State Conference 2023
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Congratulations to all of the students and teachers who attended the Wonder of Science State Conference! We were so excited to welcome teams from across the State with over 290 people attending the 2023 Wonder of Science State Conference at The University of Queensland including 240 in-person and an additional 57 zooming in virtually.
Students who have won Regional Conferences across Queensland presented the results of the term-long Challenge Task research projects competing to be State Champions!
Students also participated in workshops on Owl ecology, fungi and food throughout the day and participated in a speed meet session with our Flying Scientists and Young Science Ambassadors.
A special congratulations to the winning teams
Year 4:
First Place - Kimberley Park State School
Second Place - Taroom State School
Third Place - Brightwater State School
Year 5:
First Place - Taroom State School
Second Place - Stretton State College
Third Place - Hambledon State School and St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Chinchilla
Year 6:
First Place - Kimberley Park State School and Brightwater State School
Second Place - Meandarra State School
Third Place - Mourilyan State School
Year 7:
First Place - Spinifex State College - Mount Isa
Second Place - St Mary's Catholic College
Third Place - Redlands College
Year 8:
First Place - Foxwell State Secondary College
Second Place - Rockhampton State High School
Third Place - Spinifex State College
Year 9:
First Place – Bundaberg State High School
Second Place - Stretton State College
Third Place - Foxwell State College
Congratulations to Chase from Hambledon State School and Kevin from Kimberley Park State School for receiving the STEM Excellence Award (an award for a Year 4 – 9 student who shows a great commitment to STEM).
A big thank you to Queensland Chief Scientist Professor Kerrie Wilson for providing an insightful keynote presentation for students. We loved one of your takeaways: "Most things fail in science, but that's part of the scientific process"
We were also featured on 7NEWs Toowoombah!
We are also very excited to announce that 80% of State Champions in 2023 were female! Incredible!
Thank you to our partners including Arrow Energy, Rio Tinto, Orica, GroundProbe, QUT (Queensland University of Technology), Griffith University, University of the Sunshine Coast, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Queensland Trust for Nature, Queensland Government and Australian Academy of Technological Sciences & Engineering for making WoS possible.
