Thanks to the  Science Teachers Association of Victoria’s Janice Teng and her team of volunteers, the Victorian Science Talent Search has continued its unbroken run of sixty-nine years. The question was never “Can STS continue, given the unprecedented restrictions imposed by the Corona virus?” but “How should STS run in 2020 to best effect?”

Each year, a theme is set for the thousand or so entries that are submitted for judging. This year, the theme was Deep Blue – Innovations for the future of our Oceans.

Vic Skeptics and Australian Skeptics Inc. have jointly supported STS for many years, and are consistently among its major sponsors.

This year we were delighted to provide cash bursaries to sixty-six participants.

Among the winning entries were such fascinating titles as:

Chickens On Mars. Can They Help Humans With Agriculture On Mars? – (Experimental Research by an Upper Primary student)

Project Megalodon – Eradicate Global Warming With The Power Of The Ocean – (Creative Writing – Junior Secondary)

Percy’s Predicament – (Junior Video Productions)

Filtrash – (Middle Primary – Inventions)

Ocean Commotion – (Intermediate Games)

with other winning entries spread across Games, Photography, Creative Writing, and Posters and Scientific Wall Charts.