2023 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

Highly Commended 

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R-2 Prize Winners

Audrey Hyde

Annesley Junior School

Project: Cooking up a storm

Charlie King

Immanuel Primary School

Project: How clean are surfaces

Eden Owen

Belair Primary School

Project: Clicking fingers

3-4 Prize Winners

Cameron Pearce & Tomi Morea

Grange Primary School

Project: Which everyday objects have the most bacteria?

Patrik Porter

Scotch College - Junior School

Project: The Fastest Freestyle

Max Vella

St Thomas Catholic School, Goodwood

Project: Worm Tea- Do fruit or vegetables produce more juice?

5-6 Prize Winners

Miroslava Baryshnikova

Annesley Junior School

Project: The effect of music on ice crystals

Zoe Curtis

St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School

Project: Does it dance?

Hanyue Li & Zoe Zuo

Grange Primary School

Project: How to get the most profit out of solar panels.

7-8 Prize Winners

Raisa Afsara

Mitcham Girls High School

Project: Marble Roller Coaster

Benita Wu & Kyra Huang

Seymour College

Project: How Wavelength Affect the Acceleration of Ice Cubes Melting

Chloe Yaan Yuit Yew

Norwood International High School

Project: The effect of climate change on plant germination and growth

9-10 Prize Winners

Cristina Parletto

Walford Anglican School for Girls

Project: A-salt on snot - An investigation into saline decongestants

Raajvi Shah

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College

Project: Increase in Acidity by Different HCl Supplement Brands

Caleb Van Wezel

Emmaus Christian College

Project: To determine the effect of the length of a light bulb's electrical filament on the luminance (Lux measure) of the light bulb

11-12 Prize Winners

Melson Shi

Unley High School

Project: THE TRIBOELECTRIC EFFECT

2023 Scientific Inquiry Highly Commended 

9-10 Highly Commended

Emma Choi

Loreto College

Project: The Effect of Varying Chemicals upon Antibacterial Effectiveness Against E. coli Growth

Telisa Minami

Glenunga International High School

Project: Does the amount of fertiliser in a water body impact the amount of dissolved oxygen in the water body?

Emily Weir

Walford Anglican School for Girls

Project: The effect of different coloured light on plant growth

11-12 Highly Commended

Asira Suetrong

Glenunga International High School

Project: Investigating The Effect of Varying Temperatures on The Activity of Lipase in The Hydrolysis of Triglycerides in Full-Cream Milk

Cynthia Zhao

Glenunga International High School

Project: Investigating the correlation between atopic dermatitis prevalence and air pollution