School science competitions Follow FizzicsEd Articles: Comments 4 There are so many school science competitions to get involved in. Here is just a short selection of science competitions that give an opportunity for your students to shine! Global school science competitions​ Big Science Competition Answer questions draw on real-life examples and contemporary issues to test skills in critical thinking, problem-solving and scientific literacy. High School – Ages 12 to 16 By Australian Science Innovations FIRST® LEGO® League Build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® technology to solve a set of missions in the Robot Game. Primary & High School – Ages 9 to 16 By FIRST® Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) An opportunity to showcase independent student research and compete for prizes High School – Grades 9 to 12 By Intel® Odyssey of the Mind Solve problems creatively using STEAM. Primary & High School By Creative Competitions Inc® Brain Bee The Brain Bee focusses on learning about the brain, to capture student imaginations and inspire them to pursue neuroscience careers High School University of Maryland CERN Beamline Competition An international science competition for high school students, where they can propose an experiment which can be performed at a beamline using a particle accelerator. Since 2014, they have invited two teams each year for two weeks with full cost covered to perform their proposed experiments together with professional scientists. High School By CERN Australian school science competitions Australian science olympiads The Australian Science Olympiads are a national program for top performing secondary science students that culminate in the International Science Olympiads. High School – Grade 10 & 11 By Australian Science Innovations Australian STEM video challenge Design, build and testing an original video game. 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There are so many school science competitions to get involved in. Here is just a short selection of science competitions that give an opportunity for your students to shine! Global school science competitions​ Big Science Competition Answer questions draw on real-life examples and contemporary issues to test skills in critical thinking, problem-solving and scientific literacy. High School – Ages 12 to 16 By Australian Science Innovations FIRST® LEGO® League Build, test, and program an autonomous robot using LEGO® MINDSTORMS® technology to solve a set of missions in the Robot Game. Primary & High School – Ages 9 to 16 By FIRST® Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF) An opportunity to showcase independent student research and compete for prizes High School – Grades 9 to 12 By Intel® Odyssey of the Mind Solve problems creatively using STEAM. Primary & High School By Creative Competitions Inc® Brain Bee The Brain Bee focusses on learning about the brain, to capture student imaginations and inspire them to pursue neuroscience careers High School University of Maryland CERN Beamline Competition An international science competition for high school students, where they can propose an experiment which can be performed at a beamline using a particle accelerator. Since 2014, they have invited two teams each year for two weeks with full cost covered to perform their proposed experiments together with professional scientists. High School By CERN Australian school science competitions Australian science olympiads The Australian Science Olympiads are a national program for top performing secondary science students that culminate in the International Science Olympiads. High School – Grade 10 & 11 By Australian Science Innovations Australian STEM video challenge Design, build and testing an original video game. Primary & High School By ACER Foundation Science and engineering challenge Compete in a series of STEM challenges High School – Grades 10 & 11 By University of Newcastle BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards Design and carry out an experimental investigation or engineering project Primary & High School By BHP Billiton Foundation Creativity in Research, Engineering, Science and Technology (CREST) Non-competitive award program where students undertake real-life open-ended science and technology investigative projects Primary & High School By CSIRO Australian-International Model Solar Challenge Design, test and race solar cars Primary & High School By Engineers Australia STANSW Paper Plane Challenge Design & test paper planes! Primary & High School By the Science Teachers Association of NSW Robocup Junior Australia A project-oriented educational Robotics competition that sponsors local, regional and international robotic events for young students. Primary & High School By Robocup Junior Australia STANSW Young Scientist Awards A long-running science competition for students in NSW Primary & High School By Science Teachers Association of NSW Know any other science competitions? Drop them in the comments! Happy teaching, Ben Find out more about the author
Absolutely! Please check out the AVA Challenge, a free space STEM challenge run by the AVA Challenge and paetnered with the NSW Department of Education https://avachallenge.org/ Reply
Hello, I am in year 5 and will turn 10 years old next month. I would like to know if there is any competition or a talk show or any medium by which I can showcase my knowledge in science , especially in physics as I am quite interested and have a good knowledge in this subject . I am very good at explaining topics in physics. Reply
Sure! There are plenty of science shows or morning breakfast programs where kids can showcase their knowledge (use a search engine to find one in your country). Otherwise, consider submitting a TED talk – you can see examples of students running TED talks here Reply
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