This year’s theme is: Insect Investigations
Tell us what you are doing to create an insect-friendly garden and show us some of the insects that love to visit your garden.
#1Fabulous Prize for the Winning School in our 2022 Primary Schools Category
TOTAL VALUE: $800
As well as a trophy and prize money donated by Yarraman Branch of the Bendigo & Adelaide Community Bank, we are delighted to announce once again this fabulous prize.
Hawkeye Access and the Chief Pilot, Joseph Canning, will come to the winning school to showcase some of the leading edge drone technology to your students. During this demonstration students and staff will be given the opportunity to assist in the capture of film and photographs of the school and the winning project. These photos and video will be edited together for the school into 20 photos and a 1 minute film to commemorate your win. Total value of this prize is $800
“Joseph Canning of Hawkeye Access proved to be a powerful connector in many ways. He guided student’s understanding, listened to their questions that were asked with excitement and he was patient in how he instructed the use of the drone. It was a rewarding experience for our school community and resonated with aspirations of what future pathways could look like for our students. Thank you Joseph for visiting our school.”
Mandy Norton-McNeill |Principal
GOWRIE STATE SCHOOL
Old Homebush Road |Gowrie Junction Q 4352
To view the video produced by the previous recipients of this prize, the students at Gowrie State School, please visit our webpage: https://gdcclg.wixsite.com/group/2020-photography-competition
#2 Fabulous Prize
thanks
for your sponsorship of our Primary School Category “Insect Investigations” in our 2022 “Focus on Farms” Photographic Competition.
Three lucky schools (or family groups or U/13 individual students) will receive Lacewing Education Kits (valued at $47.85 each )
First place-getter will also receive a Bugs for Bugs Hand Lens (valued at $41.14).
This education kit is designed to help teach children and students of all ages more about insects and especially that many insects are indeed very useful and help to regulate pest populations. Lacewings are particularly good for this purpose because:
Lacewings are a generalist predator for the control of a wide range of pests including aphids, caterpillars, mealy bugs and scale insects
For more information about the education kit and how these important biological control agents can help visit https://bugsforbugs.com.au/ and visit their page on lacewings.
Lacewing Edn. Kit $47.85 Hand Magnifier $41.14
#3 Fabulous Prize
This book, Australia’s Incredible Insects by Brisbane-based author Jessa Thurman will be donated to the three winning schools thanks to our sponsor, Toowoomba Field Naturalist Club. (Retail value $34.99)
About the Author
Jessa Thurman is an entomologist, author, and photographer. She moved to Australia from Arkansas, USA in 2018 to pursue her studies in insect ecology. In this time, she has learned about the many insect-wonders of Australia. Her outsider perspective has helped her see the unique beauty of Australian insects. She shares this perspective alongside her photographs in her book, Australia’s Incredible Insects to introduce kids of all ages to entomology and support their interest in the natural world.
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