Student Competitions
Science IQ
ScienceIQ is a series of online science competitions.
The scienceiQ quizzes test student knowledge, skills and understandings in most areas of Science, such as astronomy, biology, chemistry, physics, biotechnology and science investigations.
How does it work?
ScienceiQ competitions run each term of the school year for specific year (age) groups. For example there are two Year 8 competitions, one in term 1 and a different and independent term 4 competition. You do not have to participate in both competitions.
ScienceIQ is for school teams of four students. The competition consists of two rounds of 15 questions. Each round is a week apart and accessible on this website form the start date given and remains open for the duration of that week.
Teams can log on at any time during the set days and have up to one hour to complete each round. Completion time is important though, because in the case of ties for any of the first three places, the winner will be the team that took the least time to complete both rounds. So work collaboratively and share the load.
What can I win?
All students who take part receive a participation certificate downloadable from the DNA Awards section of website. First, Second and Third Place Certificates for individual students in the top three teams will be sent out by STAWA, Team members of the winning teams will also be awarded a prize. A school certificate will also be awarded to the winners school.
What are the competition subject areas?
Years 5, 6, 7 & 8 competitions contain Science in Action questions with real world contexts, The questions will be from most areas of science including scientific methods and investigations
Years 9 & 10 competitions cover the following subject areas:
- Term 2 Competition - Earth & Beyond (Environmental science, Geology/Astronomy) + Life & Living (Biology including genetics and biotechnology)
- Term 3 Competition - Energy & Change (Physics) + Natural & Processed Materials (Chemistry)
Questions will be asked within real world contexts, including scientific methods and investigations.
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