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STANSW Young Scientist Awards 2018
By Anjali Rao, 2018 STANSW Young Scientist Coordinator
within or inspired by the syllabus."
The STANSW Young Scientist Awards are pleased to announce
major changes to our awards program in 2018, including new
age categories (and associated judging rubrics) and new Rowe
Scientific Depth Study Awards.
The Rowe Scientific Depth Study Awards will only be awarded to
students who have never won an award in the STANSW Young
Scientist Awards before, and at least five of the ten awards are to
be awarded to students from low SES schools.
1. NEW AGE CATEGORIES
A Gold Award of $600 will be presented to the best entry, with
three Silver Awards of $300 and six Bronze Awards of $200 to the
next best entries, totalling $2,700 in prize-money.
The new HSC Science courses have brought a most welcome
increased focus on the development of working scientifically
skills, and our committee is very supportive of the dedicated
class time that NESA has allocated to Depth Studies. We are also
looking forward to 2019 when the new Science Extension course
commences. Members of our committee have worked closely
with Kerry Sheehan and his team at NESA over many years and it
is very heartening to see their efforts become a reality.
Further details of these Rowe Scientific Depth Study Awards can
be found on our website at www.youngscientist.com.au
3. MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REGIONAL
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
In anticipation of the increased quantity and quality of entries
we hope to be getting from Year 11 and Year 12 students we
have reconf