Finalists

This year's best nine teams entering the Rolls-Royce Science Prize have been selected from the Special Merit Award winning teams and awarded a total of £6,000 to implement their submitted proposals. They provide a clear demonstration of the range and variety of entries received. Click on a school name to find out more about their projects.

3-11 age category

Exeter Road Community Primary School, Devon
Mill Strand Integrated Primary School, County Antrim
Staunton-on-Wye Primary School, Herefordshire 

11-16 age category

Hove Park School, East Sussex
Mulberry School for Girls, London
South Camden Community School, London
Swallow Hill Community College, West Yorkshire

16-19 age category

Bay House School, Hampshire
Richard Huish College, Somerset

Each team now has until June 2011 to complete their implementation, recording their progress using a video camera. At the end of the projects the finalists will be judged to find the overall winner and runner-up teams, who will receive a further £15,000 and £10,000 respectively to invest in science education in their school or college.