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>> 1st Prize
S$6,000
| Innovative ways to recycle hairs |
| Hougang Secondary School |
| Tan Hui Ru Judy, Ang Tze Ting, Leck Nee Huai, Wong Wai San, Joyce Ang Yee Hui |
Human hair is made up of keratin, a strong structural protein
which is resistant to wear and tear. Every one of us drops an average of 100 to
200 hairs per day. These hairs are swept away daily. They ended up in the
garbage and ultimately either in landfills or in the incinerators.
The project seeks to come up with innovative ways to make good use of unwanted
hairs. This could reduce the amount of domestic garbage and help to protect the
environment. Investigative experiments will be designed to find suitable uses
of unwanted hair.
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>> 2nd Prize S$4,000
| Portable solar charger |
| Bukit View Secondary School |
| Abdul Hakim Bin Mezan, Peck Jia Jie |
We would be attempting to design and build a portable Solar
Charger. We would like the charger to be able to power several devices.
We would want it to be accessible, portable and user friendly so that it can be
developed for commercial use and be sold in the market. We believed the device
will achieve the aim of reducing electricity usage and cutting down carbon
dioxide emission.
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>> 3rd Prize S$2,000
| Hydrogen cell, energy of the future |
| Chong Boon Secondary School |
| Ng Jia Yong Jonathan, Pan Lim Boon Tat, See Toh Lai Kuen |
The project focuses on alternative sources of energy which will
not pollute the environment. We intend to make a hydrogen cell using fuel cell
membrane technology. The materials used are readily available like metal
plates, chemicals, tubing, distilled water and membrane. We will use the cell
to provide electrical power for fans and light bulbs. The fuel cell does not
produce any pollutive gas, only pure water. Hence the fuel cell is
environmentally friendly. We hope to be able to make enough fuel cells for
laboratory use.
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>> Merit Award S$1,000
| Recycling canteen waste |
| Hwa Chong Institution |
| Kevin Chan, Nicholas Oh Zhen Wei, Ong Chong Hian Jackson, Ong Jin Xiang |
Our project aims to construct a more efficient waste treatment and
recycling system for the school's canteen. The food waste that we will collect
will be separated into different categories according to their properties. For
example, wastes such as fruit peels have high sugar content and could be
fermented to produce bioethanol. Protein waste could be composted to make
bio-fertilizers. This project will be environmentally friendly, as it not only
minimizes waste generated by the school's canteen, it also converts them into
valuable products.
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>> Merit Award S$1,000
| Evil Symptoms |
| Raffles Institution |
| Azrin Nazir, Goh Qian Heng Ivan, Lim Kai Xiong, Yang Haojin |
Our product is an interactive comic in CD format. The comic tells
the story about how Detective Nash and the Superhero work together to defeat Mr
Symptom's evil plans to industrialize the whole world. It brings the reader
through time and space, from Brazil to Russia. It also tells the reader about
what is happening to the environment of different places around the world.
Through this project, we aim to learn to work with each other and draw comics.
We also aim to gain an insight into what it is like to be a comic artist and to
bring ourselves out of the Singapore context and learn about how other places
in the world.
Through our product we aim to promote awareness amongst teenagers about human's
effects on the environment and the causes, encourage people to be aware and
concern with enviromental issues and to take care of our Earth. We also want to
invite everyone to work together to make the world a more beautiful place.
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>> Commendation Award
S$500
| Project NC-16 (Nature conservation 16) |
| Raffles Institution |
| Low Chun Kiat Benjamin, Wong Zheng Hao Samuel, Goh Tik Min Daniel, Gan Chin
Heng |
In Singapore's urbanized society today, the island's nature
reserves as well as local flora and fauna are gradually diminishing to make way
for urban facilities. While we are unable to implement any drastic measures to
help in nature conservation, we feel that we can instead focus on education of
Singaporeans, through interactive game package for Singaporeans of all ages. We
hope that through our game, Singaporeans who play the game will be motivated to
start off some nature conservation projects or efforts of their own.
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>> Encouragement Award
S$200
| Recycle of jeans |
| Greenridge Secondary School |
| Siti Zainab Binte Komari, Nur Nabilah Binte Abdul Ghafar, Muhammad Faidzal Bin
Alias, Nur Amalina Binte Ruslan, Menakha d/o Armugam |
Our project is on recycling of jeans. Our target audience are
mainly the teenagers and adults who have at least a pair of jeans at home. The
reason why we chose to do this project is the awareness of the importance to
reduce, reuse and recycle. Our project focused on ways our society can help to
reduce wastage by transforming their unwanted jeans into other products that
are useful such as fashionable sling bag, a sling pouch which can be used to
put handphone, keys and wallet, a pencil case, notebook cover, and many more.
We hope that through this project, we will raise the awareness on recycling for
environmental care and protection.
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>> Encouragement Award
S$200
| Recycling E-waste |
| Boon Lay Secondary School |
| New Mun Keat Dominic, Luqmaanul-Hakeem Bin Arrifin, Sing Fun Wei Daniel, Tan
Yeow Leong Darren |
Hazardous electronic wastes are being delivered to developing
countries like China, India and Pakistan for recycling. However, instead of
recycling for use as electronic products, these wastes are being recycled for
precious metals in processes that are often dangerous to the workers. To
minimize electronic wastes, we would like to propose wasys to recycle computer
components, in particular, computer keyboards. We will design games and
educational toys made from the keys of computer keyboards. This suggestion will
not only reduce electronic waste, but also allows people to convert their old
keyboards to good use.
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>> Encouragement Award
S$200
| Construction of a wind generator |
| Raffles Institution |
| Chow Zhi Hao Timothy, Ong Woo Han, Shermond Ong Kah Han, Choo Ee Sin, Gao Guang
Yan |
We proposed the construction of a small scale wind powered
generator to be mounted on the roof of one of our school buildings, which will
charge a battery pack mounted indoors. The generator will output no more than
50W. This generator will possibly power the lighting and a small fan for a fish
tank situated near our science labs, or perhaps power the fountain in the pond
at the atrium (if the pump is suitable), or maybe something else.
In doing so, we cut the cost of electricity for our school. Although it is
small amount, it is not insignificant. Suppose we save a mere 25W, that is
equivalent to 219.15kwh per year, which translates to a saving of roughly $36.
There are 161 secondary schools in Singapore. Should every school have one
small wind generator, $5796 coud be saved each year.
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>> Encouragement Award
S$200
| To explore the feasibility of constructing a mangrove habitat in East Coast
Park based on studies of a natural mangrove swamp in Singapore |
| Tanjong Katong Girls' School |
| Liow Xiao Chun, Ethel Wee Xian Ning, Lynette Leong Li Ping, Tan Ming Yi Tasia,
Jeanette Wee Liyan, Joslyn Chew Boon Geok |
The project aims to study the abiotic and biotic factors in a
mangrove swamp in Singapore. Field studies will be conducted for a man-made
lagoon in East Coast Park. The data collected can be used to propose/ explore
on the feasibility of creating a mangrove swamp habitat in East Coast. The
mangrove swamp can augment the existing long grass and bush habitat in East
Coast and the project also looks into the application of a novel approach
towards wildlife conservation by recomending an "island hop" strategy in the
provision of nautral shelter/ habitat.
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