2024 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 

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R-2 Prize Winners

Remy Fleetwood

Hawthorndene Primary School

Project: How to avoid and treat soccer injuries

Elijah Perrotta

St John's Grammar School - Junior School

Project: Great White Shark

Lukas Porter

Scotch College - Junior School

Project: Space Junk

Tarun Shyam

Rose Park Primary School

Project: Space Junk

3-4 Prize Winners

Lachlan Edwards

St Peter's College

Project: Avoiding Sporting Injuries - concussion, muscle injuries

Claire Fergie

Hawthorndene Primary School

Project: What is hydrogen and can it help solve climate change?

Ellie Girgolas

Loreto College

Project: First Nations medicines

5-6 Prize Winners

Lucy Hawkes

Burnside Primary School

Project: Green Hydrogen

Ivan Zhiren Leong

St Andrew's School

Project: Green Hydrogen

Pradyun Parikh

St Peter's Woodlands Grammar School

Project: How to avoid sports injuries

7-8 Prize Winners

Isla Church

Westminster School

Project: Green Hydrogen

Diya Rose

Norwood International High School

Project: Medicine

Lotta Wache

Walford Anglican School for Girls

Project: What's up with space junk?

9-10 Prize Winners

Clara Hocking

Temple Christian College

Project: The World in Colour - How we see it!

Shaya Ismail

Wilderness School

Project: The World in Colour: Examining the Significance of the 'Red Shift'

Xielan Ouyang

Pembroke School - Middle School

Project: Game Theory and it's Application in Evolutionary Biology

Chloe Yew

Norwood International High School

Project: Prevention of anterior cruciate ligament injuries in sports

11-12 Prize Winners

Eman Al Aboody

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College

Project: Methods to reduce the growth of beta-amyloid proteins in the brain in Alzheimers

Aryan Parwal

Prince Alfred College

Project: Anti-aging

Angus Smith

Kangaroo Island Community Education

Project: Chimeric Antigen Receptor T Cell (CAR-T) Immunotherapy - Engineering of T Cells for Cancer Treatment

Lev Tarasenko

Portside Christian College

Project: Applications and Limitations of Hydrogen fuel cells in EV industry

2024 Science Writing Highly Commended

5-6 Highly Commended

Keshav Balachander

Prince Alfred College

Project: Space Junk

Jana Barta

East Adelaide School

Project: Species Survival

Saina Parmar

Hillcrest Primary School

Project: Green Hydrogen... End of fossil fuel use?

Patrik Porter

Scotch College - Junior School

Project: Species Survival

Sophia Siebum

Blackwood Primary School

Project: Injuries in Sport

Callie Wilson

Stirling North Primary School

Project: Avoiding Sporting Injuries - Muscle Injuries

11-12 Highly Commended

Evie O'Connor

Mitcham Girls High School

Project: SAPONINS: Redefining Gluten-Free Foods