In the 2008 WA Science Talent Search, Shannon Koster, Alexia Drygan and Simon Gillett, who were search winners in Year 8, won the Middle Secondary Investigation category for a project on the effects of traffic on coastal marine organisms.

Katharine Jennings, Renae Shann and Emily Kelly were runners-up in the same category for their project, on the effects of boat traffic on coastal marine organisms.

The winners each received a medallion, $150 prize money and a certificate of excellence, while the runners-up received $120 and a certificate each. The projects will feature in a national competition.