WYETH Nutrition concludes its third nationwide search for the nation’s most inquisitive, creative, and curious “Kid Innovators” with the awarding of the top finalists during the Search for Wyeth Nutrition Kid Innovators Season 3 Grand Finals at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila in Pasay City.
Launched in 2015, the Search is part of Wyeth Nutrition’s efforts to help nurture every child’s potential for greatness and help mold them into society’s future nation builders. This year’s Search was launched with the new “Upcoming Kid Innovators” category, which was added to make the Search more inclusive. This allows younger children ages 5 to 8 years old to submit their science project or activity in pupil-parent tandems. Kids ages 9 to 14 joined the “Kid Innovators” category, as individuals or in teams with a maximum of 3 members and supervision of a coach or teacher-adviser. All finalists submitted entries for this year’s theme on Nutrition, Health and Wellness.
From impressive entries from different schools nationwide, five outstanding teams from the Kid Innovators category and three exceptional teams from the Upcoming Kid Innovators category were chosen to present their innovative projects in the Grand Finals.“Wyeth Nutrition launched this program as a platform for science-loving and awe-inspiring kids to showcase their enormous potential in making a difference through science and innovation.”Wyeth Nutrition President and General Manager Eugene David remarked. “We believe that with the support of parents and other stakeholders, these kid innovators will become future scientists, doctors, and leaders who are nation builders.“If even one of these kids would get to the level of achievement close to getting man on the moon or even leading a breakthrough solution to a long-standing societal problem, then we at Wyeth Nutrition would be happy and proud to have been part of the little spark that started it all.”
From the three finalists in the Upcoming Kid Innovators category, Matthew Ryan A. Chong of MGC New Life Christian Academy for his “How to Get Rid of Mosquitoes Using Technology” project was recognized to be this year’s Grand Winner of the Search. Keysha Vince M. Quirit of Baguio City Science Foundation for her “Pine Needles as a Substitute for Napthalene Balls” project and Thadea D. Tamanio of Inocencio School Montessori Playskul-Inocencio Integrated School (ISMP-IIS) for her “My Dragon Fruit Skin, Color is Seen!” project were awarded as the second and third place winners, respectively.
From the five competing teams in the Kid Innovators category, Giancarlo B. Albeos, Vock Laurence M. Canlas and Nathan Josiah R. Elmido of Philippine Science High School-Central Visayas Campus (PSHS-CV) for their “Antibacterial Screening of Arachis Pintoi (Mani-Manian) Leaves Extract Against E. coli and S. aureus” project were recognized to be this year’s Grand Winner of the Search. Adrian Dar T. Serapio, Zander Ellis C. Sy and Philmon Sedrick K. Wee of Xavier School for their “MOBIFIT” project and John Ronan L. Reyes of Tabaco National High School for his “Adsorption Potential of Tibig (Ficus nota)” project were awarded as the second and third place winners, respectively.
The Grand Winner of the Upcoming Kid Innovators category received a cash prize of Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (PhP25,000) and Science & Technology books and educational toys worth Twenty Five Thousand Pesos (PhP25,000).The Grand Winner of the Kid Innovators category received a cash prize of One Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP100,000) along with a Science & Technology showcase worth One Hundred Thousand Pesos (PhP100,000) for their school. All advisers and coaches of the winning teams won a cash prize of Ten Thousand Pesos (PhP10,000).
The Search for Wyeth Nutrition Kid Innovators promotes kids’ love for science and passion for innovation.
