On Saturday 7 August, 25 Year 12 and Year 13 Physics students locked themselves into A block for 8 hours to research and report on one of the worlds largest issues, Climate Instability.
Our seven WGHS teams competed against 200+ teams across New Zealand, Cook Islands, Niuean, and Tokelau, as part of the NZ Science Engineering Competition event run by the University of Auckland Department of Engineering Science, and sponsored by Orion Health and Fisher & Paykel Healthcare.
Teams were tasked to explore the question: “How many 1 in 100-year extreme weather events can NZ expect to experience over the course of the next decade?”.
The judges will are now looking closely at the content to analyse the chain of reasoning in each report, the clarity and logical presentation of arguments, and mathematical modelling used to support their conclusions. Teams needed to present sound arguments for their approach to answering the question, but also to convey this through a well-written report.
The judging will take some weeks to complete, but with the fun, friendship, challenge, and real world application of their skills, our students are already winners for the experience!
