Last month we hosted 15 Year 7 students who are part of our one-on-one Gen-STEM mentoring program in partnership with Foxwell State Secondary College.
Students participated in a STEM workshop, took a tour of UQ IMB and QAAFI and met their Young Science Ambassador Mentors for the first time.
In the coming weeks these Year 7 students will meet with their mentors via Teams once a week as they work on individual STEM research projects over Term 3.
Yesterday, showcasing the power of women in STEM, The University of Queensland YSAs Caitlin, Claire, Kathryn Dawson, Tatiana Briody and Yusra Rabbani answered engaging and thought-provoking questions from Year 10 students at a panel for the STEM Girl Power Initiative. Students learnt about the YSAs research, university pathways, finding and following your passion, and challenges faced by women in STEM fields.
Young Science Ambassadors Caitlin, Kathryn, Tatiana, Claire and Yusra
Yesterday, the Wonder of Science team was invited to GroundProbe to officially celebrate International Women's Day. Manager Kaylene Cooper along with Young Science Ambassadors Vanessa Zepeda and Stacey O’Brien - discussed the benefits of implementing the WoS across Years 4 - 9 and how our program has seen success in getting girls engaged in STEM from an early age including the fact that 69% of Regional Conference winners and 71% of our State Conference winners were female as well as the ongoing success of our Gen-STEM program developed in partnership with Foxwell State Secondary College.
Thank you so much to the team at GroundProbe who held a raffle for WoS and raised over $6400 to support the program. We would like to thank GroundProbe for their ongoing support and for supporting meaningful action for women and girls in STEM.
We are pleased that the donation from their staff will provide: 1. A bursary for a female early career researcher to be a Young Science Ambassador; and access for one school to participate in the Wonder of Science Challenge Task program for a school term.
The Wonder of Science program is building knowledge, passion and enthusiasm for science and technology in Queensland’s young people. It is creating aspiration for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education – thus generating capacity for technical innovation in Queensland and ultimately, Australia.
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