Regional competition and exhibition of scientific and technical projects of the youth

QUIDEX 2000

Q-club AMAVET Program, 22. – 23. March 2000

41 competitors with 31 projects registered for our competition, 37 of them came with 28 projects. The marked out project advance to the National Finale.

Project from the field of environment

1. Project’s name: The Influence Of Chemical Preparation Or The Plants´ Growth
Author: Michal Rada Date of Birth: 12. 11. 1982
Address: Fertekova 556, 181 00 Prague 8 - Bohnice
School’s name: Secondary Technical college of the technology of communication
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
The aim of this project is to verify, whether all the substances are harmful for the plants´ growth and whether the quantity is important. The project examines the influence of cleaning products used in household on the growth of the indoor plants.
Přezimování vodního ptactva na Labi

2. Project’s name: Wintering Of the Water-fowl on The Labe River in Roudnice nad Labem
Author: Jiri Polivka Date of Birth: 30. 05. 1984
Address: Masarykova 1842, 413 01 Roudnice nad Labem
School’s name: Gymnasium, Havlickova 175, 413 01 Roudnice nad Labem
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
This two-year project is intent on finding out the quantitative and qualitative data about the off-nesting population of water avi-fauna on the Labe river in the surrounding of Roudnice nad Labem. The obtained information can be used when determining the quality of the environment, mainly the water quality.

3. Project’s name: Gold mining in the Locality of Mokrsko And Its Possible Ecologic Impact
Author: Tomas Special Date of Birth: 11. 01. 1983
Address: Havlickova 570, 263 01 Dobris
School’s name: Secondary Technical School in Pribram, Hrabakova 271, 261 80
Pribram II

Brief content of his project and its contribution:
The aim of this project is to inform the public about the history of gold mining, the ways of mining and about the possible risks of gold mining when this is done with the method of lixiviating with cyanide (NaCN)
Dobývání zlata v lokalitě Mokrsko
Změny v Jizerských horách 4. Project’s name: Changes In Jizerske Mountains
Author: Karolina Machackova Date of Birth: 21. 06. 1981
Address: Libusina 329, 460 01 Liberec
School’s name: Secondary school of Economics in Liberec
Expert consultant: RNDr. M. Sima, CHKO Jizerske mountains
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
The main aim of this project is to find out the changes of living and lifeless nature in Jizerske mountains during the years 1972 – 1995. This is done with a method of remote and land exploration of the Earth and monitoring the changes of the landscape’s cover.
This project does advance to the National Finale.
5. Project’s name: The Influence of SO2 Emission On a Forest Eco-system
Author: Pavla Novotna Date of Birth: 24. 08. 1983
Address: Tyrsova 1587, 250 01 Brandys nad Labem
School’s name: Gymnasium of J. S. Machar, Kralovicka 688, 250 01 Brandys nad Labem
Expert Consultant: Institute for agricultural adaptation of forests, Lesoprojekt
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
This project includes the results of monitoring the amount of sulphur in assimilation organs and in the soil of forest growth in the surrounding of Stara Boleslav. The project also contains a suggestion of the possible ways of the growth’s recovery.
Vliv emisí na lesní ekosystém

 

Projects from the fields of software:

SESS Simulation Electronic Switching System 6. Project’s name: SEES Simulation Electronic Switching System
Authors: Jan Konecny Dates of Birth: 18. 06. 1981
                Radim Tylecek                 20. 02. 1982
                Jan Novacek                         13. 11. 1982
Address: Jirickove 3072, 106 00 Prague 10
School’s name: Gymnasium of Christian Doppler, Zborovska 45, 150 00 Prague 5
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
This project is intent on the direction of electronic systems with the help of a personal computer, and on the creation of a functional model of a railway controlled with a software environment in a personal computer. This project can be used in practice.
This project does advance to the National Finale.

7. Project’s name: Practising Chemical Terminology
Author: Leos Jirik Date of Birth: 25. 09. 1982
Address: Milanska 461, 109 00 Prague 10 - Horni Mecholupy
School’s name: Secondary Technical School of communicative technology, Panska 3, 110 00 Prague 1
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
a computer program created in Visual Basic and containing a database of about 50 compositions. The contribution of this project is, that the user gets acquainted with the fundamentals of inorganic terminology and practises the knowledge of inorganic chemistry. The program can be used as an efficient teaching aid.
This project does advance to the National Finale.

8. Project’s name: Interactive Periodical System of Chemical Elements
Author: Jan Janda Date of Birth: 05. 06. 1983
Address: Slezska 34, 120 00 Prague 2
School’s name: Secondary Technical School of communicative technology, Panska 3, 110 00 Prague 1
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
the topic of this project is a creation of a teaching software. It should allow to get to know the chemistry’s fundamentals and especially the periodical system of chemical elements. The software is created in Borland Pascal.
9. Project’s name: Electronic Periodical System of Chemical elements
Author: Petr Hadraba Date of Birth: 28. 03. 1982
Address: Dittrichova 22, 120 00 Prague 2
School’s name: Secondary Technical School of communicative technology, Panska 3, 110 00 Prague 1
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
the main aim of this project is to speed up working with periodical system of chemical elements. This software product can be used as a teaching aid for chemistry studying (Periodical system). It is suitable for pupils as well as for teachers and other interested persons.
10. Project’s name: ChemTab ´99¨
Author: Frantisek Pernicka Date of Birth: 07. 06. 1983
Address: Havelska 516/16, 110 00 Prague 1
School’s name: Secondary Technical School of communicative technology, Panska 3, 110 00 Prague 1
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
this project introduces the Periodic Table of chemical elements to its users. It also contains data about individual elements and summary information about all elements from the periodic table and 3D models of orbital of the first 50 elements.
11. Project’s name: Transport of Dangerous Substances
Author: Lukas Nestaval Date of Birth: 03. 05. 1983
Address: Bitovska 9/1227, 140 00 Prague 4 - Michle
School’s name: Secondary Technical School of communicative technology, Panska 3, 110 00 Prague 1
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
the aim of this project is to introduce some dangerous substances to the user. The program also describes the reasons why they are dangerous and the way they can be transported. The program also contains a distribution of the dangerous substances into classed according to their attributes. It describes the way the consignments are marked according to their attributes and the security arrangements during the transportation.
MMath Software 99 12. Project’s name: Math Software 99
Author: Pavel Milar Date of Birth: 24. 09. 1981
Address: Priluky 309, 760 01 Zlin
School’s name: Gymnasium of Bernard Bolzan, V Holesovickach 2, 180 00 Prague 8
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
the aim of the project is to create a software for visualisation and following complete analysis of arbitrary mathematic functions in Cartesian co-ordinal system .
This project does advance to the National Finale.
13. Project’s name: MP3 Catalogue
Author: Karel Quast Date of Birth: 11. 07. 1981
Address: V Portysi 450, 397 01 Pisek
School’s name: Gymnasium Arabska, 160 00 Praha 6
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
The main content of this project is a software, which works under the Windows system. It allows the administration and evidence of MP3 files (compressed audio records). The program also enables you to look up and to file according to different categories and so on.
MP 3 katalog
14. Project’s name: Files´s Systems
Author: Martin Hinner Date of Birth: 11. 07. 1981
Address: Hirslova 8, 162 00 Prague 6
School’s name: Gymnasium Arabska, 160 00 Praha 6
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
This work contains complete project about files´ systems in many operating systems and about the implementation of these files´ systems and disc services.
This project does advance to the National Finale

15. Project’s name: Development Setting for Individual Applications
Author: Michal Krest Date of Birth: 21. 08. 1980
Address: Ukrajinska 2594, 272 00 Kladno
School’s name: Gymnasium VBT, 274 01 Slany
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
Different instrument for the development and tuning of applications which contain one-chip micro-computers.

Jednočipové aplikace

 

Projects from the field of palaeontology and geology:

Zánik usedlosti na lokalitě Pohlberg 16.  Project’s name: The Extinction of Habitations in the locality of Pohlberg
Author: Martin Nechvile Date of Birth: 06. 08. 1981
Address: Kristalova 7, 466 02 Jablonec nad Nisou
School’s name: Gymnasium U Balvanu, 466 34 Jablonec nad Nisou
Expert consultants: PhDr. J. Kalferst, PhDr. J. Prostrednik
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
The project consist of two parts - archaeological and historic one. The first one focused on the localisation, surface exploration of the habitation and a reflection about its economic background. The second part looks at the habitation from a historic point of view.
This project does advance to the National Finale.
17. Project’s name: Palaeontology Description of Disclosures in the Locality of Levin
Authors: Pavel Bokr, Ladislav Dvorak  Dates of Birth: 10. 03. 1982, 17. 03. 1981
Addresses: Zahorany 80, 267 01 Kraluv Dvur
                  Zahradni 886, 267 51 Zdice
School’s name: Secondary Technical School Pribram, Hrabakova 271, 267 80 Pribram II
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
This project’s aim is to make an integrated list of phosile fauna found at the disclosures together with the full documentation. This work also contains general characteristic of the explored locality and summary information from literature.
This project does advance to the National Finale.
Paleontologický popis odkryvů na lokalitě Levín
Cihelna Tuněchody - nová unikátní paleontologická lokalita českého Turonu 18. Project’s name: Brick-kiln Tunechody - new unique paleontologic locality of Czech Turon
Author: Radek Vodrazka Date of Birth: 16. 02. 1981
Address: Ostresany 280, 530 02 Pardubice
School’s name: Gymnasium Pardubice, Dasicka 1083, 530 03 Pardubice
Expert consultant: Dr. Zaruba, National Museum - paleontologic section
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
The aim of this project is to try to save a valuable paleontologic material. It contains geologic and paleontologic analysis of a new, unique locality with description of so far unknown geologic phenomenon - Middle Turon.

19. Project’s name: The History of Mining Activity in The Surrounding of Zahorany community in the Beroun region
Authors: Ales Jahodka Dates of Birth: 22. 10. 1985
             Jan Vyhnalek                        04. 03. 1987
             Iva Vyhnalkova                       18. 09. 1988
Addresses: Nad Stadionem 340, 267 01 Kraluv Dvur
                  Nad Stadionem 345, 267 01 Kraluv Dvur
                  Nad Stadionem 345, 267 01 Kraluv Dvur
School’s name: First Grammar School Kraluv Dvur
                        Gymnasium Beroun, Wagnerovo square
                        First Grammar School Kraluv Dvur

Expert consultant: Regional Museum Beroun
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
Investigating the mining activity in the surrounding of a community called Zahorany, documentation of deserted mining works, relation to the history of this locality.

Zkoumání důlní činnosti v okolí obce Zahořany
Zlatý důl Kamlová u Nového Knína 20. Project’s name: Golden Mine Kamlova near Novy Knin
Author: Jana Lacinova Date of Birth: 04. 09. 1981
Address: Libcice 17, 262 03 Novy Knin
School’s name: Secondary Technical School Pribram, Hrabakova 271, 261 80 Pribram II
Expert consultants: Ing. Jiri Kalerta, Ing. Pavel Sucek and Municipal Museum in Novy Knin
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
This projects aim is to document the history of gold mining in the mine Kamlova near Novy Knin and to introduce geology and mineralogy to public and to popularise gold mining.

 

Projects from the field of engineering:

21. Project’s name: Electromotors´ modelling
Authors: Frantisek Nemec Date of Birth: 02. 07. 1982
              Jiri Noska                                  19. 11. 1981
              Vaclav Kral                          29. 01. 1982
Addresses: Nikoly Vapcarova 3178, 143 00 Prague 4
                  Hodkovicka 768, 142 00 Prague 4
School’s name: Gymnasium of Christian Doppler, Zborovska 45, 150 00 Prague 5
Expert consultant: Doc. Ing. Petr Horacek, Faculty of electro-technology CVUT
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
This project is focused on full automatisation of a process of electric motors´ modelling. The aim is to exclude the necessity of human expert’s interference. The created model should honestly describe the considered unlinearities. This project can be widely used in practice, mainly as a part of more complicated models.
Raketový pohon 22. Project’s name: A rocket drive
Authors: Vladislav Janecek Dates of Birth: 21. 09. 1983
              Karel Hajek                                05. 07. 1982
Addresses: V. Janecek, Novakovych 27, 180 00 Prague 8
                  K. Hajek, Zenklova 80 180 00 Prague 8
School’s name: V. Janecek – VOS SPS dopravni, Masna, 110 00 Prague 1
                        K. Hajek – SOU technicke, Dubecska, 100 00 Prague 10
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
Rocket motor, which uses liquid and gaseous oxygener for burning
(on the contrary of industrial-produced motors).

This project does advance to the National Finale.
23. Project’s name: Different ways how to determine the gravitation acceleration
Authors: Petr Kadera Date of Birth: 30.06. 1981
              Michal Valdman                        09. 07. 1981
Addresses: V Úvozu 391, 334 42 Chlumcany
                  Revolucni 23, 312 02 Plzen
School’s name: Gymnasium Husovo square 9, 312 00 Plzen
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
The project uses up computation technique and it was divided into two separate parts. In the first part the measurement was done with the help of a pendulum and in the other one with the help of free fall.
Robot ovládaný PC

24. Project’s name: A Robot, Controlled with a PC
Authors: Martin Makovicka  Dates of Birth: 25. 05. 1986
                Adam Vincour                                 02. 10. 1985
Address: 261 02 Pribram VII/442
School’s name: 4th Grammar School, 261 01 Pribram
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
Robot made from Fischer Technic brick-box, with the help of interface it is connected with a PC in Pascal language.

Model větrné elektrárny se svislou osou otáčení

25. Project’s name: A Model of a Wind Power Station with a vertical axis of rotation
Author: Marek Jano Date of Birth: 28. 10. 1987
Address: Cs. Armady 154, 261 01 Pribram IV
School’s name:1st Grammar School, 261 01 Pribram
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
The model is made to determine the optimal shape of the vanes. The rotor dives a special tachodynamo over a strap conveyance. Its voltage is measured with an analogue volt-meter. The vanes of the rotor can be changed. The source of air stream is a ventilator.

 

Projects from the field of botany

26. Project’s name: Red Yew-tree in the Locality Called Pod Draci Skalou
Author: Vojtech Abraham Date of Birth: 14. 03. 1983
Address: Nova Pasirska 7, 466 01 Jablonec nad Nisou
School’s name: Gymnasium and Sport Gymnasium of Dr. Randa 13, 466 01 Jablonec nad Nisou
Expert consultant: Ing. Hanus
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
This project contains a theoretic characteristic of the species and of the locality, practical information and dendrologic evaluation of the well set-up yew-trees and a map of the whole locality. The main concrete results from the descriptive part are the most contributionary ones for practice. They create a basis for further work in this locality.
Tis červený na lokalitě Pod Dračí

 

Projects from the field of biology:

Populace netopýrů a jejich zimoviště na Příbramsku 27. Project’s name: Population of Bats and Their Winter Habitats in the Pribram Region
Author: Martin Knizek Date of Birth:30. 03. 1982
Address: 261 02 Pribram VII/127
School’s name: Secondary Technical College, Hrabakova 271, 261 80 Pribram II
Expert consultants: County Council Pribram – department for environment
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
The aim of this project is to create a so far not existing study about the winter habitats of bars in the Pribram district. The author introduces here a brief outline of bats´ ecology, he devoted himself to an investigation of possible bats´ winter habitats with a consideration for possible research in these localities. Then he figured the bats and compared the number with older data from the past years, then he interpreted the development of bats´ population. The watches the environment in which the bats spend the winter and he also observes the development of conditions which influence their wintering.
This project does advance to the National Finale.

 

Projects from the field of health-service

28. Project’s name: Constitutional Physical Education at Schools
Author: Tereza Svobodova Date of Birth:21. 07. 1982
Address: Premyslova 844, 413 01 Roudnice nad Labem
School’s name: Gymnasium Havlickova 175, 413 01 Roudnice nad Labem
Expert consultant: Alena Svobodova, a physiotherapeutist
Brief content of his project and its contribution:
The aim of this project is to show the necessity of working with children with a weaken apparatus of motion during the P.E. classes, or the necessity of creating a special subject – constitutional physical education at schools. The project is intent with a kind of compensation for the defective body pose of children and youth during the P.E. classes
Zdravotní tělesná výchova na školách

The evaluation was done by an expert jury and its members were:

Doc. RNDr. Milan Horák, CSc., Akademie věd ČR
František Knížek, Okresní úřad Příbram - referát životního prostředí
RNDr. Rudolf Lukeš, SPŠ Příbram
Ing. Josef Fryš, SPŠ Příbram a Q-klub Příbram
Bc. Petr Vozka, Q-klub Příbram
Tomáš Mrázek, Q-klub Příbram
Ing. Ondřej Staš, Q-klub Příbram
Pavel Novotný, Q-klub Příbram
Pavel Hlavín, Q-klub Příbram
Ing. Stanislav Medřický, CSc., AMAVET

Výsledky vyhlásil Ing.Stanislav Medřický, CSc., předseda asociace AMAVET
The results were announced publicly by
In. Stanislav Medricky, CSc, chairman of the AMAVET association

 

We would like to thank the sponsor – Fotostudio PastelPribram, which devoted the prizes for participants: photographic material

In Pribram, 23. March 2000

Put down by Ing. Petr Prause, director of Q-club