2021 STEM Excellence Showcase

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Congratulations to all the teams who represented their region at the 5th Annual WoS State Conference Friday 26 November at The University of Queensland. 132 students (97 in person and 32 virtually) in 35 teams from across Queensland showcased their research projects to the Young Science Ambassadors and special guests. The students were judged against set criteria in order to be considered for the State Champion Award for their year level.

 Thank you to our teachers and parents for supporting their students and to our valued partners for supporting the program in 2021!

PRIMARY STATE CHAMPIONS

Year 4:

1st Place - Stretton State College

Year 5:

1st Place - Stretton State College

2nd Place - Brightwater State School

3rd Place - Roma State College

Year 6:

1st Place - Meandarra State School

2nd Place - Stretton State College

3rd Place - Mount Mee State School

SECONDARY CHAMPIONS

Year 7:

1st Place - Peace Lutheran College

2nd Place - Redlands College

3rd Place - Spinifex State College

Year 8:

1st Place - A TIE! Spinifex State College - Mount Isa and Stretton State College

2nd Place - Miles State High School

3rd Place - Bundaberg State High School

Year 9:

1st Place - Peace Lutheran College

2nd Place - Stretton State College

3rd Place - Bundaberg State High School

Wonder of Science 2021 YSA Celebration

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Presenting our Patron, Professor Ian Frazer (AC FRCPE FRCPA FAA FTSE) at the annual WoS Ambassador Celebration Event last Wednesday evening – SO exciting to announce this and to have Caroline Frazer (UQ 2021 Alumnus of the Year) join us also!! You can see us all ‘chilled-out’ here following the evening formalities… when we also announced that the Frazer Family Foundation will support a special WoS program for underprivileged students (and their teachers) next year, AND that David Sutton, Young Science Ambassador from QUT was our first ‘Gordon Dunlop Medal’ recipient for his outstanding contribution to WoS and schools across Queensland over the past four years. There’s more to come with the WoS State Conference in late November plus a lot to look forward to at WoS in 2022, so watch this space!

Wonder of Science Surat Basin 2021 Wrap-up!

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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