SASTA OLIPHANT SCIENCE AWARDS
Coromandel Valley Primary School 2021 – Reception to Year 7
The SASTA Oliphant Science Awards are an held annually in August and involve many scientific disciplines and ways of presenting student understanding and discovery.
It is a wonderful opportunity for students, though self-directed learning to further develop critical and creative thinking through exploring and applying their understanding to an area of science they are curious about.
The SASTA Oliphant Science Awards has (and continues to) engage students more deeply in science and supported them to:
- Undertake and report on scientific investigations in real life settings
- Explore their interests, skills, talents and creativity
- Develop their science knowledge and understanding
- Show their work to a broader audience
- Further develop collaborative work practices
- Motivate themselves to conceive and complete an independent project
- Involve themselves in scientific and technological discovery and the application of these processes and knowledge to themselves and their world.
I strongly encourage students to ‘take up the challenge’ and explore their scientific curiosities more deeply by entering this fantastic competition.
The Oliphant Science Awards website is an excellent resource oliphantscienceawards.com.au and provides all the information required to support students develop a good quality entry. I strongly suggest that you and your child visit the website and in particular the Participant Info – Student Information section.
I am available to guide students, as I have judged the competition for several years now, and I can encourage students to produce a good quality submission. I can prepare packs for students that come and visit me with an interest will also host lunchtime sessions for students
On the following page are some basic details regarding entry requirements for the Awards, more detailed information is available on the website.
There is a fee of $10 for individual entries and $5 per person for group entries. Money and entry forms must be in to the front office by Thursday 27th May 2021. Hard copies available from the office.
Thank you for your support and please contact me if you have any questions.
Sarah Todd- Science Specialist Teacher
Sarah.todd476@schools.sa.edu.aU
Student Information
The 2021 award categories are in age groups R-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 and the entries are as follows-
Computer Programming, Apps & Robotics
These can be further investigated on
https://www.oliphantscienceawards.com.au/2021_event_information/2020_award_categories
https://www.oliphantscienceawards.com.au/the_oliphant_science_awards/2 020-online-project-gallery