2004 School Magazine

048 Faculties:Science

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students well beyond the classroom. Erina MCDonald 1120j describes it as, 'perhaps the scariest week of my life, but it was also one of the best. Living, breathing and 'fighting' physics 15 not usually how you'd picture spending your hard earned holidays but IYPT was also the chance to meet amazing young people from around the world. '

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and aptitude for Science in a variety of ways. in Year I I, Any Smith was selected to attend Bioftitures 2003, a five day biotechnology and biomedical engineering forum held at the University of Queensland campus. After sitting the Royal Australian Chemical Institutes National Chemistry Quiz, she was awarded a High Distinction and an Award of Excellence for her performance Also in Year I I, Amy sat for the RID Tinto rustralian Chemistry Olympiad and Biology Olympiad National Qualifying Exams, for which she received a High Distinction and the Bronze award for Queensland in the Chemistry paper amy also received a Distinction for the Biology paper in both Years I I and 12. she participated in the I^ACI Chemical Analysis rotetionj Competition. in Year I I , her team was particularly successful coming second at the OUT campus. it was subsequently invited to participate in the national finals held at the University of Queensland. At these finals, Amy received a gold medal for her individual performance 2004 was a particularly successful one for my and her interest in science. She made the Queensland finals for CSIROS Talking Up Science Competition, where she was awarded the Judges Special Prize for her speech, entitled Funding the Captain Cooks of the Space Age. Any alsojudged at the Queensland Science Marathon. a science competition for primary school students Finally My also served as a volunteer staff member at The Siemens Science Experience, 2004' - a three day science forum for Year 9 going into Year I O science students it is no surprise that Amy also received the Peter Doherty, Outstanding Senior Science Student Award

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In August this year Emily See 112Bj and Amy Smith 112El were each awarded the prestigious Peter Doherty Outstanding Senior Science Student Award. This award recognises Year 12 science students who exhibit a personal interest in pursuing scientific study outside their normal school curriculum requirements

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investigating 17 problems and conducting experiments to generate a solution Last year in the Rio Tinto Biology Olympiad, Emity received a High Distinction for her performance and was recently awarded a Sliver Medal for coming second in the state. Currently she is enrolled at the University of Queensland in a First Year Chemistry course, CHEM I0 12, which is available to Year Twelve students through the Bright Minds Enrichment Programme Last year Emity sat the National Chemistry Quiz conducted by the IRACl in which she gained a perfect score and was awarded an Award of Excellence. She entered the Australian National Chemical Analysis ITitrationj Competition in which her team placed fourth. She also completed the RID Tinto Chemistry Olympiad for which she received a Distinction Emily is obviously a very deserving recipient of the Peter Doherty Outstanding Senior Science Student Award

attended the National Youth Science Forum in Canberra, an experience that enabled her to speak to professors who have done extensive research into many aspects of science and visit myriad research facilities. in the June holidays last year Emily was a member of the Australian team which competed in the International Space Settlement Design Competition conducted by NASA and Boeing Aerospace. Her team won the right to compete in the finals at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida and was placed second internationally for their design of a space settlement for 10,000 people on Mars in the year 2068. She also trained for and sat the Rio Tinto Physics Olympiad examination Also, in June this year Emity was a member of the Australian team competing in the International Young Physicists' Tournament, this year hosted in Australia. This competition Involved