All students from years prep to 12 in state, private or home/distance education schools across Australia are eligible to enter the competition.
You may enter as a class group, small teams or individuals. It is a perfect activity for students of all ages and learning abilities including gifted and talented students, lunch time/after school science clubs and special needs students.
Entry classifications
Plant science project awards
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Whole class
| - All students within the class group contribute towards the experiment/activity tasks and one entry is submitted on behalf of the whole class.
- The entry may contain a compilation of each student's work.
- A score is allocated for the entry and students are eligible for overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd class awards (individual awards generally do not apply to this category).
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Small team(s) | - Students work on the experiments/activities in small teams and one (1) or more entries are submitted per team.
- Each entry may contain a compilation of each team member's work.
- Each team entry will be allocated a score and teams are eligible for individual awards. If multiple team entries are submitted by a class, an average overall class score will also be provided and all teams (collectively) will also be eligible for overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd class awards as well.
- Note: to be eligible for the State Science Contests and BHP Billiton Science Awards, small teams must be limited to 3 students.
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Individual(s) | - Students work on the experiments/activities alone, or as part of a class or team, but they each write up and submit their own entry.
- One (1) entry is submitted per student.
- Each individual entry will be allocated a score and students are eligible for individual awards. If multiple individual entries are submitted by a class, an average overall class score will also be provided and all students (collectively) will be eligible for overall 1st, 2nd and 3rd class awards as well.
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Art in agriculture awards
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Individual
| - One artwork submitted per student (eligible for individual art awards).
- If multiple, individual artworks are submitted by a class, then the whole class will be considered for the overall most outstanding school art award.
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Small team | - One artwork submitted per small team (eligible for individual art awards).
- If multiple, team artworks are submitted by a class, then the whole class will be considered for the overall most outstanding school art award.
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Whole class
| - One artwork is submitted on behalf of a whole class (eligible for the overall most outstanding school art award only).
- Note: individual art awards do not apply to this entry classification.
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Competition registration
Complete the online registration form or phone 13 25 23 to register your interest in participating in the competition.
