Worthington Jet
Molly Wild
Grant High School
Years 8-10 category winner
Through the looking glass
Jadzia Hanson
Australian Science and Mathematics School
Years 11-12 category winner
Prize |
Name |
School |
Photograph title |
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Years 11 - 12 |
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First |
Jadzia Hanson |
Australian Science and Mathematics School |
Through the looking glass |
Second |
Phoebe Cartwright |
Australian Science and Mathematics School |
The Ripple Effect |
Third |
Madeline Hulm | Wildnerness School |
Micro Cosmos |
Runner up |
Jessica Bottcher | Roma Mitchell Secondary College |
Fibonacci's Flowers |
Commendation |
Thanh Nguyen | Wildnerness School |
Beneath the surface |
Commendation |
Kelsea Delean | Brighton Secondary School |
The stars above us |
Commendation |
Nevie Peart | Australian Science and Mathematics School |
Microscopic Constellation |
Commendation |
Emily Miller | Seymour College |
Everything you can and cannot see |
Commendation |
Fheba Shibu | Nazareth Catholic College |
Mother Nature's Call |
Winning school Prize Year 11 & 12 |
Australian Science and Mathematics School |
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Years 8 - 10 |
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First |
Molly Wild |
Grant High School |
Worthington Jet |
Second |
Lillian Ernst |
Mary MacKillop College |
Symmetry in Chaos |
Third |
Summer Buhlmann |
Wilderness School |
A Flower's Purpose |
Runner up |
Ella Roesler |
Xavier College |
Simple Machines |
Commendation |
Laura Bellido | Glendunga International High School |
Delicate Drop |
Commendation |
Kayla Wong | Unley High School |
Nothing escapes gravity |
Commendation |
Lailani Burnell | Seaton High School |
Bubblehead |
Commendation |
Maddie Geerts & Georgie Wooller |
Mitcham Girls High School |
Standing Tall |
Commendations |
Kaneisha Gelven | Australian Science and Mathematics School |
Natural order |
Winning school prize Years 8-10 |
Grant High School |
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Other prizes |
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Best Physics Entry 8-10 sponsored by Australian Institute of Physics |
Tahlia Malins | Thomas More College |
Un-umbrella |
Best Physics Entry 11-12 sponsored by Australian Institute of Physics |
Krystal (YiAn) Fang | Seymour College |
Aurora |
Medicine & Optometry Prize sponsored by the College of Medicine and Public Health |
Amber McAuley | Thome More College |
Science in colour |
Best STEMM (including medicine) sponsored by Flinders University Office of Communication, Marketing and Engagement |
Charlie Stamatogiannis | Glenunga International High School |
Beauty and Science are everywhere |
Best STEM Entry from Regional SA sponsored by the College of Science and Engineering | Molly Wild | Grant High School |
Worthington Jet |
Best Natural photo Sponsored by Beach Energy | Krystal (YiAn) Fang | Seymour College | Aurora |
Best STEM Entry People’s choice – category 2 (Year 11-12) sponsored by College of Science and Engineering | Nevie Peart | Australian Science and Mathematics School | Microscopic Constellation |
Best STEM Entry People’s choice – category 2 (Year 8-10) sponsored by College of Science and Engineering | Stephanie Jones | St Dominic's Priory | Evolving Diversity |
Overlooked Strength
Deepthi Paul
Emmaus Christian College
Years 11-12 category winner
Messy Milk
Emma Barber
St Dominic's Priory College
Years 8-10 category winner
Prize |
Name |
School |
Photograph title |
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Years 11 - 12 |
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First |
Deepthi Paul |
Emmaus Christian College |
Overlooked Strength |
Second |
Tiana Bhasme |
Emmaus Christian College |
Bonfire Ashes |
Third |
Ellie Turner |
Charles Campbell College |
The Conscious Cosmos |
Years 8 - 10 |
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First |
Emma Barber |
St Dominic’s Priory College |
Messy Milk |
Second |
Alisha Nair |
St Aloysius College |
Our World in a Jar |
Third |
Thanh Nguyen |
Wilderness School |
Convection Currents in Colour |
Commendation |
Chloe Dean |
Cardijn College |
The Spark of Our World |
People's choice - shared by two winners |
Stephanie Jones |
St Dominic’s Priory College |
Harmony |
Alisha Nair |
St Aloysius College |
Our World in a Jar |
At the awards ceremony, held on 22 November 2017 at Flinders University, Bedford Park, Roger Leigh, Senior Manager Implant Mechanical, Cochlear Limited, presented the awards to the winners. $500 was also awarded to the schools of the 1st prize winners to to further support women in STEM.
In the photograph, a pair of glasses has been placed in front of the camera lens, which creates a precise image of the plant in comparison to the blurred background. This image was created to replicate the view of a person with myopia (shortsighted). A myopic person is unable to see objects that are distant from them due to the extended length of their eyeball. This means the distance between the lenses and the retina is increased and the focal point is not able to reach the light receptors or be converted into clear signals to the brain. The lenses of the glass enable myopic individuals to gain vision of their world by converging the light so that it reaches the retina. The lenses are made to be concave as they force the light to diverge further out, which in turn extends the focal point to accommodate to an individual’s eye. In today’s society, many people wear glasses thus they have become a common part of everyday life. This small object shows that science is everywhere around us and affects us all the time.
Precision
Celestine Cherupallil
St Marys College
In this photograph, I created a ‘magic bag’ intended to contradict the audience’s expectations. One would think that poking holes through a plastic bag full of water will result in water spilling everywhere, right? Wrong. The science behind this thought provoking experiment is illustrated through everyday household materials including a plastic bag, water and coloured pencils. Most would assume that the plastic bag will behave the same way as a rubber ballon would; splitting instantly when punctured. However, the plastic bag is made out of a polymer, that is a durable barrier to moisture. Polymers are long chains of molecules that are flexible, which help form a temporary seal against the edge of the pencil, preventing the water from spilling out. Furthermore, when light travels from air to water it slows down, causing it to change direction slightly. This process is called refraction, and is occurring for many of the coloured pencils within the bag in the image. This experiment demonstrates how
indestructible plastic bags are, and their negative impacts on the environment when littered. This practical uses simple concepts, including the strength of plastic and light refraction, revealing how the complexity of science is everywhere.
Magic Leak Proof Bag
Annie Lo Basso
Unley High School
Prize | Name | School | Photograph title |
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Years 11 - 12 |
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First | Celestine Cherupallil | St Marys College | Precision |
Second | Ellie Turner | Charles Campbell College | The Future Is in Our Hands |
Third | Deepthi Paul | Emmaus Christian College | Aqua Reflection |
Commendation | Athena Saothonglang | Thebarton Senior College | Spot the Science! |
Years 8 - 10 |
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First | Annie Lo Basso | Unley High School | Magic Leak Proof Bag |
Second | Imogen Avery | Norwood Morialta High School | Mauve Drops |
Third | Anais Mather | Encounter Lutheran College | The birth of a new generation |
Commendation | Claudia Mesecke | Emmaus Christian College | The Colours Of Dusk |
People's choice |
Athena Saothonglang | Thebarton Senior College | Spot the Science! |
At the awards ceremony, held on 14 December 2016 at Flinders University, Bedford Park, Chris Picton, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer and Member for Kaurna, presented the award to the winner, Erica van der Wolff. A teacher from the winning school (Morialta High School), Jason Schutt, was awarded a $500 reward to further support women in STEM by Professor John Beynon, Executive Dean of Flinders’ Faculty of Science and Engineering.
In this photograph, four vases each filled with different colours were placed in a straight line, and three wine glasses filled with water were placed in front them. When light travels from air to water, it slows down and bends due to the different densities, this is referred to as refraction. As a result, when the waves of light from each colour pass through the wine glass before it, the colour is refracted and curves. Furthermore, as the wine glass has a spherical-cylindrical shape, the glass is curved in both vertical and horizontal directions, allowing the light to be ‘flipped’ and a colour from a vase that is not directly behind the glass can be seen. Refraction occurs every time light passes through a translucent medium, such as sunlight passing through a window, and therefore is an aspect of science which applies to everyone in their daily life.
Wine Glass
Erica van der Wolff
Norwood Morialta High School
Name | School | Photograph title |
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Overall winner
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Erica van der Wolff | Norwood Morialta High School | Wine Glass |
Runners-up |
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Polly Ashby | Sacred Heart College | Human Concepts |
Emma Samie | Norwood Morialta High School | A Small World |
Eleanor Larwood | St Dominics Priory College | Butterly Business |
Emily Pavia | Kildare College | Kingship of the Cells |
Clianta Bhasme | Emmaus Christian College | Light Trails |
Commendations |
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Sarah Ridgway | Saint Ignatius College | Space Exploration |
Bethanie Psaroulis | Nazareth Catholic College | A Single Step |
Grace Lo Basso | Unley High School | Infinity and Beyond |
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