Singapore National Crystal Growing Challenge

8th Singapore National Crystal Growing Challenge

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The Winners are:

Junior Category
Champion: New Town Secondary School
1st Runner-up: Springfield Secondary School
2nd Runner-up: Greendale Secondary School
Meritorious Award: Anglo Chinese School (Baker)
Meritorious Award: Duman High School
Special Mention: Tanjong Katong Girl's School
Best Poster and Best Logbook : Anderson Secondary School
Best Poster : Nanyang Girls’ High School
Best Display
• Commonwealth Secondary School
• Methodist Girls' School
• Raffles Girls' School
Best Logbook
• Hwa Chong Institution (High School)
• NUS High School of Maths and Science
• River Valley High School

Senior Category
Champion: Yishun Junior College
1st Runner-up: Hwa Chong Institute (College)
2nd Runner-up: Singapore Polytechnic
Meritorious Award: Republic Polytechnic
Meritorious Award: Anderson Junior College
Best Logbook: Anderson Junior College
Best Display: Nanyang Junior College

Open Category
Champion: Temasek Junior College
1st Runner-up: NUS High School of Math & Science
2nd Runner-up: Anderson Junior College
Meritorious Award: Victoria Junior College
Meritorious Award: River Valley High School
Best Poster: Hwa Chong Institution (High School)

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1st Circular

2nd circular

Click here for Poster

List of partcipanting school

Schedule

25 September 2008

Participants may bring their displays to set up any time between 12 noon to 5.00 pm. Please report to the registration booth before setting up their displays.

Participants will be provided with a desk and a poster board for their display.  Poster should be restricted to maximum A1 size in portrait orientation.

27 September 2008

Please arrive at 8.45 am to be seated for the prize presentation ceremony. We will send the detailed schedule to you soon.

Certificate of participation

We would like to request your school to submit the confirmed names of the participants by 10 Sep 2008. The names provided will be printed as
such on the certificate of participation, which will be given out on 27 Sep 08.

If we do not receive the names by the deadline, they may not be printed in time on the certificates. In this case, it is possible that the names are handwritten on the certificates instead; or if printing is insisted, the distribution of certificates maybe delayed till after the competition.

Program 

September 25, 2008 - Submission/Display and Setup of crystals, logbooks and posters
Venue: Multi-Purpose Sports Hall 1, NUS
Time: anytime between 12 noon and 5.00 pm

September 26, 2008 - Judging Day

September 27, 2008 - Prize Presentation Ceremony and Exhibition Day
Venue: Multi-Purpose Sports Hall 1, NUS

Time: Saturday, September 27, 2008, 8:45 am

Guest of Honour: Assoc Prof. LIM Tit Meng, Asst. Chief Executive, Science CentreSingapore

Welcome Address: Prof. LEE Hian Kee, Deputy Head, Department of Chemistry, NUS

Special Address: Dr Peter P K CHAN, Singapore National Institute of Chemistry (SNIC)

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Reference Books

Growing Single Crystals for X-Ray Diffraction