2014 Sleek Geeks Eureka Science Schools Prize
Check out this year's finalists and highly commended videos!
The University of Sydney Sleek Geeks Science Eureka School Prizes are part of the Australian Museum Eureka Prizes, Australia's most comprehensive science awards.
Entries take the form of a one to three minute video piece and a 250 word description of the content, and may be produced by an individual student or a group of up to six students. This prize is about content and creativity, not production values!
Stay tuned, winners will be announced 10 September 2014.
Finalist | Ella Cuthbert, Majura Primary, ACT
An investigation into how we perceive colour.
Highly Commended | Liam Eccles, Dan Jones, Table Cape Primary School, TAS
Wynyard is a small town on the North West Coast of Tasmania that is surrounded by evidence of an icy past. Come on a journey and discover a world of glaciers and icebergs that have shaped its present surroundings.
Highly Commended | Hugo Potter, Maribyrnong Primary School, ACT
Black holes and their amazing ability to suck up everything.
Finalist | Harry Driessen, Croyden Public School, NSW
What are sound waves? How do we hear sound, and how do different musical instruments produce notes of different pitch?
Highly Commended | Jake Anderson, Lewis Cavolo, Sophia Choy, Abby Sharrock, Ellen Theologou, Jasmine Zhang, Essex Heights Primary, VIC
A group of Year 3 students investigate the properties of living and non-living things and recognise the differences between them.
Highly Commended | Alex Burkhart, Jennifer Choi, Hashene Dahanayake, Olivia Phae, Epping West Public School, NSW
The mystery revealed....
Highly Commended | Rosanna Cartwright, Olivia Stavrakis, PLC Sydney, NSW
In summer, would it be better to have a birthday cake made from gelato or ice-cream? Which one melts faster and why?
Highly Commended | Gwendalyn Dabaja, Eliza Martin, PLC Sydney, NSW
Have you ever wondered about the link between scientific language and knowledge? .
Highly Commended | Ela Curic, Sachi Pirola, Aurora Ward, Sydney Girls High School, NSW
A short film about colour blindness, how it works, and the effect it has on people's everyday lives.
Highly Commended | Tim Eddy, Southern Cross, NSW
This video gives you all the essential information on what's actually happening to your skin in the sun. It also reveals what the mumbo jumbo on sunscreen products, SPF, UVA and UVB protection, actually means.
Highly Commended | Charlton McDonald, Varsity College, Qld
When we look at the way music effects the way we think, feel and even perceive the world around us it shows how important it is to be mindful of sound. This video teaches people to understand the practical impact of music choice on mood and perception.
Finalist | Jackson McDonald, Varsity College, Qld
Although our DNA blueprint never changes, the packaging around the DNA, things called Methel Groups and Histones, sometimes switch off the gene and therefore stop it from acting according to the plan. Epigenetics studies these potential changes and how those changes can possibly be passed on to our children along with the DNA itself. This video is an introduction to this new field of science.
Finalist | Jackson Huang, Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology, Qld
Phantom limb syndrome is a puzzling neurological disorder often experienced by amputees. This video explains the basic neuroscience concepts behind a theory of the cause.
Finalist | Mikali Anagnostis, Saint Philip's Christian College, NSW
We have all seen the crusty blue stuff that grows on trees, but what actually is this mysterious cryptogam? This video describes what makes up a Lichen and how it functions..
Highly Commended | Luke Cadorin-Taylor, St Aloysius' College, NSW
This video describes how the respiratory system works, and explains some of the dangers of smoking.
Highly Commended | George Perry, Qld Academy for Health Sciences, Qld
The process of diffusion is a simple yet often misunderstood concept. This musical parody explains the scientific concept..
Highly Commended | Alexander Jaeger, Mornington Secondary College, Vic
The Great Barrier Reef is the greatest structure on earth built by living organisms.. but how did it form? Meet the coral polyp, and find out how this tiny animal lives and why it is the master builder of the sea. .
Highly Commended | Chun Yu, Fahan School, Tas
This short video focuses on why and how Magnetic Termites thermo-regulate their mounds. Can humans harness the same technology for use in housing design, and so improve energy efficiency? .