Grants reporting

Funding will be used to purchase a variety of materials that children will be able to use to tinker, investigate, discover and explore.

The Rotary Club of Pine Rivers Inc sponsor 3 year 11 students from local high schools to attend the NYSF Canberra in January 2018

Three students designing/building human powered vehicle RAC Pedal Prix race in Busselton during August 2017.The event allows for students in teams of 12-20 to use their mathematics, technology, engineering, art and science skills to compete in a fun race on the Busselton foreshore.

Funding will help establish a maker space that promotes robotics, coding, Information and Communication Technology and Engineering.

The Maker Space at Wyalkatchem DHS will be utilised by students during lunchtime and at the Makers club after school once a week.

The Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering is located within the University of Sydney. The project, 'The Warren Centre Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship Program' will use video interviews of successful STEM students, training and professional development courses to assist women to navigate a successful career and overcome gender inequity in STEM.

The Virtual Plant Cell is an educational virtual reality resource being developed by the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology . VPC allows users to experience the microscopic inner world of a plant in an immersive way, interact with a cell and learn about the complex processes that researchers study, and serves as a platform on which to create scientific dialogue between scientists and community.

Funding will help establish a portable maker space.

The funding will help establish a maker space for students.

This project will place meteorology and air quality sensors in 30 schools across Sydney. Students will collect and analyse research quality data in science and geography curriculum-aligned classroom activities.

The St John's Maker Space will be developed to assist all students from Year 1 - 6 with their learning across all areas of STEM.

Funding will be used to create a maker space that will be utilised daily across the prep to year 6 classrooms.

The Rotary Club of Turramurra is sending two Year 12 students in January 2018 to The National Youth Science Forum.

The Rotary Club of Rochester is sending 2 students to the NYSF in Canberra and Brisbane.

The Rotary Club of Nundah is sending 1 student to the National Youth Science Forum in Canberra in January 2018.

The Rotary Club of Murgon Inc is sponsoring two students to attend the National Youth Science Forum in Canberra in January 2018.

The Rotary Club of Moolooaba is sending 1 student to the National Youth Science Forum in Canberra in January 2018.

The Rotary Club of Hamilton is sponsoring one student to attend the National Youth Science Forum in January 2018

The Rotary Club of Brisbane Airport is sending a student from Queensland Academy for Science Mathematics and Technology to National Youth Science Forum in Canberra.

the Student Robotics Club Of South Australia 'The RoboRoos' is sending 18 students to attend the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition Of Science and Technology) Australian Regional Robotics competition at Sydney's Olympic Park in March, 2018.

This project will deliver Probio-TICK, a sustainable microbial probiotic against cattle ticks and buffalo fly for northern Australia. Probio- TICK will comprise a community of beneficial microbes applied to the hide to give a life-long shield of protection against cattle pests.

The pesticide detectives program will support citizen scientist based research to assess the occurrence of pesticides commonly used around the home in Australias waterways. Citizens will work with researchers from the Centre for Aquatic Pollution identification and management (CAPIM) to conduct a national survey of concentrations of current use pesticides within waterways draining from catchments of varied land-use. The program will assess chemicals commonly found in the home, therefore educating participants about products they may use, how they may enter our waterways and risks they may pose. The data collected will provide impetus for policy and debate to reduce the occurrence of and risks from pesticides in Australias waterways.

This project builds on work carried out by Geoscience Australia’s (GA) regional assessment of the CO2 storage potential in the Petrel Sub-basin in Northern Territory. Adding to Evans Shoal Joint Venture studies the project aims to:
Perform a detailed subsurface assessment of an area of the Petrel Sub Basin to increase subsurface knowledge and de-risk locations within the basin.
Perform rock property testing
Obtain additional relevant data to conduct appropriate geomechanical, geochemical & geophysical modelling
Assess suitable transportation and sequestration technologies based on Shell Quest & Goldeneye experience
Assess facilities requirements, design surface and downhole equipment & determine well number to accommodate Evans Shoal CO2
Produce a CO2 sequestration location appraisal plan
There are several fields in Bonaparte Basin with high CO2 and this evaluation opens up the opportunity to unlock gas in the region through collaboration/investment with other LNG operators in Darwin to develop a CO2 store.

The National WaterbugBlitz will allow communities to learn about freshwater biodiversity while assessing the ecological state and condition (health) of the freshwater systems they care about. For one month in the year, participants from all around Australia can discover how healthy their local rivers and wetlands are, using innovative methods developed specifically for citizen scientists. This will capture a waterbug inventory for freshwater ecologists who will generate an annual map of river health across the nation, which catchment managers can use to identify trends in the ecological state of freshwater systems.

The Foundry is Meriden School s makerspace, a dedicated place for exploring maker learning and STEM related projects. Meriden has made a strong commitment to encouraging young women to pursue interests in STEM through education and co-curricular clubs, like Maker Club. Meriden offers classes that allow students to explore robotics, engineering and 3D printing. Now The Maker Club allows girls to extend that interest and play with technology. The overarching ethos of The Foundry is to empower students to become the creators of tomorrow rather than consumers of technology.