2023 Science Writing 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

Highly Commended / Encouragement Awards

Click on 'more information' to view written reports for each project.

R-2 Prize Winners

Felix Anderson

St Peter's Woodlands Grammar School

Project: "Low Gravity Olympics"

Louis Caporaletti

Rose Park Primary School

Project: Food of the Future

Lukas Porter

Scotch College - Junior School

Project: Living on the Moon

3-4 Prize Winners

Grace Bloor

Pedare Christian College

Project: Food of the Future

Ivan Leong

St Andrew's School

Project: Mysteries of the Universe

Arabella Morgante

St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School

Project: Eating Insects: Yuck or Yum?

5-6 Prize Winners

Venuki Kodithuwakku

Mawson Lakes School

Project: Living on the Moon - The Inaugural Moon Base

Diya Rose

Hillcrest Primary School

Project: Lunar Jaunt

Flynn Wroniak

Vale Park Primary School

Project: Living on the Moon

7-8 Prize Winners

Sophie Lim

Concordia College

Project: The ethnobiology behind bush medicine and the correlation with modern science

Jesse Obst

St John's Grammar School - Senior School

Project: Environmental Justice

MISHKA TRIPATHI

Unley High School

Project: Mysteries of the Universe

Chloe Yaan Yuit Yew

Norwood International High School

Project: Algal Bioplastic: A sustainable future

9-10 Prize Winners

Amritha Chulliat

Australian Science and Mathematics School

Project: Mysteries of the Universe: The Measurement Problem

William Clifton

Caritas College

Project: Mysteries of the Universe

Ella McDermott

St John's Grammar School - Senior School

Project: Carbon capture, use and storage

11-12 Prize Winners

Juliana Lanzilli

Concordia College

Project: Time Bombs: The Social, Economic and Environmental Consequences of Nuclear Bomb Testing in the Marshall Islands

Luke Mulders

Concordia College

Project: Developments in Behavioural Psychology and Neuroscience Influence Anti-smoking and Anti-vaping Legislation

Taspia Nosrat

Mitcham Girls High School

Project: A renewable source of Silica

2023 Science Writing Highly Commended

3-4 Highly Commended

Mihika Gorey

Magill School

Project: Mysteries of the Universe

William Guo

St Peter's College

Project: Mysteries of the Universe

Ella Wallace

Scotch College - Junior School

Project: Food for the future

Aurelia Walter

Vale Park Primary School

Project: Jupiter's Great Red Spot: A Mystery of the Universe

5-6 Highly Commended

Emily Pike

Immanuel Lutheran School Gawler

Project: Clean Tech

Liana Porter

Tyndale Christian School

Project: Moon Cycles and More

Zoe Zuo

Grange Primary School

Project: Efficient and effective use of solar panels

7-8 Highly Commended

Indra Brock-Fabel

Walford Anglican School for Girls

Project: What's on the Menu?

9-10 Highly Commended

Vinayika Chopra

Brighton Secondary School

Project: First Nations Science

Ben Holds

Urrbrae Agricultural High School

Project: Food for the Future

Matilda Kemp

Faith Lutheran College

Project: Are nature based solutions the key to mitigating climate change?

Mikayla Rapuano

Mary MacKillop College

Project: Environmental Justice

Anubhav Sabu

Mount Carmel College

Project: Matter and Energy

Lexy Walker-Wawrzycki

Scotch College - Senior

Project: Future