Young scientists receive awards

Thu, Feb 6th 2014, 08:21 AM

CV Bethel High School students whose exhibit Household Pesticide Repellent gave them a first place win in NASSAU, The Bahamas - Junior and senior high school students who demonstrated their abilities in the Young Scientists Eureka Competition and Exhibition received their medals and certificates January 28 during an awards ceremony.
Organised by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in conjunction with corporate sponsors, the competition was designed to provide a forum for students to demonstrate their creativity and scientific skills in identifying and completing a product which has relevance to The Bahamas.
Ross Smith, Deputy Director of Education, Karen St Cyr, Project Manager, senior Education officials, students, parents and teachers attended the event held at Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium. The judges were: Stephen Bowen, Karen Coleby, Sheena Davis, Charles Major, Dr. Thalia Micklewhite and Launa Williams.
Projects entered in the competition were categorised as "investigations" or "innovations" and based on energy, the environment, machines etc. Students were encouraged to align the projects with a topic related to the current science curricula and make them inter-disciplinary/cross-curricular including any one or combination of agriculture, auto mechanics, building trades, English Language, engineering, geography, home economics, information technology, mathematics and physical education.
According to a release from the High School Science Unit, the competition included a problem for which students had to plan and conduct an investigation to solve; a project (done previously) which was presented by the team and tested; in addition to the team's use of materials provided on the spot to build a model.

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