Science and STEM
2021 Science Competitions
The Big Science Competition was cancelled last year when we first experienced school closure due to COVID-19 pandemic. Although the problems with this pandemic continue this year, we were lucky to host the Big Science Competition again this year for students interested in science across Years 7 to 10.
The results are out and students are awarded with certificates according to their achievement:
| Certificate | Score |
| High Distinction | 95-100% |
| Distinction | 85 -94% |
| Credit | 60 -84% |
| Participation | 60% and below |
Below is the list of our students who are awarded with certificates according to their achievement:
| Year level | 2021 Big Science Competition Results | ||
7 | Credit: Rhea Fernandez Munmini Jayawardena Krisha Kancharla Kim Nguyen Kaylee Pham Quentin Sengsouvanh Sanisa Taing |
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8 | Credit: Leah Ton | Distinction: Manya Anantha Kumar |
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9 | Credit: Jasmine Hamit Jessica Ingleby Jennifer Nguyen Gina Vu | Distinction: Mai Le
| High Distinction: Tania Binu Thy Bui Kaitlin Nguyen |
10 | Credit: Amber Bui Leanne Nguyen Mary Nguyen | Distinction: Vivien Owens | |
Junior Science Olympiads
For the first time ever in Killester College, we have two students sat for the Junior Science Olympia Exam this year. It was a very challenging two-hour exam designed to take science students in Years 7 to 10 to the next level! It is wonderful to see that both students have achieved fantastic results:
- Kaitlin Nguyen (Year 9) Distinction
- Amber Bui *Year 10 Credit
International Chemistry Quiz
We were lucky enough to hold this year’s International Chemistry Quiz at school just before our 6th lockdown in Term 3.
The results for this quiz have just been released and the awarding system is as follow:
- HD Excellence - Award of Excellence for outstanding performance
- High Distinction - The top 10% of students in the state
- Distinction - The next 15% of students in the state (10% - 25%)
- Credit - The next 15% of students in the state (25% - 40%)
Below is the list of our students who have been awarded a Credit certificate or above:
| Year level | 2021 International Chemistry Quiz Results | ||
7 | Credit: Alisha Ngo | Distinction: Cheryl Bosco |
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9 | Credit: Jeslyne Gnanasuresh Mai Le | Distinction: Tania Binu Sanjana Gorakati | |
10 | Credit: Candice Chan Yai Ching | High Distinction: Vivien Owens | |
11 | Distinction: Seerat Cheema Jenevieve Nguyen Arushee Padmanabhan | ||
12 | Credit: Kathy Do Catherine Nguyen | Distinction: Justine Ly | |
2021 Education Perfect Science Championship
I would also like to acknowledge students who have shown incredible initiative in answering almost 90,000 questions in the 2021 Education Perfect Science Championship during Science Week last term! Your remarkable effort has led Killester to the 7th position on the leader board in Victoria, 22nd position in Australia and 31st position globally out of 2,012 schools that took part! Special mention to four students: Kelly Lao, Krisha Kancharla, Cheryl Bosco and Geilee Dandunnage, each has received an Elite Award by scoring more than 10,000 points!
Well done and congratulations to everyone who participated! All certificates will be given out to students when resume back to onsite learning later in Term 4.
Ping Lim
Learning Area Leader - Science