Science Talent Search

71st Annual Science Talent Search

It’s that time of year again. Engage your scientific thinking and put it to the test.

Throughout Australia the States and Territories provide Primary and Secondary school students the opportunity to enter a Science focused competition. The Science Teachers Association of Victoria (STAV) coordinates a statewide competition - the Science Talent Search (STS). 

This year’s Science Talent Search theme is Glass: More than meets the eye.  This fantastic theme gives great scope for creative and critical thinking. 

The multiple categories aim to stimulate students in the following ways:

• Encourage independent self-motivated project work amongst students of science.
• Provide opportunities to communicate their achievements to a wider audience.
• Provide opportunities for recognition of effort and achievement in a scientific enterprise.
• Promote involvement in processes of science and its communication.
• Display primary and post primary student’s work to the public.

The categories that students may choose from are: 

• Experimental Research
• Picture Story Books (Creative Writing)
  • The microbes ate the glass
  • The day the optic glass fibres melted
  • I am a glass maker
  • When the world ran out of sand for making glass
• Working Models
• Inventions
• Posters – Scientific Wallcharts
  • Glass found in nature
  • Glass: the great refractor
  • Glass and communication
  • Glass recycling
• Games
• Computer Programs – Games and Simulations
• Science Photography
• Video Productions

For more information, please visit:  Science Talent Search Information 

Entry fees will apply:

• Individual  -  $9.00 per entry (inc. GST)
• Group (max 2 students)  -  $17.00 (inc. GST)

More information will be provided in Term 2, including an initial meeting early in the term. 

All students interested in participating in this year’s Science Talent Search should start to think about the type of project and investigation they would like to do.