Congratulations to the 2022 winners!
The gallery of Winners and Highly Commended Prize winners is now available.
Meet our 2022 Competition winners
The ANSTO Shorebirds Competition is on again for its fifth year and primary students in Years 3 to 6 from across Australia are invited to enter.
Students can enter through their school or as an individual. The Competition is free to enter and in 2022 ANSTO is offering over $3000 in prizes for schools and $1500 in prizes for students. New in 2022 are prizes for each State and Territory for the best message or slogan on why your wetland and shorebird are special and need protecting.
The competition opens on 22 March and closes on 12 August 2022.
Create a poster
Students are invited to create a public awareness poster that features a local wetland or coastal area (or one in your State or Territory) and one of Australia’s 54 amazing species of shorebirds that may be found there.
Shorebirds rely almost entirely on wetlands and coastal areas for their survival. These very important wetlands connect places on a local and global scale. The numbers of shorebirds are in fast decline with many species now threatened due to loss of habitat and changes caused by humans.
Your poster should draw attention to one of Australia’s many wetlands or coastal areas and the need to protect it for its natural beauty and importance in supporting diverse animal and plant life, including threatened shorebirds.
A cross-curricula experience
This competition offers a unique opportunity for cross-curricula learning. It addresses the sustainability of important environments, adaptations and interdependence of living things, and interconnections across different geographical scales.
Teachers can involve their classes in this engaging learning opportunity with free comprehensive lesson plans linked to the Australian Curriculum for Science, Geography and English. ANSTO also offers incursions and webinars for your classrooms on the topics of Shorebirds and Wetlands.
Some feedback from last years participants:
Your competition is very relevant to our Science studies and the environmental issues in our local area. Thank you for providing valuable resources and a motivational competition. S.B. Teacher, NSW
This is a wonderful competition that has inspired an entirely new unit of work for our Year 4 students. Thank you. A.M. Teacher, NSW
We did a whole terms work on wetlands and shorebirds, went on an excursion and invited bird-watching enthusiasts as guest speakers so the children had a wonderful learning opportunity. We were able to integrate this across many subjects: science, geography, art and literacy. Please forward our thanks to ANSTO for their involvement in providing this wonderful opportunity and the authentic experiences that came with the children’s learning. J.T., Teacher, SA
