2004 Merit Award Winners
Categories:
- Biology and Microbiology
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Physics, Engineering & Technology
- Environmental and Earth Science
Biology and Microbiology
Paul Annabell & Shan Leonard
Melbourne Grammar School VIC
Effects of Nervousness and Distraction
Alexandra Auhl
Telopea Park School ACT
Terminating Termites
Christopher Bentley
All Saints Anglican School Qld
Smoked Water Pre-Treatment of a Queensland Native Seed
Fiorella Esquivel
Lyneham High School ACT
Human Chromatic Response to coloured Illuminants
Michael Griffith
Taree High School NSW
Effects of heat and smoke on the germination of Australian plants in fire-prone habitats
Marty Hemphill
Grafton High School NSW
Fermenting Juices
Valerie Hiew & Rachel Ow
Willetton SHSWA
Size of Birds and the Frequencies of their Calls
Sashie Howpage
Baulkham Hills High School NSW
A study of honey bee colony productivity from late summer to mid winter undersuburban backyard conditions
Ryan Kennedy
Cranbrook School NSW
Antibacterial Cleaners
Johllin Lemmersdorf
Keebre Park SHS Qld
Depression - Why does it happen?
Kaitlyn Lilly & Belinda Russell
Willetton SHS WA
To Stretch or Not to Stretch?
Katherine Mansted
Somerset College Qld
The Einstein Factor
Catherine Naidoo
Bishop Druitt College NSW
Mouth barriers and prevention of infectious germ transmission
Kaitlyn Preece
Lyneham High School ACT
The potential public health risk from intestinal parasite eggs in dog and fox faeces in the Canberra region
Stephanie Raad
St Josephs High School NSW
Does male and female perception differ?
Gayathri Shivasabesan
Telopea Park School ACT
Swimming with Bacteria
Wesley Tan
Redeemer Baptist School NSW
A dossier on the covert operations of halitosisman
John Townsend
Narrabri High NSW
Natural Food Deterrents for Australian Plague Locusts (Chortoicetes Terminifera)
Sophia Tran
St Ignatius' College SA
Understanding our stools
Vino Vivek
Kirwan State School Qld
Ets1 Allele Contribution to the F1 mice from the NOD/Lt mice and C57BL/6 mice
Millie Weber
Lyneham High School ACT
The effect of aging on the ignition speed of eucalypt leaves and pine needles
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Katherine Aguilera Soto
South Sydney High School NSW
Are marketing drink products telling the truth?
Andrea Barber & Sarah Keenan & Amelia Simpson
Loreto College SA
Carpet Stain Removers
Jane Camilleri
Woolooware High School NSW
Concentration of Calcium Ions in Milk
Megan Cater
Somerset College Qld
Percentage of Nitrogen in a Fertiliser
Sam Perry & Jamie Clarke
Willetton SHS WA
Sensitive Woods
Natasha Cox & Lauren Duif & Jayne West
Loreto College SA
PJs are they the silent killer?
Mark Do
South Sydney High School NSW
Are marketing drink products telling the truth?
Crystal Dunsford & Gianina Gregory & April Lotay
Willetton SHS WA
Lipstick
Peter Farmakis
St Aloysius College NSW
The use of fruit batteries
Narelle Forrest
St Paul's College Vic
Do Chemicals Really Work?
Tharsiga Gnanasekaran
Lyneham High School ACT
Which cola drink is best for you?
Oliver Gregory
Edge Hill State School Qld
An investigation into the factors that effect the rate of chemical reactions - rusting nails and catalase action in plants
Erisa Harada
Lyneham High School ACT
Starchiness and Stickiness of different types of rice
Rebecca Jiang
Lyneham High School ACT
From looking delicious... to looking disgusting
Rebecca Munoz & Andrew Pastuszek
Somerset College Qld
Percentage of Nitrogen in a Fertiliser
Brianna Swain
Galston High School NSW
Eucalyptus Oil in Gum Leaves
Melissa Townsend
St Josephs High School NSW
Soap pH - Which Best Suits My Skin - How Basic or Acidic
Physics, Engineering & Technology
David Anjou
Camberwell Grammar School
How weight, point of release and force affects a fishing cast!
John Aslanides & Rafael Jerjen
Telopea Park School
Electricity from the air
Caleb Ball
Lyneham High School
What not to wear - if you want air. Breathing through the bushfire
Ryan Bose
Keebre Park SHS
The Use of Solar Stirling Engines in Power Production
Kim Duong
Lyneham High School
Sound proofing - which materials work better?
Broderich Dureau & Sheigh Longstaff
Willetton SHS
The Back Beeper 04
Ben Holland
Willetton SHS
Helicopter Blades - Surface Area vs Lift
Courtnee Johnson & Jessica Lim & David Rose
Willetton SHS
Influencing the Structural Integrity of Cement
Dayffyd Klippel-Cooper
Glenunga International High
Stealing Joules
Kelvin Kuang
Camberwell Grammar School
The Photoelectric Effect: the relationship between coloured light and energy
Cassie Lim
Willetton SHS
Does Size Really Matter? - An analysis of the velocities of different sized table tennis balls
Ben Murphy
Camberwell Grammar School
Flight and the properties of lift
Albert Nordholm & Gregory Tan
Willetton SHS
IFNWCD - Inside Fly Net Window Cleaning Device
Rowan Romeyn
Lyneham High School
The waterpolo shot
Damien Rua
Kelvin Grove State College
Electromagnetic Accelerator
Martin Schutte
Telopea Park School
What effect do orthotics have on the body?
Claire Steiner & Stephanie Yoong
Willetton SHS
Tucker Time - No Ants Allowed
Henry Tommy
Galston High School
Stubby Coolers
Elliott Wise
Lyneham High School
Hyperbaric Plant Growth
Environmental and Earth Science
Saad Ahmad & Boon-Hing Teo
Willetton SHS WA
Dustbusters
Natasha Bosanac
Somerset College Qld
The effect of rainfall on Mudgeeraba Creek
Rachel Browning & Jessica Mincham
Deadly Sprays!
Damien Carroll
Lyneham High School ACT
What's in our water?
Adam Cross
Shenton College WA
Marri Tree Regrowth Project
Lachlan Dickinson
Lyneham High School ACT
Is the Saffron Thistle reduction program in place on Mount Painter effective?
Lily Dixon
Lyneham High School ACT
Branded Foods - Is Expensive Always Tastier?
Cleo Drygan & Maisie Glen & Clare McSevich
Western Australia Albany Senior High School WA
The effects of algal mat movement on seagrass health in Princess Royal Harbour
William Griffith
Lyneham High School ACT
The Gungahlin Drive Extension: Potential Noise Effects
James Klippel-Cooper & Tiffanway Klippel-Cooper & Dayffyd Klippel-Cooper
Glenunga International High SA
An environmentally friendly water filtration system
Karunakar Krishnan & Ryan Veart
Willetton SHS WA
Low Tech Water Heating System
Aidan Lloyd
Telopea Park School ACT
Cleaning Tannin Stains. Cleaners? Do they really clean?
Elspeth Marley
Telopea Park School ACT
Scrambled Hair
Richard Thorek
Lyneham High School NSW
Fuel Loadings
Sylvia Tong
Cheltenham Girls High NSW
Major Science Project
Jennifer Urwin
Roseville College NSW
Reducing Turbidity in Rural Australia
Siobhan Wills
Perth College WA
Comparative study of Perth's water supplies in relation to socio-economics