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Presentation Ceremony – Adelaide Festival Centre Friday 20 September 2013 ORGANISED BY SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION SA’s largest Science Competition Entry details & Curriculum links available at www.sasta.asn.au YEAR LEVELS • R-2• 3-5 • 6-7 • 8 • 9-10 • 11-12 CATEGORIES • Computer Programming & Robotics • Crystal Investigation • Games • Models and Inventions • Multimedia 2 0 1 3 • Photography • Posters • Science Writing • Scientific Inquiry PLATINUM SPONSORS GOLD SPONSORS SILVER SPONSORS Details Available On-line: www.sasta.asn.au SIR MARK OLIPHANT 1901 - 2000 The South Australia Science Teachers Association would like to thanks the sponsors of the SASTA Oliphant Science Awards. The South Australian Science Teachers Birmingham University where he was Association have been privileged to to continue to push the boundaries of have had Sir Mark Oliphant as our knowledge of nuclear physics. In this Patron for the SASTA Oliphant Science year he was elected as a ‘Fellow of the PLATINUM SPONSORS Awards since their inception in 1981. Royal Society’. Like many of the recipients of these In 1955 Sir Mark’s reputation as a awards, Sir Mark was born in South scientist, research director and Australia and received his primary and administrator were well established in secondary education in state schools the scientific community. This together here. An outstanding student, Sir Mark with his declared interest in investigated a number of career establishing world class educational pathways and eventually settled on the research facilities in Australia led Sir pursuit of Science at the University of Mark back to Australia at the request Adelaide. Sir Mark showed a love of of the Government. In this year he tinkering and invention from an early founded the Research School of age and it was in the science Physical Sciences at the newly GOLD SPONSORS laboratories in Adelaide that he started established Australian National to make his own scientific apparatus. University in Canberra. He was to become one of the leaders in the design and construction of In the years after retirement from revolutionary apparatus including academic life Sir Mark became a particle accelerators used to household name in South Australia investigate the structure and where he gave distinguished service as interactions of the nuclei of atoms. our State Governor. SILVER SPONSORS In 1927 a scholarship took Sir Mark to A clear demonstration of his ongoing the famous Cavendish Laboratories in support of science and science Cambridge, UK, where he worked with education was provided to the science Lord Rutherford, who was a pioneer in community in our state when Sir Mark atomic physics. agreed in 1981 to lend his name as Patron of the SASTA Oliphant Science Together with other great scientists Awards. including Fermi, Lawrence and Oppenheimer, Sir Mark created the Sir Mark’s legacy will live on in many brave new world of nuclear physics. ways not least through the thousands His expertise in this area was to lead of students, teachers and members of Sir Mark to the Manhattan Project in the public who participate in these America and to his participation in the awards annually. development of the first atomic bomb. Of special significance is that Sir Mark, Sir Mark was always a champion of the through his love of tinkering and peaceful uses of atomic energy and in invention, made the perpetual Oliphant BRONZE SPONSORS 1937 accepted his first professorship Trophy himself. as head of the Physics Department at SIR MARK OLIPHANT 1901 - 2000 The South Australia Science Teachers Association would like to thanks the sponsors of the SASTA Oliphant Science Awards. The South Australian Science Teachers Birmingham University where he was Association have been privileged to to continue to push the boundaries of have had Sir Mark Oliphant as our knowledge of nuclear physics. In this Patron for the SASTA Oliphant Science year he was elected as a ‘Fellow of the PLATINUM SPONSORS Awards since their inception in 1981. Royal Society’. Like many of the recipients of these In 1955 Sir Mark’s reputation as a awards, Sir Mark was born in South scientist, research director and Australia and received his primary and administrator were well established in secondary education in state schools the scientific community. This together here. An outstanding student, Sir Mark with his declared interest in investigated a number of career establishing world class educational pathways and eventually settled on the research facilities in Australia led Sir pursuit of Science at the University of Mark back to Australia at the request Adelaide. Sir Mark showed a love of of the Government. In this year he tinkering and invention from an early founded the Research School of age and it was in the science Physical Sciences at the newly GOLD SPONSORS laboratories in Adelaide that he started established Australian National to make his own scientific apparatus. University in Canberra. He was to become one of the leaders in the design and construction of In the years after retirement from revolutionary apparatus including academic life Sir Mark became a particle accelerators used to household name in South Australia investigate the structure and where he gave distinguished service as interactions of the nuclei of atoms. our State Governor. SILVER SPONSORS In 1927 a scholarship took Sir Mark to A clear demonstration of his ongoing the famous Cavendish Laboratories in support of science and science Cambridge, UK, where he worked with education was provided to the science Lord Rutherford, who was a pioneer in community in our state when Sir Mark atomic physics. agreed in 1981 to lend his name as Patron of the SASTA Oliphant Science Together with other great scientists Awards. including Fermi, Lawrence and Oppenheimer, Sir Mark created the Sir Mark’s legacy will live on in many brave new world of nuclear physics. ways not least through the thousands His expertise in this area was to lead of students, teachers and members of Sir Mark to the Manhattan Project in the public who participate in these America and to his participation in the awards annually. development of the first atomic bomb. Of special significance is that Sir Mark, Sir Mark was always a champion of the through his love of tinkering and peaceful uses of atomic energy and in invention, made the perpetual Oliphant BRONZE SPONSORS 1937 accepted his first professorship Trophy himself. as head of the Physics Department at 1 PAST OLIPHANT SCIENCE AWARD WINNERS THE OLIPHANT SCIENCE AWARDS 1981 David Tilley – Mount Gambier High School The Oliphant Science Awards, named in honour of Sir Mark Oliphant, are conducted 1982 Andrew McDowell – Oakbank Area School annually by the South Australian Science Teachers Association. 1983 Stella Miller – Oakbank Area School 1984 Vernon Wells – Marryatville High School Since the start of the Awards in 1981, participation has grown. School students from all 1985 Eleanor Rainsford – St Peters Collegiate Girls School over South Australia now enter the competition. The wide range of interests and abilities of 1986 David Messenger and Darren Kelly – Glenunga High School these students is catered for by the many categories and age groupings offered. Students can enter individually or, for many of the categories, participate as part of a group. 1987 Darin Lovett and Edward Dunstone – Prince Alfred College 1988 and – Frank Trimboli Nikolaos Vogiatzis Underdale High School Sir Mark personally designed and crafted the perpetual trophy that the winning student 1989 Simon Ratcliffe – Henley High School holds for one year. The trophy is then exchanged for an engraved medal at the following 1990 Kingsley Storer – Prince Alfred College year’s Award Ceremony. 1991 John Sanderson – Pulteney Grammar School The Awards recognise the excellent work of students with prizes in each age group and 1992 William Greenrod and Michael Ashley – Pulteney Grammar School each category. Schools with many winning students are awarded a schools prize. There are 1993 Mark Hodson and James Jolly – Modbury High School many prizes made available through the generosity of our Sponsors, who are an integral 1994 Mark Hodson – Modbury High School part of the success of the Oliphant Science Awards. Our appreciation of our sponsors’ 1995 Kyra Reznikov – Annesley College support is acknowledged through their attendance at and participation in the Awards Ceremony. 1996 Jamie Messner – Prince Alfred College 1997 – Erik Procko Marryatville High School This year we are pleased to acknowledge as our Platinum and Gold Sponsors, SA Water, 1998 Erik Procko – Marryatville High School The Advertiser, the Department for Education & Child Development and the Defence 1999 Paul Philps, Lydia Rofe and Kristina Miller – Marryatville High School Science Technology Organisation. 2000 Andrew Royal – Faith Lutheran Secondary School An essential part of the Oliphant Science Awards is the judging. The South Australian 2001 Alexander Cichowski – Brighton Secondary School Science Teachers Association wishes to thank the large group of dedicated teachers and 2002 Samuel Teck Ern Wong – The Norwood Morialta High School supporters of science who volunteer to help judge the thousands of entries that students 2003 Samuel Teck Ern Wong – The Norwood Morialta High School prepared for this year’s competition. Their contribution to science education is greatly 2004 Alyssa Fitzpatrick – Loreto College appreciated. 2005 Konrad Pilch – St Peter’s College The Oliphant Science Awards have once again been a great success thanks to the 2006 – Finn Stokes Australian Science and Mathematics School participation of thousands of students, and the encouragement and support given by 2007 Finn Stokes – Australian Science and Mathematics School parents and teachers. We also thank and acknowledge the hard work of the SASTA OSA 2008 Michael Huxley – St John’s Grammar School Committee members and the many other SASTA volunteers, and the dedicated work of our SASTA Office staff. We look forward to this continuing support and to the ongoing success 2009 Benjamin Harrison – Urrbrae Agricultural High School of the Oliphant Science Awards.