INTERESTING FACTS COMPETITION

Last Term, the Science Department at Catholic Regional College St Albans ran the Interesting Facts Competition, whereby students researched a number of scientific facts and submitted what they thought to be the World’s most interesting science fact (in 43 words or less), together with a reference/source (e.g. website, book, etc).

They then voted for the best entry, with the winner receiving an ULTIMATE EARS BOOM 2 BLUETOOTH SPEAKER! Over the 3 weeks, we received 292 entries from different students, which is a great achievement.

We are now very pleased to announce that prize winners for the Interesting Facts competition are:

Third prize: Leya Asmerom, who discovered that Blue Whale’s fart bubbles are large enough to enclose a horse.

2 Second prizes: John Moore, who discovered that For the first time in human history, gene-editing has been performed to fix a mutation for an inherited disease in embryos and Lydia Asmerom, who discovered that Russia has a bigger surface area than pluto.

And first prize winner, who receives a certificate and the Bluetooth speaker, goes to Alakiir Deng, who discovered that When listening to music, your heartbeat will sync with the rhythm.

Special thanks to students and staff in The Bradbury Club, Geelong for organizing this competition, as well as their partners Good Guys Warehouse and the TAC for supplying the speaker as first prize.

Science Department, Catholic Regional College St Albans

Pluto and Charon vs Russia. Charon, also known as Pluto I, is the largest of the five known natural satellites of the dwarf planet Pluto. Picture, courtesy NASA