Queensland Science Contest – Information for Parents
What do I have to do as a parent?
Parents play an important role in supporting their children’s scientific endeavours:
• help your child identify the correct category for their science project that meets the criteria for entry to the Contest (such as a Senior Student Experiment or group science investigation) and meets the conditions of entry;
• ask your child’s teacher to register their project in the Contest;
• ensure that the Contest entry form is completed and submitted on time; and
• make arrangements with your child’s teacher or through the school to ensure that projects are uploaded by the closing date.
Need some project ideas? Check out the handbook
Schools may nominate one teacher to coordinate registration of student projects across multiple classes, or each teacher may assume responsibility for entering their own students’ projects. Unfortunately parents CANNOT register their child’s project independently.
Children who are homeschooled or have other reasons to register independently are asked to contact STAQ prior to registering for the correct procedure and permissions.
Cost of entry to the Contest?
Some schools cover the cost of their students’ projects while others arrange to collect costs from parents to make the payment. This decision is at the discretion of the school and should be made in negotiation with parents.
The small fee collected helps cover the costs of administration, judging, prizes and the awards ceremony. STAQ aims to keep this event cost-neutral.
What are the prizes?
Students can win prizes in 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and highly commended. Entrants may also nominate to be considered for a maximum of two bursary awards, provided their project topic is relevant to the particular bursary.
A Certificate of Participation will be available to all students who enter the Queensland Science Contest. The certificates will be forwarded to your school for distribution to individual students.
Return to Queensland Science Contest main page.
