2020 Scientific Inquiry Prize Winners
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*Please note this list is not indicative of place winners, entries have been listed in alphabetical order. Prize winners will find out the outcome of their entry at the Presentation Ceremony.
Prize Winners
- R-2 Prize Winners
- 3-4 Prize Winners
- 5-6 Prize Winners
- 7-8 Prize Winners
- 9-10 Prize Winners
- 11-12 Prize Winners
Highly Commended / Encouragement Awards
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R-2 Prize Winners
Charlotte Atkinson
Virginia Primary School
Project: Does exercise make my body warm up?
Hamish Buttfield
Norwood Primary School
Project: What do other people feel about the coronavirus?
Liam Hooper
Immanuel Primary School
Project: Understanding Beyblades
3-4 Prize Winners
Abigail Atkinson
Virginia Primary School
Project: Rat Race Investigation
Arjun Betti
Norwood Primary School
Project: Can you grow plants using recycled water from washing machines?
Connor Wallace
Scotch College
Project: Helping Our Creek
5-6 Prize Winners
Eugene Lee
Pedare Christian College
Project: Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC)
Cristina Parletto
Walford Anglican School for Girls
Project: The effect of nuclear radiation on plant growth
Priyanka Thavarajah
Seymour College
Project: Does increasing the amount of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere cause it to warm?
7-8 Prize Winners
Emily Estcourt Hughes
Walford Anglican School for Girls
Project: Mining water on Mars for sustainable human colonisation
Sienna Hill
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College
Project: Starch Hydrolysis by Amylase and Detergent
Shanza Ismail
Norwood Primary School
Project: The Quality of Drinking Water in South Australian Public Playgrounds
9-10 Prize Winners
Sohana Pasula
Emmaus Christian College
Project: To investigate the effect different dish soaps and fruits on the extraction of DNA
Prathicksha Venkatesan
Walford Anglican School for Girls
Project: The effect of Curcumin and Bacteriophage on Multi-drug resistant bacteria
Inika Weber & Trishna Ramkumar
Wilderness School
Project: What is the Best Germination Method for Senecio macrocarpus?
11-12 Prize Winners
Isabelle Lilburn
Loreto College
Project: Is the central route of persuasion more effective at changing at individual's attitude towards tobacco than the persuasive route?
Raihanah Pranggono
Glenunga International High School
Project: Investigating the Effects of Disaccharides and Monosaccharides on the Rate of Respiration in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Yu (Amy) Shi
Glenunga International High School
Project: Particulate black carbon and its contribution to the urban heat island effect
2020 Scientific Inquiry Highly Commended / Encouragement Awards
3-4 Highly Commended
Jacob Brumby
Stirling East Primary School
Project: What happens to the height of the bounce of a basketball when you change the temperature of the ball?
Dayan Govender
St Andrew's School
Project: Airflow over an aircraft wing
7-8 Encouragement Award
Angela Leydon
Concordia College
Project: Effect of SPF50+ sunscreen under different temperatures
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