Throughout Term 2, Northcross students worked hard on exciting and innovative Science investigations, experiments, and the creation of new inventions. Over 100 projects were submitted for the Northcross Expo and of those, 16 were shortlisted to represent Northcross Intermediate at this year’s North Harbour Science and Technology Fair at the end of Term 3. 14 Science and two Technology Projects were entered into the North Harbour Fair, of which 12 Science and both Technology Projects were recognised for their efforts and findings.
Northcross Intermediate students were highly visible at the prize giving ceremony with 10 winning either top of category or special awards. With her investigation on the affects of different types of milk on coffee, Vivienne O’Connell took out the major award, an incredible achievement.
A huge congratulations to the following students:
The NIWA Premier Event and Overall Winner: Vivienne O’Connell
Living World and NZ Statistical Award: Isla Randal
NZ Statistical Award and Consumer Science Award: Emma Smith
Bruce Morrison Award for Living World: Michaela Dawe
Bruce Morrison Award and Chief Judge’s Special Award for Creativity, and NZ Statistical Award: Joshua Sullivan
3M Award for Technology: Luke Huang
The Bill Wiggle Memorial Cup for Outstanding Logbook: Emily Huai
Miles Maxted Award – Best Use of Statistics: Vivienne O’Connell
NIWA Award and Gold Award for Material World: Yeonjun Moon
Gold Award for Soft and Hardware Technology: Keddy Gong
On top of this, Luke Huang, Winner of the Top of Technology Award, entered into the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Competition. This is a nationwide competition in which students from Year 7 to 13 compete. Luke placed Second Nationwide in the Year 7 to 10 category!
Adam Martin & Louise McMenamin – Heads of Science Department
