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CarbonKids School of the Month

Each month we turn the spotlight on a CarbonKids School. Miandetta Primary School in Tasmania have been working hard to reduce their carbon footprint.

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BHP Billiton Awards 2012

What do you think Brian Schmidt, Nobel Prize Winner, Jac Nasser, Chairman of global mining giant BHP Billiton and Megan Clark, Chief Executive of CSIRO would talk about if they sat down together at lunch?

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Scotch Oakburn College February 2012

Scotch Oakburn College in Tasmania are busy restoring wetlands in their school grounds.

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St Anne's School

St Anne’s students have been very active exploring a number of new ways to become CarbonKids.

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Narrabeen Lakes Public School

Narrabeen Lakes Public School students are actively helping their community to better understand sustainable living.

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Kin Kin State School

Students from Kin Kin State School used National Tree Day (29 July 2012) to teach their community about the importance of tackling climate change.

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Gympie East State School

Gympie East State School enjoys strong community support for their environmental management practices.

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Calista Primary School

Check out the amazing biodiversity initiatives at Calista Primary School in Western Australia.

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CarbonKids

CarbonKids is an educational program that combines the latest in climate science with education in sustainability.

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CREST - CREativity in Science and Technology

Engage your students with open-ended science investigations and technology projects through the CREST program.

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Silver CREST project: Wetland water quality

Tim Willington from Daramalan College Canberra was intrigued by the four new wetland projects being established in his local area but was sceptical about the ability of the new wetlands to improve...

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Bacteria in public places

Saffron Shrowder from Table Cape Primary, Tasmania, investigated bacterial levels on seemingly clean places.

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Silver CREST project: Does Dark Matter?

Where should one look for Dark Matter? Have you ever wondered how Astronomers demonstrate the existence of Dark Matter? Patrick Ryan from Newton Moore Senior High School Western Australia was intrigued...

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Silver CREST project: Wingtip vortices

Ben from Rosebay High School in Tasmania designed and built a wind tunnel and a model wing to measure the effect wind speed had on the size of the wingtip vortex.

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Blue CREST project: Spotlight on worms

What if you could attract more earthworms to your garden and improve your garden bed? Hayley from Table Cape Primary School in Tasmania decided to investigate how earthworms react to different coloured...

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Michael van der Ploeg - Table Cape Primary School TAS

"Open-ended investigations engage and inspire students to answer science problems. CREST allows students to develop their ideas and to become explorers of the world around them."

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Colin Price - Daramalan College ACT

"The sense of achievement in receiving a Bronze and particularly a Silver CREST award is huge. It shows that creativity and persistence are rewarded in Science and this improves most students’ attitude...

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Professional Development

Assisting teachers to engage their students in problem solving, critical thinking and real-life open-ended science and technology investigations.

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CREST teacher - 2013 Winner of the Prime Minister's Prize for Excellence in...

Ms Sarah Chapman has been awarded the 2013 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools.

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Congratulations Yaya Lu!

2013 Pride of Australia, Young Leader medal national finalist.

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CREST Teacher – 2014 National Teacher Winner - BHP Billiton Science and...

Ms Judith Sise has been awarded the 2014 National teacher winner of the BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards.

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Silver CREST project ideas

A list of Silver CREST science and technology projects to provide inspiration for students wanting to try open-ended investigations.

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Gold CREST project ideas

A list of Gold CREST Award projects to provide inspiration for students wanting to try open-ended investigations.

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Bronze CREST project ideas

A list of Bronze CREST science and technology projects to provide inspiration for students wanting to try open-ended investigations.

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Using The Helix and Scientriffic in the classroom

Get more out of The Helix and Scientriffic with these ideas for classroom use.

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Blue CREST project ideas

A list of Blue CREST science and technology projects to provide inspiration for students wanting to try open-ended investigations.

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BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards

The BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards reward students for creative research projects and engineering innovations and teachers for their contribution to science education.

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Croc of Golden Staph song

This song comes from the Great Big Science Gig and provides an entertaining look at new CSIRO research into staph infections.

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Double Helix Science Club for schools

Find out how the Double Helix Science Club can help your school.

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CarbonKids in the Media

CarbonKids is all over the news, haven't you heard? Download this PDF to view press clippings.

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CarbonKids Early Evaluation Fact Sheet

The pilot CarbonKids program has been tried and tested. Download our early evaluation form to learn about the program's success.

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CarbonKids Educational Resources

CarbonKids is a program for schools committed to tackling climate change. The educational resources offer a range of ideas and activities for the early, primary and middle years of schooling and enable...

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What is CarbonKids?

CarbonKids is an innovative educational program for primary and middle schooling years that combines the latest in environmental science with education in sustainability.

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Regional Tours – Victoria

Dates for the travelling school programs run by CSIRO Education in Victoria.

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Understanding and Tackling Climate Change

The CarbonKids program helps kids to understand what climate change is and what they can do to reduce their carbon footprint.

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Scientists in Schools

Scientists in Schools is helping scientists and teachers see science from a different perspective through long-term professional partnerships.

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Professional Development for CarbonKids registered schools

Registered CarbonKids schools receive training to assist in implementing the program as a whole school or faculty. CarbonKids Climate Science Workshops are only available tp registered CarbonKids schools.

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BHPBSEA student entry form

Entry form for the BHP Billiton Science and Engineering Awards Students Competition.

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