Student Competitions

Current List of Student Science Competitions 2012
If you are organising a student competition in 2012 and its not displayed here, please email admin@stawa.net with further details.

Big Science Competition (BSC)
The BSC is an international competition sponsored by Rio Tinto.  It is a one-hour, multiple choice question competition open to students of all abilities and is designed to test their critical thinking and problem-solving skills as well their science knowledge.  Schools from Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines have participated. There are three papers in the Competition: Junior (School Years 7-8), Intermediate (School Years 9-10), and Senior (School Years 11-12). The questions are developed by the Australian Council for Education Research (ACER) and are aligned to the Australian Curriculum: Science. Teachers are provided with a comprehensive school report describing the achievements of each of their students against strands and sub-strands of the Australian Science Curriculum.  Every student receives a certificate detailing their individual performance.
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Australian Science Olympiad Competition
The Australian Science Olympiad Competition is for top performing Year 10 and 11 science students.  Students must first sit an Australian Science Olympiad Exam (previously called The National Qualifying Exams) in Chemistry, Biology and/or Physics.  Top performers in these exams are offered a place in the Australian Science Olympiad Summer School and compete to represent Australia in the International Science Olympiads.   Past papers are available to download from our website www.asi.edu.au.
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RACI Titration Stakes held at Curtin University in June (open to year 10-12 students); the top 15 teams participate in the National Chemical Analysis competition, held at Murdoch University in August (in 2011 WA had 3 teams in the National top 10).  Further information on the 2012 Competition will be available shortly at http://chemistry.anu.edu.au/chem/RACI-Titration-Stakes/
For information on the 2011 Competition and Results, click here.

RACI Crystal Growing Competition runs during term 3 (crystals submitted for judging by the end of week 2 Term 4). The crystal growing competition is open to year 4 – 10 students.  Details  can be found on the RACI website: http://www.raci.org.au/branches/wa-branch .
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Astronomy WA Challenge Cup
Friday 25 May, 2012
The Astronomy WA Challenge Cup is an opportunity for year 8-10 students to engage in the exploration and collaboration of science through astronomy and space focused challenges.  Teams of three students, accompanied by a teacher, participate in activities and challenges to test their knowledge and skills in Astronomy and Space Science to win the Astronomy WA Challenge Cup.  The entire day will be held at Scitech and will include some fantastic challenges and a special visit to Horizon – the Planetarium.

$30 per team (with free entry for the teacher) covers lunch, drinks, snacks and competition entry. Each team also has the chance to win some fantastic prizes!  Pit your wits, skill and knowledge against other teams to take out the 2012 Challenge Cup, but be quick as places are limited.

Registrations open early 2012.  For further information contact Jeff Harris on 9215 0830 or email Jeff@scitech.org.au.