• Question: what type of science competition would you run with your prize money?

    Asked by to Hattie on 19 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Harriet Aitken answered on 19 Jun 2014:

      Hi Hattie!

      I’m hoping to run a “disaster day” – so you would come to the University and be given instructions that you are to provide relief aid for a certain disaster, like a tsunami.

      There are so many things we don’t think about, particularly the supply of clean water. So given a kit of available materials (which say could include sand, a balloon and a bucket with a hole in it) could you supply clean water to somebody who lives a 20 minute walk away?

      I’m hoping the day would be the application of many scientific ideas – my degree is actually in chemical engineering but I would still consider myself a scientist as I am trying to apply the science I know to come up with solutions. That’s what I would hope the science competition would bring out in people, using science in practical ways to solve problems!

      Hattie

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