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Regional finals showcase young scientific minds

Bright minds of the future.

August 29, 2017

Melissa Hart Less than a minute

Assumption Convent School’s Sian van Kan (14) in Grade Eight shows off her desalination system which she said will help solve the water crisis in the Western Cape at the Ekurhuleni Eskom Expo for Young Scientists regional finals, held at the Germiston City Hall, last Saturday.

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Grade 11 learners Samukelo Sibeko (17, left) and Daniella Isele (17) from Shangri-La Academy designed a turbine which fits into the stack of a pylon at a factory and generates electricity.

Assumption Convent School’s Sian van Kan (14) in Grade Eight shows off her desalination system which she said will help solve the water crisis in the Western Cape at the Ekurhuleni Eskom Expo for Young Scientists regional finals, held at the Germiston City Hall, last Saturday.

Caitlin Stapelberg (14), a Grade Eight learner at Leeuwenhof Akademie, invented a cost-effective medical bracelet which works on a QR code system linked to a Facebook page with all your medical information.

Leeuwenhof Akademie learners, Andrea van Niekerk (16) in Grade 10 (left) displayed her work on the effects of colour on academic performance, and Jamie-Lee Barnes (15) in Grade Nine showed off her project on economic insulation for a rural shack.

Nicola Moll (13), a Grade Eight learner at Assumption Convent School, displays the bug spray she invented by recycling cigarette butts, at the Ekurhuleni Eskom Expo for Young Scientists regional finals, held at the Germiston City Hall, last Saturday.

Kgaogelo Molaudzi (16), a Grade Nine learner at Sir Pierre van Ryneveld High School, designed a solar car which he believes will replace petrol models.

August 29, 2017

Melissa Hart Less than a minute

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