The Narromine High School Science Spectacular certainly lived up to its name last Wednesday night. The school multipurpose hall was filled with students, teachers, parents and community members who took the time to appreciate the amazing scientific research projects displayed by students from years 5-10 at Narromine Public, St Augustine’s Parish and Narromine High Schools.
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Principal, Mrs Angela O’Callaghan, said it was wonderful to see so many in attendance. “It certainly is an event which brings our schools together and we really appreciate the support it receives in the community. As well as those here tonight a number of community members gave up their valuable time last week to help with the unenviable job of judging the boards”.
Ms Maree Angus, Director of Public Schools Lachlan Network, was given the important task of presenting the major awards. “We were delighted that Ms Angus could join us on the night and very proud to show her the outstanding work achieved by Narromine students as well as the great community support for our Science Spectacular”, said Mrs O’Callaghan.
The overall winners were a Year 8 team, Elissa Simmons and Nick Radburn, whose research entitled “Lukewarm Attraction” examined the effect temperature has on magnetic strength. The overall runner-up was Year 10 student Cameron Simmons with his research “Photosynthesize Me” which examined if the growth of a plant is affected by the colour of its light source.
The People’s Choice Awards are always hotly contested and “Rethink Your Drink”, by Narromine Public students Eloise Wilson, Holly Davison and Tatyana Kelly, proved to be the most popular choice. Their research looked at the effect a range of drinks had upon both adult and baby teeth. Coming a close second was “That’s Outrageous, It’s Contagious” by St Augustine’s students Phoebe Horton, Harry McPherson and Savana Noble whose project examined whether fake yawning was contagious.
The Paper Plane Competition Winner was Kobey Quigg who is the first person in the Science Spectacular’s eight year history to land his plane exactly on the target. The runner up was year 10 student Jacob Taylor.
Those who braved the wet, cold conditions found plenty to do with a number of interactive displays and challenges to be mastered. The Science Shop, as always, was a busy spot with a range of fun science products to be found.
The top students from each year are now eligible to take their research to the Illawarra Regional Science Fair to be held at the University of Wollongong in late November. Our students have done extremely well in previous years at this regional level, winning a number of awards, and given the high standard of this year’s boards that trend looks set to continue.
Mrs O’Callaghan went on to say, “Narromine High would like to acknowledge Narromine Shire Council and Alkane Resources who, through the Tomingley Gold Project - Community Fund, have financially contributed to our Science Spectacular and also subsidised costs for those students going on to represent us at a regional level.”
Congratulations also to the following students:
Primary School Runner Up: What to Drink? by Gus Wippell;
Primary School Winner: Does an Orange a Day Keep the Doctor Away? by Thomas Fidock, Daniel 0’Rourke and Kuber Thakur;
Year 7 Runner Up: Too Oily by Joann Fidock;
Year 7 Winner: Rise of the Gummy Bears by Beau Mitchell and Blake Harding
Year 8 Runner Up: H20 How Will it Flow? by Jack Davison and Nash Rodda
Year 8 Winner: Permanent Record by Ella Geyer and Georgia McGuire
Year 9 Runner Up: Which is Stronger? by Melissa Healey
Year 9 Winner: Does an All Day Sucker Last All Day? by Chantelle Walsh
Year 10 Runner Up: Adolescent Stress by Jordayna Smith
Year 10 Winner How Bright are You? by Samantha Tighe