Kingsmead College excels at Science Expo
MELROSE–- Kingsmead College commends their Science Expo winners.
Kingsmead College is extremely excited to announce the results of the Science Expo.
Their top five girls will participate in the Regional Eskom Science Expo which will be held at Wits on 30 July.
This concludes three months of hard work and effort on scientific methods. “Our girls have exceeded our expectations and have produced exemplary projects. We challenged them at the beginning of the year to come up with their own projects, and advised them whether they were feasible. They continued on their own, with mentoring from science staff, to research, set up and investigate their topics,” commented Lara Greeff, from the college’s marketing and foundation department.
She added that the pupils were challenged in the beginning to find basic problems that they face on a daily basis in South Africa and the world. They then had to investigate and come up with alternative solutions. “This inspires them to be entrepreneurs and build models so that we can resolve crises like energy, sustainability, and pollution,” said Greeff.
Certificate of Excellence and Book Plate Prize:
- Sarah Minnie: Aquaponics (plant sciences including marine plants and plant ecology)
- Georgina Beart: The growth of plants in vermiculite and soil (plant sciences including marine plants and plant ecology
- Emily van der Want: The effect of sulphur on plant growth (agricultural sciences).
- Certificate of Merit:
- Abigail Behr: Can energy from sunlight be used to create hot water – solar energy (energy efficiency and energy conservation, efficient use of energy and ways of using less energy)
- Chloe Buchel: Does multitasking affect efficiency rates of an individual (social and psychological sciences).
