2025 Science Writing Prize Winners
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*Please note this list is not indicative of place winners, entries have been listed in alphabetical order. Prize winners will find out the outcome of their entry at the Presentation Ceremony.
Prize Winners
- R-2 Prize Winners
- 3-4 Prize Winners
- 5-6 Prize Winners
- 7-8 Prize Winners
- 9-10 Prize Winners
- 11-12 Prize Winners
Highly Commended
- R-2 Highly Commended
- 3-4 Highly Commended
- 5-6 Highly Commended
- 9-10 Highly Commended
- 11-12 Highly Commended
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R-2 Prize Winners
Aarav Agarwal
St Andrew's School
Project: Save it, Store it, Don't Waste it: Exploring the Science of Food Preservation
Jack Baade
Immanuel Primary School
Project: Camouflaging Cuttlefish
Oliver Davison
Annesley Junior School
Project: The Future of Space Exploration: Safeguarding Life Beyond Earth
3-4 Prize Winners
Alexander Chhokar
St Andrew's School
Project: The Impact of a Nuclear Bomb in Adelaide
Eddy Potts
Coromandel Valley Primary School
Project: How bugs talk
Kelly Wang
Concordia College - St John's Campus
Project: How Plants and Animals Communicate
5-6 Prize Winners
Aavyaan Anand
Immanuel Primary School
Project: If it happened here: The impact of a nuclear bomb in Adelaide
Abraham Lee
St Peter's College
Project: If it happened here. The impact of a nuclear bomb on Adelaide
Ella Wallace
Scotch College - Junior School
Project: "If if Happened Here: The Impact of a Nuclear Bomb on Adelaide"
7-8 Prize Winners
Diyasha Maheepala
Glenunga International High School
Project: The Unthinkable: Ground Zero, Adelaide
Emily Pike
Trinity College - North
Project: Nature's Secret Languages
Charlotta Wache
Walford Anglican School for Girls
Project: AI to the rescue: saving species and ecosystems
9-10 Prize Winners
Josephine Lepore
Mary MacKillop College
Project: Unlocking the Future of Personalised Healthcare: a Revolution in Medicine
Aurora Templer
Prescott College Southern
Project: If it Happened Here: the Impact of a Nuclear Bomb on Adelaide
Benita Wu
Seymour College
Project: Artificial Photosynthesis through Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: A Pathway to Renewable Hydrogen
Chloe Yew
University Senior College
Project: Blue-Green Roofs: A Circular Energy and Water Innovation Transforming Sustainable Cities
Chloe Yew
University Senior College
Project: Power from Within: The Promise of Thermoelectric Wearables
11-12 Prize Winners
Macey Badcock
Caritas College
Project: Biology SHE Task
Grace Collins
Loreto College
Project: It's MAD
Anton Forster-Rohal
Australian Science and Mathematics School
Project: "If it happened here" - The Impact of a Nuclear Bomb on Adelaide
Kreshma Razaqi
IQRA College
Project: How is Oncolytic Viruses a Groundbreaking Advancement in Treating Patients with Glioblastoma
2025 Science Writing Highly Commended
R-2 Highly Commended
Austin Bosco
Hillcrest Primary School
Project: Nature's Secret Language: How plants and animals communicate
Max Le
Highgate School
Project: Can you believe it?
Arastu Ravichandran
Burnside Primary School
Project: Nature's Secret Languages: How Plants and Animals Communicate
3-4 Highly Commended
Milla Pagsanjan
Scotch College - Junior School
Project: Conservation and Rewilding
5-6 Highly Commended
Charles Bruce
Lucindale Area School
Project: Living on Mars: What would it take?
Lawrence Grigson-Gair
Scotch College - Junior School
Project: If it happened here
Lucy Hawkes
Burnside Primary School
Project: Innovations in Sport: The Running Shoe
Ivan Leong
St Andrew's School
Project: The Impact of a Nuclear Bomb in Adelaide
Seb Michael
Pulteney Grammar School
Project: Deep Sea Exploration
Haoran Shen
Richmond Primary School
Project: If It Happened Here: Impact of a Nuclear Bomb on Adelaide
9-10 Highly Commended
Chiara Capone
Mary MacKillop College
Project: Exploring the Fascinating World of Epigenetics: How Environment and Experience Shape Our Genes
Isla Church
Westminster School
Project: How renewable energy systems and waste to energy systems are changing South Australian energy production
Grace Kemp
Mary MacKillop College
Project: A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
Zoha Rafeeq
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College
Project: DNA: The Blueprint of Life
Chanulya Senaratne
Wilderness School
Project: If It Happened Here: The Nuclear Bomb on Adelaide
Olivia Staines
Mary MacKillop College
Project: DNA in Healthcare
11-12 Highly Commended
Macey Badcock
Caritas College
Project: Chemistry SHE Task
Thomas Freebairn
Caritas College
Project: Chemistry SHE Task