SCIENCE FAIRS AND COMPETITIONS FOR QUEENSLAND SCIENCE STUDENTS
Each year, STAQ runs the successful Queensland Science Contest, a statewide science competition that feeds winning entries into the national competition, the BHP Foundation Science and Engineering Awards, which then feeds winners into the international competition. But what other fairs and competitions exist around Australia for Queensland’s keen science students?
Do you know of an open science fair or competition we should add to the list? Let us know about it!
SCIENCE FAIRS
Student entries to science fairs around the state are also welcome in the Queensland Science Contest! Just remember to check the categories and choose the best one for your project.
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A week filled with tons of hands-on fun and unique activities and events for curious people of all ages
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SCIENCE COMPETITIONS
Entries made into many of these competitions and programs can also be submitted to the Queensland Science Contest. Students may need to adapt or modify their projects slightly first.
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The Big Science Competition is a one hour paper of 30 multiple-choice questions held at your school. Questions are aligned with the Australian Curriculum – Science, and are designed to challenge students to think critically and solve scientific problems.
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The Australian Science Olympiad Competition is the training and selection process for top performing secondary science students which culminate in the International Science Olympiads – the Olympic Games for science students.
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This competition Competition encourages students to experience learning and decision making through the collection and analysis of data.
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The F1 in Schools™ Technology Challenge is the world’s largest secondary school technology program. It involves over nine million students from 17,000 schools in 31 nations.
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Feeds into the Qld Science contest
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Hermitage Schools Plant Science Competition
Encouraging the next generation of people who will be involved in agricultural/science careers is crucial to how we will face the future. -
The International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM) is the premiere high school Synthetic Biology competition. This project design and competition format is an exceptionally motivating and effective teaching method.
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Held annually in Sydney, this is a two week long science camp for students from all over Australia and 8 other countries. It’s FREE!
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Students seek to find theories to explain complex phenomena displayed in each problem.
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The ‘Young Scientists of the Year Awards’ competition was established 8 years ago in an effort to foster an interest in science among school children. The competition is open to primary school students across Australia and is free to enter.
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The competition encourages students with a passion for science and for communicating ideas to tell a scientific story via a short video piece, cultivating the next generation of Dr Karls and Adam Spencers!
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SPECTRA, or Science Program Exciting Children Through Research Activities, is a national science award program developed and administered by ASTA for students bwteen Years 1 and 10.
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Sydney University students have recently created the science writing competition ‘Strange Nature’ for high-school students (Years 7-12).
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Sunflower seeds, soil, water and sunlight are all the elements you need for fun, hands-on, experimental learning!
