Josephians Excel at Science Fairs

Our Josephian Scientists have been busy participating in various science fairs this year where they clinched several awards!

Three teams represented SJI at the A* STAR-VJC Science Fair in July this year, a competition meant for secondary school students with an interest to develop and deepen their learning in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) through research. They also participated in 2 research-related activities - an e-symposium and communication workshop which were conducted to support the participants in their research journey. In addition, to provide all the participants with a more enriching learning experience, teams with similar research themes were grouped together in breakout rooms for on-site project sharing on the prize presentation day.

Kudos to our Year 4 Josephians who shone with their projects at the A* STAR-VJC Science Fair:

1. Aaron Wong Yi Cheng, Brayden Chang Jon Yon and Daniel Ho Dawei (LE401) clinched a Silver for their project - Investigating and Predicting the Trajectory of a Paper Airplane using Mathematical Modelling

2. Gabriel Ng Ghim Chuan, Balakrishnan Akshath and Ciaran Liam Condron (LE401) received a Merit prize for their project - Investigating the Periodic Motion of Water in Ponyo’s Heat Tube

3. Premanandan Dishnu (LE401), Lee Jayden Seojin (LE401) and Nathaniel Cheng Le Shan (ML402) received a Certificate of participation for their project on exploring the efficacy of Orange Peel Filtration in the adsorption of harmful ammonia in fish tanks

Prize-winners (L-R): Aaron, Daniel, Gabriel, Akshath and Ciaran

In April this year, SJI was represented by 5 teams of Year 5 students who took part in the International Elementz Fair organised by Anderson Serangoon JC. The annual event is a platform for students to showcase their scientific research which can contribute to the betterment of society. The research projects are student-initiated and cover interesting topics such as investigating how we can use organic fruit waste to grow algae that can reduce our carbon footprint, to find out the effect of pH on the rate of calcium mineral lost from the chicken bones as well as preparing homemade hand sanitizer with essential oils to kill bacteria. Congratulations to the following Josephians on their achievements!

1. Fan Enrui (LE510), Rahul Singaram Senthilkumar (ML512), Poh Le Vin (MN520) - Gold

2. Matthew Oon Jun-En (ML513), Lee Chen Xing, Tristan (FN501) - Silver

3. Koh Zer Ray, Ansley (ML513), Reuel Fong Shi Cheng (MN517) - Bronze

4. Abhay Rajesh Tralshawala (LE510), Fan Enrui (LE510) - Commendation

5. Sim Weilun (FN501), Teo Hansen (ML514) - Commendation

Back row (L-R): Abhay, Hansen, Weilun, Ansley and Reuel
Front row (L-R): Le Vin, Rahul, Enrui, Tristan and Matthew