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Posted: Monday 15 June 2009

Research Projects take Pupils to National Science Fair

Pupils from Hutchesons' achieved a double win at Dundee University on 10 June, when they took both Bronze and Silver awards in the Scottish finals of the CREST science awards.

Scott Griffiths: Winner CREST BronzeScott Griffiths [S1] won the Bronze category with his project on maggots, investigating how environmental conditions modify their behaviour.

Timothy Heelis, Douglas McColl and Michael Williams, all in S4, won the Silver category with their project on lie detection.

All four pupils have now been invited to represent Scotland at the "Big Bang Fair"  in Manchester in March 2010.

Douglas Oates [S3], who was the youngest pupil at Hutchesons' to undertake a Gold Project, was highly commended by the judges and his project on the anti-bacterial properties of manuka honey attracted a lot of positive attention.

"I am immensely proud of all 13 pupils who participated and gave such a good account of themselves," says Mr John Di Mambro, a Biology teacher who runs the CREST research programme at Hutchesons'.

CREST (CREativity in Science and Technology) is a UK-wide Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths award scheme managed by the British Science Association.

Tags: Academic Success, Science

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