Eskom Expo for Young Scientists: Announcing the winners of the 2018 SAEON Special Awards
This year’s winners were…
Martina Fouché, a grade 7 learner from Lochnerhof Primary School in Stellenbosch, won the award in the junior category for her project titled ‘The starry sea stars of the intertidal rocky shore’, which was entered in the category Animal and veterinary, including maritime animals.
Tosca Stoloff, a grade 8 learner from Victoria Girls’ High School in Grahamstown, scooped a SAEON award for her project titled ‘Mytilus vs Perna: which will be the ultimate survivor?’ entered in the category Environmental Science: changes to the environment (e.g. pollution, climate change, carbon emissions and ecology). Tosca’s study was influenced by the assumption that carbonic acid creates ocean acidification from CO2 pollution.
Dani Jansen Van Rensburg, a learner from Hillcrest High School in Kwa-Zulu-Natal Central, won the third SAEON award for her project titled ‘Urth: Optimising weather data accessibility through citizen science’, entered in the category Earth Science (Geography, Geology and Oceanography) and housing and settlement, which had an emphasis on IT and engineering.
Image caption: From left: Pertunia Ntswaki (DST-NRF intern at SAEON), Dr Lita Pauw (SANBI), Tosca Stoloff, Martina Fouché, Dani Jansen Van Rensburg, Kogie Govender (SAEON’s Science Engagement Coordinator) and Joe Sibiya (SAEON Science Engagement Officer)
