Just over 500 students from 11 Darling Downs South West schools participated in Wonder of Science this year, thanks to generous funding support from Arrow Energy.

A total of 37 classes across Years 5 - 9 completed Wonder of Science challenge tasks in term 2 receiving ‘in-person’ visits from the Young Science Ambassadors. Teachers told us they were delighted to welcome the Ambassadors back into their classrooms following ‘virtual-only’ participation in 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Around 160 students were selected to represent their school at one of the regional student showcase conferences, held at Dalby South State School and Miles State High School.

Student teams presented their response to the challenge tasks vying to be named the Regional Champions for their year level. The students also participated in fun workshops and Q and A sessions with the Young Science Ambassadors.

Congratulations to all the students who participated in Wonder of Science again this year, and to our Regional Champion teams (listed below) - we look forward to seeing you at State Conference in Brisbane in late November!

A very big thank you to Arrow Energy for supporting this program enabling students across the Surat Basin to participate in Wonder of Science free-of-charge for the past eight years.

Dalby Conference Champion Teams

- Year 5 - Dalby South State School
- Year 6 - Dalby Christian College

Miles Conference Champion Teams

- Year 5 - Roma State College
- Year 6 - Meandarra State School
- Year 7 - Miles State High School
- Year 8 - Miles State High School
- Year 9 - Miles State High School