Wonder of Science in Cairns 2023 - Our biggest Cairns Regional Conference yet!
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Last week Wonder of Science held the biggest Cairns Regional Conference ever. With over 200 people attending including 165 students from 13 schools from Cairns, Innisfail, Mourilyan, Mossman, Port Douglas and surrounding areas! Congratulations to all of the students who presented the results of their Challenge Task Projects.
Congratulations to the winning teams:
Year 4 - Mossman State School and Port Douglas State School
Year 5 - Hambledon State School
Year 6 - Mourilyan State School
Year 7 - A tie! St Mary's Catholic College and Innisfail State College
Year 8 - Peace Lutheran College
Year 9 - Redlynch State College
A special congratulations to our Cairns Distance Education Year 6 student who participated virtually in the conference, zooming in all the way from India!
Our Cairns region is supported by Rio Tinto. Thank you to Rio Tinto for their ongoing support of the program!
We are excited to confirm that we will be back in Cairns and Far North Queensland next year!
Thank you to the 16 Young Science Ambassadors from QUT (Queensland University of Technology), Griffith University, The University of Queensland who attended the conference as judges and workshop leaders. Students had the opportunity to meet these scientists and learn about their research in our speed-meet event on the day.
Thank you to James Cook University for hosting us for this event!
Students also participated in ecology and aerodynamics workshops on the day.
