2022 State Conference

In November 2022, our Wonder-ful 2022 Wonder of Science State Conference!

We were absolutely blown away by the record number of eager future scientists who attended the day both in person and virtually– over 164 students from 27 schools across Queensland!

Congratulations to all schools who participated at the State Conference last week! The quality of the scientific presentations on the day was nothing short of remarkable!!

Congratulations to the winning teams from the 2022 State Conference:

Year 4:

First place - Stretton State College

Second place - Taroom State School

Third place - Mossman State School

Year 5:

First place - Kimberley Park State School

Second place - Gladstone West State School

Third place - Drillham State School

Year 6:

First place - Stretton State College

Second place - Mansfield State School

Third place - TIE! Happy Valley State School and Kimberley Park State School

Year 7:

First place - Stretton State College

Second place - Rockhampton State High School

Third place - Peace Lutheran College

Year 8:

First place - Bundaberg State High School

Second place - Foxwell State Secondary College

Third place - Stretton State College

Year 9:

First place - Peace Lutheran College

Second place - Stretton State College

Third place - St Mary's Catholic College

We would like to say a MASSIVE thank you to all our partners GroundProbe, ORICA, Rio Tinto, Arrow Energy, Queensland Trust for Nature, Moreton Bay Environmental Education Centre, CoralWatch, Queensland Department of Education, Kings College, ATSE, Fresh Promotions, as well as our partner Universities – QUT, Griffith University, University of the Sunshine Coast and The University of Queensland for making this day such a success.

Orica and GroundProbe supporting WoS in Regional Queensland

What a WONDERfully HUGE October we have had here at WOS!

We have had not one... not two... but THREE amazing regional conferences in Mt Isa, Gladstone and Emerald. These three conferences were made possible by our partners Orica and GroundProbe!

Thank you to the wonderful representatives Suzie Lane and Selena Anderson (ORICA) and Lisa Cronqvist (GroundProbe) for attending and helping present awards at the Gladstone and Emerald Conferences.

Congratulations to the winning teams from Mt Isa Regional Conference:
-Year 4: St Kieran's Catholic School
-Year 5: Happy Valley State School
-Year 6: Happy Valley State School
-Year 7: Spinifex State College
-Year 8: Spinifex State College
-Year 9: Spinifex State College

Congratulations to the winning teams from Gladstone Regional Conference:
-Year 5: Gladstone West State School
-Year 6: Gladstone West State School
-Year 7: Bundaberg State High School and Rockhampton State High School
-Year 8: Bundaberg State High School
-Year 9: Bundaberg State High School and Biloela State High School

Congratulations to the winning teams from Emerald Regional Conference:
-Year 4: Denison State School
-Year 5: Blackwater North State School
-Year 6: Blackwater North State School
-Year 8: Dysart State High School

Congratulations to all schools who participated at these conferences!

FNQ Regional Conference supported by Rio Tinto

Last week 113 students from 9 schools across Far North Queensland travelled to JCU for our annual FNQ Regional Conference.   
Wonder of Science in FNQ is made possible again for the third year running by our partner RioTinto!  
  
Congratulations to the winning teams from FNQ Regional Conference:  
-Year 4: Mossman State School  
-Year 5: Hambledon State School  
-Year 6: Edge Hill State School  
-Year 7: Peace Lutheran College  
-Year 8: Redlynch State College  
-Year 9: St Marys Catholic College and Peace Lutheran College  
  
Congratulations to all schools who participated at the FNQ Regional Conference!

2022 Miles Reigonal Conference supported by Arrow Energy

In July 2022, 94 students from across the Darling Downs Region traveled to Miles State High School for our annual Surat Basin Wonder of Science Regional Conference.

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.

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 nine years. Thank you to Arrow representative Brock Jephcote for joining us on the day!

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 on 25 November!

Congratulations to the winning teams:

- Year 4: Taroom State School
- Year 5: Dhrillham State School
- Year 6: A tie! Dhrillham State School and Dalby South State School
- Year 7: Miles State High School
- Year 8: Miles State High School
- Year 9: Tara Shire State Colleg

International Women's Day and an exciting announcment

Yesterday, the Wonder of Science team was invited to GroundProbe to officially celebrate International Women's Day. Manager Kaylene Cooper along with Young Science Ambassadors Vanessa Zepeda and Stacey O’Brien - discussed the benefits of implementing the WoS across Years 4 - 9 and how our program has seen success in getting girls engaged in STEM from an early age including the fact that 69% of Regional Conference winners and 71% of our State Conference winners were female as well as the ongoing success of our Gen-STEM program developed in partnership with Foxwell State Secondary College.

Thank you so much to the team at GroundProbe who held a raffle for WoS and raised over $6400 to support the program. We would like to thank GroundProbe for their ongoing support and for supporting meaningful action for women and girls in STEM.

We are pleased that the donation from their staff will provide: 1. A bursary for a female early career researcher to be a Young Science Ambassador; and access for one school to participate in the Wonder of Science Challenge Task program for a school term.