Kuwait Science Fair – 1st Prize & “Best 100″ TEA Winners

CONGRATULATIONS!!! to the following pupils for participating and winning awards in the Kuwait Science Fair annual competition.

Amneh Hisham Tarkhan (Year 12) - 1st Prize

Mahmoud Jawadat Al Suliman (Year 9) – “Best 100″ 

Amneh Hisham Tarkhan (Year 12) - 1st Prize Winner

Mahmoud Jawadat Al Suliman (Year 9) – “Best 100″

Kuwait Science Fair is the largest annual science competition in Kuwait, encompassing over 150 high-schools from across the country. The fair was created and founded as a joint partnership between ExxonMobil Exploration & Production Kuwait Limited and Kuwait Energy Co. to encourage young scientists to apply maths and science to a project of their choice in a competitive atmosphere.

 Two TEA students reached the last 100 of this prestigious competition. The Final was held on Saturday 6^th March 2010 where each competitor had to present their project and findings to a panel of 6 Judges. The event took place at Salwa Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Theatre and Hall under the patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the Minister of Oil and Information and Chairman of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.

 The students only had two months to create their science projects and the competition consisted of different stages which included proposals, plans, procedures, experiments, scientific journals, scientific papers, presentations and a built display. Mahmoud Jawdat Al Suliman, a Year 9 student, received a certificate acknowledging his place in the top 100 for his project on “Haze Monitor: To Investigate The Amount of Haze Produced In The Atmosphere”

 On the evening the excitement mounted as the audience waited patiently to hear who the winner was. We are very pleased to inform you that Amneh Hisham Tarkhan, a year 12 student, was awarded the overall 1^st Prize for her project titled, “Which is More Detrimental to the Growth and Developments of Plants: Cigarette or Argilah Smoke.” Amneh has been at TEA from year 9 and is currently studying Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Maths AS Levels through the Sherifa Hilal Al Mutairi / Salem Ali Al Rashed scholarship programme. Amneh’s 1^st place prize included a trophy, KD750 cash prize, 100KD vouchers, certificates, scholarship to GUST University and a summer internship at Schlumberger.

 The English Academy will receive a computer lab from Schlumberger and will be admitted into their Excellence in Educational Development (SEED) program.

 The School Management wish to congratulate both Amneh and Mahmoud, their parents and teachers on this excellent achievement.