MORE than 200 high school pupils from KwaZulu-Natal took part in this years ‘FFS Expo for Young Scientists’ at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Edgewood Campus in Pinetown on 31 July and 1 August.
Prof Bice Martincigh, the main organiser, said he was impressed with the quality of the more than 180 projects this year. “We awarded more prizes this year than in previous years, which proves the higher quality,” he said.
The award for the Best Senior Project went to Tashic Nataal, a Grade 10 learner at Star College for a project entitled Autonomous Automobile in the Electronics and Robotics category. The award for Best Junior project was won by Dani Jansen van Rensburg, a Grade 7 learner at Kloof High School, for her project Alien, friend or foe in the Conservation and Environmental Studies category.
Andrew Channing, chief operating officer at FFS Refiners, said: “We believe that a country’s future is linked to the development of science and technology among high-school learners, as this is where our scientists and engineers will come from. We are proud to be sponsors of the ‘FFS Expo for Young Scientists’ as in so doing, we are encouraging young learners to consider a career in the science and technology fields.”
