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TERMS & CONDITIONS

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This is a FREE school challenge.

Join the Fire-Ed Up Challenge!

Join the educational challenge to explore the world of bushfires through STEM! Delve deep into their impacts, learn how STEM aids in mitigation, and be inspired for a future in bushfire management.

• Understand bushfire consequences.
• Develop STEM skills.
• Discover careers in bushfire management.
• Engage with the community & raise awareness.
• Win prizes for your school.

Be part of this transformative experience!

Scenarios

• New technologies driving bushfire innovations
• Protecting human life & property from bushfires
• Protecting fauna & flora from bushfires

Competition Objectives

• Educate you about the effects of bushfires.
• Provide hands-on STEM activities for real-world understanding.
• Spark your interest in STEM careers in bushfire management and environmental sustainability

Important Dates

• Design Sprint Start: October 9, 2023
• Entries close: November 24th, 2023
• Stage 5 Pitching Competition (On-line):
  2:00pm AEST on December 1, 2023
• Winners announced: December 1, 2023

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2024 Fire-Ed Up Summative Challenge – What Fires You Up?

Bushfire technology has come a long way.
In this short competition, let us know what new idea or improvement on existing designs or technologies fires you up for preventing damage to homes, lives & our environment!

• Showcase what you have learned through the Fire-Ed Up resources as well as your own research.
• In 90 seconds (video) or via a poster, tell us why a given technology is so important to have further research allocated to it.
• Individual or team submissions allowed.

Entries close April 14, 2024

Prizes
Stage 3 winners will receive a $100 prize and runners-up $20
Stage 4 winners will receive a $150 prize and runners-up $50
Stage 5 winners will receive a $150 prize and runners-up $50

How to submit an entry for the Fire-Ed Up Challenge

Teachers must complete an entry form for each team. Entries can be either a video link for a pitch or a document file for the poster.

Link to entry form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Fire-EdUp

Note: video files need to be in the form of a link to either, YouTube, Vimeo, Google Drive, Drop Box, etc (and set to “anyone can view”).
Poster can be uploaded directly as either PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF files.

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