DeadlyJunior Scientists Awards Supported by the Australian Space Agency

2023 Awards open now

Objective

DeadlyScience wishes to encourage continued interest in STEM related topics by rewarding students who most display agreed behaviours. 

Program outline

Teachers will be encouraged to nominate those students they believe satisfy the behaviours listed in the Assessment Criteria. The nomination will include at least one STEM interest of the student (ie dinosaurs, space)

Each year, the nominations will be assessed and winners selected. The teacher will announce the prize winner at a class or school assembly. The prize will be forwarded to the student. Schools will be encouraged to take photos and prepare a report of the prize giving process. Photos will need to be accompanied by an image permission form. 

Assessment process and criteria

Criteria:

  • Nominee must be attending school on a regular basis.
  • Nominee must show an interest in a STEM topic area.
  • Nominee display the values of DeadlyScience – Inspire, Empower, Innovate, Community, Culture, Integrity.


The nominations will be assessed against the agreed criteria . The program will be available to students in all states and territories subject to the PBI requirements of DeadlyScience. 

The judges may be a DeadlyScience Ambassador or one of the DeadlyScience team and/or a representative from the Australian Space Agency. The judges will base their decision on the ‘yarn’ provided by the teacher on the nomination form.

2022 Deadly Junior Scientist WINNERS

There were so many amazing applications. Everyone who was nominated is most certainly a deadly junior scientist, mathematician, engineer or techonologist. Congratulations to the students below who are our 2022 Deadly Junior Scientist winners. All medals and prizes were kindly sponsored by the Australian Space Agency and acknowledge the next generation of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander STEM professionals.

Western Australia
Purnululu Aboriginal Independent Community School – Amelia Clifton Pinday for deadly science
Jameson Campus, Ngaanyatjarra Lands School – Quindarius McKay for deadly engineering

Northern Territory
Kalkaringi School – Sharifah Inverway for deadly technology
Minyerri School – Dazdon Daylight for deadly science

Queensland
Allora State School – Will Ballangarry for deadly science
Allora State School – Eleanore Briggs for deadly science

New South Wales
St Brigids Primary School Raymond Terrace – Ky Bennett for deadly technology
St Brigid’s Primary School – Harmony Grace-Griffiths for deadly science


DeadlyJunior Scientists across Australia


Montello Primary School (TAS)

Congratulations Amelia on winning the Young Deadly Scientist Award for your work with trail cameras! Amelia was awarded a pair of binoculars. She says will use them when she goes out on Country to find kangaroos. Thank you to our DeadlyScience schools for supporting science in remote schools!

2022 DeadlySTEM Educators WINNERS

Announcing the award winners of our prestigious annual awards for Deadly STEM teachers.

Community members nominated teachers in late 2022, and the winning teachers and assistant teachers showcase outstanding dedication to inspiring and building the future generation of STEM professionals. Congratulations to everyone nominated for your deadly work in the classroom and on-country. The winning teachers for each state and territory are…

Thanks to the Australian Space Agency for supporting these awards.

NT – Bulkunu (Valerie) Garrawurra of Shepherdson College, in particular, for teaching students to ask questions confidently about the world around them and reach conclusions through both Yolngu and Western scientific explanations

WA – Samantha Dalton of Dawul Remote Community School for involving the wider community to instil a love of learning not just in the students but also in the community and for her dedication to Two-Way Maths teaching and learning

QLD – Laura Loucks of Tagai State College, Thursday Island for her innovative ways of encouraging students to become engaged in STEM across 16 campuses

NSW – Elise Thornthwaite of Condobolin Public School for being a deadly role model and teaching on-country so students can explore their surroundings through a science lens with an Aboriginal perspective

ACT – Samantha MacKenzie of Harrison School for her use of Indigenous technologies and inspiring students to investigate and use Indigenous technologies themselves

TAS – Daniel Edwards of Montello Primary School, in particular, for the excursion to learn about Sea Country and generally for all the outstanding programs he develops and offers the students to engage with STEM

VIC – Suzanna Besim of KCLC Early Learning Centre for taking the initiative to start the engagement of pre-schoolers with First Nations Scientists and their discoveries throughout history

SOME OF OUR PAST WINNERS


Chris Errington (Robinson River, NT)


Paul Butters (Purnululu, WA)


Patsy Anne (Robinson River, NT)