2024 Theme
Wet & Wild Suburban Superstars
Our backyards and suburbs are host to many species that thrive close to human settlements. They grow in our gardens, find food, make homes and use our buildings for shelter. Our parks and gardens are habitat for a range of species. We live alongside them but how much do we really know about them?
Our clues will take you on a journey to backyards and urban places in Australia. Your students will find out about the plants and animals that live there with us.
If you can give the scientific names your team can be named Scientific Super Stars!!
Clues 2024
Week 1 clues are live!
P.S. no food chains this year.
Week 2 clues are live.
Scientific Super Stars need the correct scientific name. Good Luck!
Week 3 clues are live!
Week 4 clues are live!
Good luck with the final challenge
Answers
Use the proforma to return your answers.
Email back to awabakal-e.school@det.nsw.edu.au by 1pm on Friday each week.
Please help:
We ask for your help to speed up marking. We are teachers too and mark over the weekend.
1. Have your clues in by the deadline, 1pm each Friday.
2. Please put the clues in numerical order on the answer sheet.
The easier you make it on the markers the quicker the scores and answers will be posted. Thank you
Marking
Total each week of 40 marks.
4 marks for a correct animal or plant common name.
If that is correct, then 1 mark for each correct clue.
The species has to be correct for the clues to be marked. Each clue can only be used once.
A team may get a species correct but not all the clues (4 marks for the species and then up to 6 marks for the correct clues).
Scientific Super Stars
To add to the challenge you can submit the scientific name as proof that you have done your research, just like a scientist.
To get their name on the Scientific Super Star list on the website but no extra marks, the team needs to submit all of the correct scientific names and clues.
HOWEVER there is a risk; if a team have a correct common name but use the incorrect scientific name eg. for an overseas species or one that lives in a different location, the team get no points as it is the incorrect species.
Teams that get the common names and clues all correct are listed on the website also.
We have set it that way so teachers can choose which degree of difficulty their students may wish to compete at.
The correct answers for each session will be published here on completion of marking.
Week 1 Answers are live
Week 2 Answers are live.
Well done teams! The mystery clue writters are going to have to step it up a bit!
Week 3 Answers are live.
Week 4 Answers are live
Team progressive scores
If your team does not have a score beside your name we have not received your entry (or oops we have made a mistake). Please send us an email to check.
Week 4 Score table
40 point Scientific Super Stars this week.
Ashford Central School ACS 5/6
Bondi PS Beasts
Bundanoon PS Great White Sharks
Dingos
Carrington PS 3 - 4 Dolphins
Centaur PS Centaurians
Dungowan PS Wombats
Earlwood PS 6J
Greystanes PS 5/6M, 6A and 6H
6Z and 5F
Hornsby North PS Dragon Lords
6B
5B
Maryland Public School King Julian's Minions
Matthew Pearce PS Kookaburras
Megalong PS Callistemons
Murray Farm PS 6/5RS
Neville PS Neville Numbats
North Rocks PS NRPS Conservationists
Plattsburg Public School 56Winners
4/5 Kool Kids
Samuel Gilbert PS 6HW
4GSL
5SL
Temora PS 5/6 Black Bandits
5/6 Red
5/6 Green
40 points - All correct.
Barooga PS Murray Yr 6
Dobroyd Point PS 5R
Matthew Pearce PS Echidnas
Mayfield West DS 5/6RP
Murray Farm PS 4T
Parkes East PS Parkes East 5/6FR
Rutherford PS Democratic Dux
Mosquito Mafia
2024 Overall Winners
Bondi PS Beasts
Bundanoon PS Great White Sharks
Carrington PS 3 - 4 Dolphins
Centaur PS Centaurians
Dungowan PS Wombats
Earlwood PS 6J
Greystanes PS 6Z and 5F
Hornsby North PS 6B
5B
Matthew Pearce PS Kookaburras
Echidnas
Mayfield West DS 5/6RP
Megalong PS Callistemons
Murray Farm PS 6/5RS
4T
Neville PS Neville Numbats
North Rocks PS NRPS Conservationists
Rutherford PS Democratic Dux
Samuel Gilbert PS 4GSL
Temora PS 5/6 Black Bandits 5/6 Red