoan RachaelRutkowskiDanaeSalipas ChristopherSgroRebekahSmith SarahSturgeonAnnaTran AlexanderTsaiJamesVanPelt JaredVassalloCaitlinVine RachelWilsonDebbieWong GraceWongSezerYazar


Justaremindertoentrants,ifaposterhasattachmentsitmustbelaminated,andiftheinternethasbeenaccessed,thesite,thedateandtimeitwasaccessedmustbenotedinthebibliography.Alsostudentsneedtoshowclearlywhatpostertopictheyhaveselectedontheirposter.Congratulations,toallwhoenteredthePostersectionthisyear.Wearealreadylookingforwardto2014anddiscoveringwhatstudentswithcommitment,enthusiasmandwithsupportfromteachersandparentscandowithnextyear’stheme.

Posters Scientific Wall Charts – Lower Primary and Primary divisionsSection Coordinator: Ann PisarevskyCongratulationstoallthosestudentswhomadetheefforttocompeteinthepostersectionoftheScienceTalentSearch.Thisyear208posterswereenteredwith136fromupperprimaryand72fromthelowerprimary.Ofthosestudentswhoenteredinthelowerprimarysectionsevenreceivedamayorbursaryandfourteenreceivedaminorbursary.Inupperprimaryfourteenreceivedamayorbursaryandtwenty-eightreceivedminors.Studentswereaskedtoaddressoneofthetopicsgiven-HowAustralianSciencehasImprovedourLives,AEurekaMomentforAustralianScience,BugsbewareofAustralianScientistsandIndigenousScienceintheLast100Years.Thejudgesfeltthatmostposterswerewellsetoutandpresentedagoodunderstandingofthescientificcontentrelatingtothetopic.Therewerehoweveranumberofpostersthatdidnotcomplytotheguidelines.Insomecasesfabricormaterialorphotographswereaddedtotheposter.Itspecificallystatesintheguidelinesthatonlyoriginaldiagramsaretobeused.Withregardtoreferences,ifusingreferencesfromtheinternettimeanddatemustbeaddedtothereference.Onjudgingdaythejudgeswereimpressedbytheenthusiasmofthestudentsandtheirunderstandingoftheconceptspresentedontheirposters.Manythanks,tothejudges,whogaveuptheirSaturdaymorningtobeinvolvedinthejudging.

Computer Programs – All divisionsSection Coordinators: Mee-Ing Ong & Lynette LewItwasanotherverysatisfyingandsuccessfulSpecialJudgingDay,onSaturday,10thAugustatMethodistLadies’College.Asinpreviousyears,allthecommittedanddedicatedjudgesarrivedpunctuallyat8.00a.m.sharp.Theirearlyarrivalprovidedsomelastminuteassistanceinorganisingmarkingstationsbeforeashortbriefingsessiononjudgingcriteriatoensurefairnessinjudging.ThankyouallforyourfaithfulcommitmenttotheadvancementofScience.Itisencouragingtonotethatmorestudents,especiallyinthejuniorandintermediatesections,aremakinganefforttocompletetheirprojects.ThenumberofentriesintheOpensection,however,hasdeclinedsharply,dueprobablytothe

highdemandofVCEontheirtime.Thestandardofprogrammingskillsandthescientificknowledgedisplayedintheworkoftheentriescontinuedtoreflectthestudents’genuineinterest,skillsandapplication,understandinganddedicationtotheirstudyofScienceandTechnology.Itisimportanttonotetherapiddynamicsoccurringintherangeandscopeofthesoftwarebeingusedtocreateprogramsandsimulations.TheserangefromthemoretraditionalcodedoptionsthroughtomorecurrentGUIandiconledapplications.Thesciencecontentisoftenintriguingbutcanbecomesecondarytothecreativityenabledbythesoftware.Agegroupsdonotseemtodefinethesoftwareused.Softwaresusedthisyearincludedthefollowing:PowerPoint–rarelyusedwithcomplexityordevelopedbeyondthebasics,sciencecontentingeneral,wasadequatelycovered.Web/HTML/GoogleDocs/Prezzi–again,asinthecaseofPowerPoint,rarelyshowingcomplexityormuchofthepossibleinteractivitydespiteadequatesciencecontent.Networkconnectivitytorunsomestudentofferingsisbecomingmoreofanissue.Minecraft–someverycleverandcreativeeffortsweremade,certainlyinteractive,networkableandfunbut(sciencecontentcouldbeminimal)oftenattheinevitableneglectofacomprehensiveSciencecontent.Morecomplexsoftwareusedthisyearincludedthefollowing:AppInventor–Android,usuallywithquitesuccinctbuteffectiveinteractivityandscientificmethodGameMaker–(again)veryclever,interactive,funandfrequentlycomplexITproblemsolving.Unfortunately,integrationofscientificcontentoftenmissedthemark.VB.Net–Suitablebutagingformatfordemonstrationandmovementincorporatingquizzes–usuallyworkedwellFlash–Becomingrare,duetoeverdiminishingsupportandabysmalversionsuccessionScratch–Usuallycolourfulandeffective,usedgenerallybyyoungerstudents,frequentevidenceofparental/teacherinfluence.Verycapablesoftwarebuttoooftenstudentscouldnotidentifyhow/whyaprogramstructurewasused,sciencecontentoftenbecamesecondary.Delphi–Oldstylefavourite,UKfavouredsolotsoftutorials,blatantcopyingoftutorialproductsevidentandsciencecontentalmostanafterthought.Looksgoodbutoverallapoorchoice.Overall,studentsweremakinganefforttoaddressallcriteria.Morethan90%ofthestudentshandedinaback-upcopyoftheirpresentation.Manystudents,however,omittedawrittendescriptionoftheirprogramsandhowtheirprogramsoperate,OtherareasthatrequireattentionincludeanincreaseinthelevelofinteractionandintegrationofrelevantSciencecontentintotheprogram.CongratulationstoallBursarywinners.Wehopetoseeyouagainnextyear.Forthosewhowereunsuccessfulthisyear,

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wehopeyouwillkeeptryinginforthcomingyears.WewouldliketoexpressourappreciationtoAnne-MarieWilliamsandtheSciencestaffofMethodistLadies’CollegefortheircontinuingsupportandassistancepriortoandontheSpecialJudgingDay.ThankyoualsotoMarkWilliamsofCamberwellGrammarSchool,forhissupportintheareasofthedevelopmentofsoftwaretechnology/terminologyandgenerouscontributionstothisreport.

Games – All divisionsSection Coordinators: Leonie Lang, Subu Chockalingam, Vanessa PhillipsStudentsloveplayinggamesandtheyareverycreativeinfindingwaystoturntheirscienceresearchintoagame.AttheGamesJudgingDayatWesleyCollege,wesawnumerousexamplesofstudentshavingfunplayinggamesoftheirowndevisingwhichalsohelpedthemlearnaboutscience.Studentsenjoyedsettinguptheirgamesandplayingthemwiththescienceteacherswhowerethejudges.WewerealsopleasedtowelcomestudentteachersfromMelbourneUniversity,whowerementoredbythepractisingteachers.ThejudgesusedarubricwhichcloselyfollowedtheguidelineslistedintheScienceTalentSearchHandbook.Thisyear119entrieswerejudgedwhichissomewhatfewerthanlastyear.Perhapsthecrowdedcurriculumistakingitstoll.Almosthalfofthesewereawardedbursarieswhichismadepossiblebythegenerousdonationsfromoursponsors.Thebestentrieswerethosethatnotonlycontainedgoodscience,butshowedevidencethatresearchwasusedtodevelopthegamearoundfindingsolutionstorealissues.AlthoughstudentsenteringtheGamessectionarenotobligedtofollowthethemefortheyear,studentswereveryinventiveinfindingwaystoincorporatethetopicofa‘CenturyofAustralianScience’intotheirprojects.TheHillsHoistwasgivenspecialattention.Tasksthatpromotedproblemsolvingwerehighlyregardedwhereas“luck”squaresinboardgamesandrecalloftrivialfactsdidnotscorewell.Overall,thejudgeswereveryimpressedwiththecreativityshownbystudentstoproduceeye-catchingandinnovativegameswhichwereoriginalandfuntoplay.AllthiswasmadepossiblebythegenerosityofmanyscienceteacherswhoencouragedtheirstudentstoentertheScienceTalentSearch,guidedtheirresearchofthescienceideasandinspiredthemtoexpresstheircreativityinmanydifferentways.Manyoftheseteachersalsogavehoursoftheirfreetimetojudgetheentries.Wethanktheparentsforsupportingtheirsonsanddaughtersinpreparingtheirentries,bringingthemtothevenueandsharingwiththemtheexperiencesoftheday.Wealsothankthestudentswhoputsomuchworkintocompletingtheirentriesandbroughtthemtobejudged.Theyhaveachievedmuchlearningaboutscienceandsharedtheirlearningwiththeplayersofthegamesandwiththejudges.

Creative Writing – Lower Primary and Primary divisions Section Coordinator: Judith SiseCelebrating100yearsofAustralianscienceandscientistsmeantnumerousstoriesonthedevelopmentofthecochlea,earimplant.PrimarystudentsfromPreptoyear6seemtoempathisewithhearingimpairmentordeafness.Almostsixtypercentofthestorieswereaboutscientificdiscoveries,“Itmeanswe’vemadeanimportantdiscovery,”saidtheAustralianscientists”.Thetopics,“MyWorkasanAustralianGeologist”and“AstronomyAustralianstyle”werethenextmostpopulartopicswithmoststudentsfocussingongeneraldescriptionsofgeologyandastronomyandonlyafewwritingontheworkofrealgeologistsandastronomers.“OneSmallAustralianInvention;OneHUGEworldwidetechnologicalAdvance,”wastheleastpopularwiththestudents.However,reviewingsomeofthescientistsinvestigatedandcelebratedinthecreativewritingsection,itwouldappearthatmanystudentswillbemoreawareofthenumberoffamousAustralianscientistsandtheirvaluablecontributiontohumansociety.Thestylesandmethodsofillustratingthestoriesweredelightfullyinnovativehighlightingthedepthofscientificunderstandingoftheyoungauthors.Therewaslessinnovationinthestorygenrethisyearthaninthepastwithmoststudentswritingsimplenarratives.Bibliographiesandthescienceconceptsgivenbymanyofthestudentsdidincludeavarietyofsources.Thisyeartherewasmoreacknowledgementoftheassistanceofstudents’teachers,parentsandfamilyandperhapsthiswasbecausethethemewaslessaccessibleforyoungstudents.ThanksgotothefantasticjudgeswhomanagetosqueezeintotheirbusyworkloadextramarkingtomeetthetighttimelinefortheScienceTalentSearchCompetition.Thanksalsototheclassroomandscienceteachersandparentswhoensurethatthiscompetitionwillcontinuebytheircontinuedsupportforstudents’entries.Manyoftheteacherswhovolunteeredtojudge,havedonesoforafewyearsandalwaysindicatehowmuchtheyenjoyreadingthebooks.CongratulationstoallthestudentsandjudgesandIlookforwardtoenjoyingthebeautifullyillustratedpicturestorybooksin2014.

Creative Writing – Intermediate divisionSection Coordinators: Lynden Fielding, Marc Lewandowski and Katherine GeorganakisTheoverallstandardofIntermediateCreativeWritingentrieswasveryhighin2013.Forty-sevenentrieswerereceivedfromstudentsatnineteenschoolsacrossVictoria,andajudgingpanelofsixteachersassessedtheentries.Thefour‘ACenturyofAustralianScience’topicswereequallypopular.Itwasveryinspiringreadingtheentrieson‘AustralianScience,thesky’sthelimit’,‘Necessitywasthemotherofinvention’,‘AustralianScience,belowthesurface’and‘Soitbegan,thestartofanAustralianSciencelegend’.NearlyallentrieswereabletogainaMeritCertificate,iftheydid



notachieveaMajororMinorBursary.MajorandMinorBursarywinningentriesshonewithanappropriateamountofaccurateandrelevantscientificcontentintegratedintooriginalandcreativestories.Aswell,entrieswereneatlyandlegiblypresentedwithattentionpaidtospelling,grammar,tenseandwordlength.Thebeststorieshadclearexpression,anintroductionthatheldthereader’sattention,severalparagraphsthatlogicallydevelopedthemainideasandasatisfactoryconclusion.Somestoriesdidnotquitefitthewordlengthandwereeitherunderoroverthesevenhundredtoonethousandwordsallowed.Otherstorieswerefactuallycorrect,butthewriterneededtoincludesomemorekeyideas.Inthisyear’sstories,thecastincludedWilliamLawrenceBragg,SirHowardWalterFlorey,ProfessorGraemeClark,ProfessorFredHollows,DrFionaWood,LawrenceHargrave,GeorgeNicholas,DrCarlWood,SirIanCluniesRoss,theCSIRO,Australianenvironmentalpests,thebionicear,desalination,penicillin,AsproandIVF.FiveMajorBursariesof$60andtenMinorBursariesof$40wereawarded.Thetopic‘Soitbegan,thestartofanAustralianSciencelegend’waschosenbyfouroftheMajorBursarywinnersfortheirexceptionallygoodwork.Thejudge’sattentionwasheldfromthefirstparagraphofYear10studentfromKolbeCatholicCollegeAprilHawksworth’swriting.ShelovedthecreativeformatchosenbyAprilofaletterandjournalentriesaboutthediscoveryofZirconatJackHills,WesternAustralia,andageologistandprofessor’squesttooutdohiscolleagueandfindanoldercrystal.April’sstorywaswellconcludedinthefinalparagraph,whichtieditaltogether,andcontainedsomesolidscientificideas.MatthewSievers,aYear9studentfromMacedonGrammarSchool,wroteaninterestingstoryinthefirstpersonasStuartThomasButler,anAustralianNuclearPhysicistdescribingnuclearstrippingreactionstoanaudienceofuniversitystudents.AlsoonthesametopicwastheinspiringandemotivewritingofBridgetteVanDiepen,aYear10studentfromNossalHighSchool.HerkeyideaswerecleverlyandcoherentlyworkedintoherstoryabouttheworkofFredHollows,whichwaswrittenasaconversationbetweenachildandherauntyinremoteAustralia.MericOz,aYear9studentfromCheltenhamHighSchool,wroteaveryinterestingandinformedstory,usingclearexpressionandfluidlyintegratingthescience.MericwroteinthefirstpersonasanindividualwhoreceivesacochleaimplantdirectlyfromLaureateProfessorGraemeClark.‘AustralianScience,BelowtheSurface’wasthetopicchosenbyVictoriaSadler,aYear9studentatDoncasterSecondaryCollege.Victoriacleverlymanagedtointegratescientificknowledgeintowritingthatwasalmostpuredialogue–avalianteffort,forwhichshewasawardedthefifthMajorBursary.ThescientificideasthatVictoriapresentedwerealsoimpressive.HerbibliographyfollowedalltheSTSHandbookGuidelines,includingthedateandtimeofaccessforWebresources,aswellasthenameofthearticle/sourceandtheURLaddress.Victoria’sstoryfocusedmotivatingastudenttowardsafuturecareerinMarineScience.Thankyoutoourjudgesfortheirassessmenttimeandcomments,including“Yourstorywasinspiringandsoundedveryheartfeltandpassionate”,“yourpiececapturedmy

imagination”,“youwritereallywellandhavegivenagoodaccountofsomefantasticAussieinnovations”,“thestrengthofthispieceofwritingisthestronggraspofscientificideasthatitportrays”,“youmadeyourcharactersverybelievable”,“verycreative!”and“Ilikethewayyouincorporatedthescienceintoapersonalpiece”.Welldonetoallthe2013CreativeWriting–IntermediatesectionauthorsonyoureffortsandcongratulationstoallwhoachievedBursaryandMeritAwards.

Junior Creative Writing Section Coordinators ReportCoordinators: Amelia Strzebonski and Rachel JohnsonEachyear,theJuniorCreativeWritingsectionoftheScienceTalentSearchyieldsaplethoraofimaginativeanddiverseentries,and2013wasnoexception.Thethreetopicsavailableallowedstudentstoexplorearangeofareas,frominventionsandthelivesofinventors,tothestarkfuturefacedbysomeofAustralia’sendangeredanimals.Therewasarangeofwritingstylesusedthisyear,whichwouldhavebeenevidenttothosewhowereluckyenoughtohavetheopportunitytoreadthebursarywinningentriesondisplayattheExhibitionDay.Afewsubjectswerequitepopulartowriteabout,includingtheinventionofthecochlearimplant,thedevelopmentofvegemite,andtheextinctionandpossiblereintroductionoftheTasmaniantiger.Studentswhoweresuccessfulinreceivingabursaryawardpaidgreatattentiontogrammarandspelling,andensuredthatthescientificaspectswerepresentthroughouttheirwritingpiece,expandinguponeachscientificideainanAppendix.TheirBibliographieslistedarangeofsources,withtheappropriateinformationforeach.Themajorbursarywinnersincludedscienceinawaythatdidnotinterrupttheflowofthepiece,butservedtoenrichthereader’simagination.Stylesofwritingthatwererepresentedincludedcreativestories,letters,diaryentries,andoneentrythatwasparticularlyremarkeduponbythepubliconExhibitionDaywasabeautifulandemotivepoemabouttheplightoftheTasmanianDevil.Thejudgesdofindeachyearthatahandfulofwonderfullywrittenentriesmissoutonbursaryawardsbecausetheydonotfollowthethemeofthecompetition.Thethemefor2013was‘CelebratingaCenturyinAustralianScience’.Severaloftheentrieschosetowritestoriesaboutfamousinventionsordiscoveries,butunfortunatelyneitherthescientistnortheinventionordiscoverywereAustralian.Inothers,theremayhavebeenaconnectionwithAustralianScience,butitwasnotmadeclearinthepieceofwriting.Makingthefinaldecisionwhenallocatingtheawardswasadifficulttask,andwereallyappreciatetheamazingworkofthejudgesinreadingeachentrycarefullyandprovidinguswithdetailedcommentsoneachone.Itwasalsoimportantthatthejudgesgavestudentsmeaningfulfeedbackontheirentry,notonlytoacknowledgethestudents’writingabilities,buttoencouragethemtoworkhardonacreativepiecetoenterinnextyear’scompetition.



STS Co-ordinator ReportsThehighqualitywriting,coupledwiththekeenenthusiasmforsciencethatisreflectedinthestudents’entries,madeforenjoyableandinterestingreadingoverall.Fewoftheentriescontaineddrawingstoaccompanythewriting,forexampleintheformofacomicstrip,sowewouldlovetoseemoreofthistypeofentrynextyear.

Experimental Research – Open divisionSection Coordinators: Josie CrisaraThisyearthereweremanyhighqualityprojectsenteredintotheOpenResearchsectionoftheSTScompetition.Ofthe12entries6wonmajorbursariesand2wonminorbursaries.Animportantfeatureofwinningentriesistheexperimentaldesign.Careinthedevelopmentofthedesigntocontrolvariablesandfindappropriatemeasurementtechniques,ensuresawellstructuredinvestigation.Systematicdataanalysisandinterpretationshouldbethefocusofthereportinordertoscorewellontheassessmentcriteria.Congratulationstoallwinners.

Experimental Research – Lower Primary and Primary divisionsSection Coordinator: Philip StrackCongratulationstoallthestudents,teacherandparentswhocontributedtheirtimeandefforttoparticipateinthissectionofScienceTalentSearch.Experimentalresearchisagreatwayforstudentstofurtherdeveloptheirskillsinscientificpractice.Workingthroughahypothesis,developinganaim,creatingamethodology,collectingdata,makingobservations,recordinganddiscussingresults,andfinallydrawingconclusions.Thisyearmanyoutstandingresearchprojectswerereceived.ThetopicsusedbyLowerPrimaryvariedfromSoaringscience:Paperairplanes,YarrawongTornados,electromagnets,growthfactorsofaplanttothetherubberbandexperiment.30entrieswerereceivedthisyearwith2studentsbeingawardedamajorbursary,6aminorbursaryand11meritcertificates.Thetopicsforprimaryrangedfrom“Howdodifferentfabricsreacttowater?”,“Whichliquidaffectsatennisballbouncethemost?”,“Plantsareus”,Experimentalresearchontheformationofrust,“Howweatheraffectsmood?”,“Softdrinksarenotgoodforyourhealth,IsMumright?”to“Helmetandtheheadinjuries”.85entrieswerereceivedand6studentsbeingawardedamajorbursary,16aminorbursaryand29meritcertificates.Bursarywinningentrieshadthefollowingcharacteristics-backgroundinformationprovidedtothetopicinhand,aclearexperimentaldesignandathoroughanalysisanddiscussionoftheresults.Itshouldalsobesaidthattheprojectsfollowedtheguidelinesset.SpecialthankstothejudgesfortheircontributionstomakethissectionoftheScienceTalentSearchasuccess.

Class ProjectSection Coordinators: Sarah Shatford and Marisa JarvisTheClassExperimentalResearchProjectcategoryoftheScienceTalentSearchallowsallthestudentswithinaclassgrouptobeengagedinanextendedscientificinvestigationandgivesthemtheopportunitytocommunicatetheirlearningtothewidercommunity.Sincere-introducingtheClassProjectsectionanumberofyearsago,thecriteriahasbeenchangedandadaptedtobettermeetthelearningneedsofprimaryclasses.TherehasbeenaconscientiousefforttoenableeasylinksbetweenthissectionandtheAustraliannationalsciencecurriculum.Asaresult,itwasfantastictoseethenumberofentriesrisethisyear.Thisyearwewelcomedanumberofnewschoolsaswellasreturningschoolsthathadafewyears’breakfromtheClassProjectsectionofthecompetition.AllstudentswhorepresentedtheirclassonjudgingdaycameawaywithachocolateFreddo,abiggrinandagreaterappreciationforallthingsscience!Itwaslovelytoseethechildren,particularlyinthelowerprimarysection,groupedcloselyaroundtheirjudges,obviouslyveryexcitedandeagertosharethesciencethattheyhadlearned.Agreatvarietyofprojectswerepresentedcoveringcontentstrandsofbiological,physicalandearthandspacescience,includingtopicssuchasplantlife,frictionandotherforces,light,flight,cochlearimplants,bridgestructures,utesandevenapsychologyinvestigationexploringgenderrecognitionfromphotographs!AllprojectsmettheScienceEnquirySkillsacrosslevelsfromFoundationtoYear6,withmanyaddressingScienceasaHumanEndeavourwithintheirchosentopics.ForprimaryteacherswhoarethinkingofenteringScienceTalentsearchnextyear,foreitherthefirsttimeorreturning,pleaseconsidertheClassExperimentalResearchProject.Itisagreatandeasywaytointroducescienceintotheclassroomwhileinvolvingallstudents.ItiseasytolinktheprojectintoSciencewithintheAustraliancurriculumbutalsomakescross-linksacrossothercurriculumareasincludingMathematicsincollecting,recordingandanalysingdata,Englishwithreport-writingandcommunicationandsomeaspectsofICTwherestudentsmayusespread-sheetstohelpcreategraphsofresults.Topicsarenotlimitedtojusttheyear’sSciencethemesoaprojectcanbechosentoeasilycomplementaclass’sunitofwork.ThroughthecriteriaoftheClassProject,studentsareintroducedtomanydifferentskillareaswithinscience.Thiscanthenbeastartingpointforthemtotrygrouporindividualentriesinfollowingyears.Remember,Scienceisofteninexactand‘messy’butoftenproblemsandmistakescanteachfarmorethanobtainingperfectanswers.Havefun,allowmess,beopentoproblemsanddiscussions.Goodluck!CongratulationstoallinvolvedintheClassProjectsthisyear.Welookforwardtoseeingmorefantasticsciencebeingcommunicatedtousnextyear!


Science Photography – All divisionsSection Coordinators: Annette AtkinsonThechangeofvenueforjudgingtheentriestoParadeCollege,Preston,didnotaffecttheenthusiasmoftheentrantsorthecommitmentofthejudgesofthephotographysectionthisyear.Entrantsandjudgesquicklyadaptedtothechangesintheorganisationoftheday.ThisyearthenumberofentriesreceivedinthePhotographySectionwasaboutthesameasin2012.Asstudentspresentedanddiscussedtheirphotographsitwaswonderfultoseethewiderangeofscientificideasandthedepthofunderstandingofthetopicsresearched.Someofthephotoessayssummarisedtheaims,methodsusedandresultsofaninvestigation,reworkingestablishedschoolexperiments.Othersrecordedfreshapproaches,takingadvantageoftheimpactoftheimagetoconveytheirideas.Manystudentstookadvantageoftheopportunitytopresentsomeofthewonderandbeautyofscientificideas.Respondingtothisyear’sthemeofAustralianScience,severalstudentscombinedtheirinterestinhistoryandsciencetoprepareaseriesofinformativephotos,revealingsomelittleknowninnovationsinAustralianScience.EntrieswerejudgedbyadedicatedteamofjudgesfromschoolsandfromMelbourneUniversity.TheirenthusiasmforscienceandtheirgeneroussupportforeachotherandforScienceTalentSearchismuchappreciated.Thankyoutotheteachers,familyandfriendswhoassistedwithsuggestions,technicalinformationandencouragementtostartandsustainthesestudentsintheirlearningandgettingtheentrantstothejudgingvenue.ThankyoutotheScienceTalentSearchCoordinatorsintheschoolswhomaketimeinaverybusydaytogivetheirstudentstheopportunitytoenterthecompetition.Thankyoutoallteachersandparentswhoencourageaninterestinscienceintheirstudents.About90%ofentriesreceivedfollowedtherequiredguidelines,anindicationofthededicationoftheseteachersandparentsinconveyingtheimportanceoffollowingrequirementsinacompetition.Thankyoutothejudgeswhowillinglydonatedtheirprecioustimetowriteencouragingcommentstothestudents,tojudgetheentriesandtoassistintheselectionofthebursarywinners.ThankyoutothePrincipalandstaffofParadeCollegeinPreston,formakingthecollegefacilitiesavailableandtoassistinthesmoothrunningoftheJudgingDay,includingthecaptureofmanyimagesoftheentrantsandtheirentriesoncamera.

Working Models and Inventions – All divisionsSection Coordinators: Janice Teng TheWorkingModelscategoryisalwaysanexcitingsectionforstudentstoexploreascientificprincipleoridea.Usuallythistranslatestoadesignandconstructionofaworkingmodeltodemonstrateaparticularscientifictheoryand/orprinciple.Frequently,studentsalsorecreateascaledmodelofanexistinginventionandexplainthesciencebehindtheirproject.With‘ACenturyofAustralianScience’asourthemethis

year,itwasparticularlyappropriatetothissection,withscalemodelssuchasthe‘HillsHoist’,‘Coolgardiesafe’,anda‘BlackBoxRecorder’enteredthisyear.However,wealsosawstudentsexploringotherthemescoveringsuchtopicsasalternativeenergyandquantummechanics.TheInventionscategoryencouragesstudentstoexploretheircreativityindesigningandconstructingeithertheirownoriginalinventiontosolveaproblem,ormakinganinnovationand/orimprovingonanexistinginventionforneworexistingconditions.Itisimportantthatstudentsexploretheirdesignandredesigninthedevelopmentoftheirdevice,thisaspectisimportantinhowyouwouldimproveonyourproduct.Inventionssuchasthe‘Exerslice’demonstratedextensiveresearchintohowthisdevicecouldassistincalculatingtheamountofcaloriesconsumed.StudentsinterestedintheInventionssectionmaywanttoexploretheresourcelinksin‘TheNewInventors’ABCwebsite.Thisyear,ourInventions’MajorwinnersarealsoeligibleforentryintheBHPBillitonScienceandEngineeringAwards,intheengineeringcategory.CongratulationstoallthebursarywinnersoftheWorkingModelsandInventionssections.Thisyeartherewere26Majorbursariesand37MinorbursariesawardedintheWorkingModelssection,and,6Majorbursariesand11MinorbursariesawardedintheInventionssection.WewouldalsoliketocommendallentrantsintheWorkingModelsandInventionsasweappreciatetheamountofeffortandpersistencerequiredtoachieveaworkingdevicefromtheirdesign.WewouldliketothankMethodistLadies’CollegeforhostingourJudgingDay,andtoAnne-MarieWilliamsandallthestaffandstudentstherewhowereessentialinthesetupandrunningoftheday.Ourappreciationandthanksalsotoallthejudgeswhoprovidedtimeandexpertisetolistenandspeaktoourstudententrantsandprovidingthemwithsuchavaluablefeedbackandexperience.

About the Science Talent SearchThe first Science Talent Search was conducted and sponsored by the Science Teachers’ Association of Victoria, in 1952. The then Secretary, Mr Hugh McKnight, invited students from all secondary schools to submit a 1000 word report titled ‘My Science Project’.

A special judging panel of prominent Scientists interviewed the entrants and awarded 17 bursaries, totalling £380.00 ($760.00). There were two major bursaries of £100.00 ($200.00) and £60.00 ($120.00) respectively. Five intermediate bursaries of £25.00 ($50.00) each with ten other awards, seven worth £10.00 ($20.00) and three worth £5.00 ($10.00).

Over the past 62 years, the Science Talent Search has undergone much change. Currently, there are ten Sections in which students can enter: Computer Programs, Games, Science Photography, Posters and Scientific Wall Charts, Working Models, Inventions, Experimental Research, Creative Writing, Video Productions and Class Research Project for primary students.

The Search is open to all students enrolled in Prep through to Year 12 in both Government and non-Government Schools.

The Science Talent Search has three broad aims:1. To stimulate an ongoing interest in the serious

study of Sciences by:

a) encouraging independent self-motivated project work amongst students of science;

b) giving students the opportunity to communicate their achievements to a wider audience;

c) according recognition of effort and achievement for their scientific enterprise.

2. To promote the direct involvement of the students in the process of science and its communication.

3. To give the public at large an opportunity to see the quality of work being achieved in Science, by both primary and post primary students.

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Some interesting statistics about Science Talent Search 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Total number of entries 2,052 2185 2114 1892 1925 1990Total number of students entered 2,875 3197 2929 2644 2667 2874Total number of class entries 11 16 14 11 11 15Total number of bursaries awarded 629 573 592 554 649 584Total sponsorship for bursary awards $43,280 $43,166 $29,184 $30,672 $32,512 $32,519Number of schools entered 156 150 142 143 144 149

Distribution of Student Awards by Division 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013Lower Primary (P-3) 185 213 204 186 215 182Primary (4-6) 417 456 423 392 362 407Junior (7-8) 469 448 476 461 500 525Intermediate (9-10) 139 133 186 162 152 136Open (11-12) 7 8 6 10 11 17Totals 1,217 1,258 1,295 1,211 1240 1267

Awards included in this summary are Major, Minor and Merit. Merit Awards are not a Financial Bursary.

A more comprehensive report of this year’s Science Talent Search will be published in Lab Talk and Let’s Find Out - the journals of the Science Teachers’ Association of Victoria Inc. If you are interested in entering next year’s Science Talent Search, ask your Science Teacher for a copy of the 2014 STS Handbook (available Term 1, 2014) or go to our website: www.sciencevictoria.com.au/sts/

Special thank youThe following organisations are thanked for their donations and contributions to our expenses:

AGCO Australia Ltd.

Australian Institute of Energy

Australian Skeptics Science and Education

Australian Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

BHP Billiton in partnership with CSIRO and ASTA with support from Intel Corporation

Catholic Education Office (Melbourne)

Chemistry Education Association

Dr Joy Bear

Entomological Society of Victoria Inc.

Field Naturalists Club of Victoria

Gene Technology Access Centre

In Memory of Eileen Goodfield & Dorothy Dalton

In Memory of Dr Noel Schleiger

Independant Primary School Heads of Australia

La Trobe University: Science, Engineering and Technology

Methodist Ladies’ College

Minerals Council of Australia (Victorian Division)

Parade College (Preston)

Powercor Australia and Citipower

Quantum Victoria

STELR Project


Swinburne University of Technology

The Royal Society of Victoria Inc.

The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

The University of Melbourne: Science Education

Vaisala Pty Ltd


Victoria University

Wesley College (Prahan)

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