QUT Smart Train and APN Newspapers Student Poster Competition
What do you think is good for people, good for the planet?
Put your ideas in front of visitors to the QUT Smart Train and in your local newspaper!
APN Newspapers and the QUT Smart Train invite students to design a poster to show what they think is meant by the theme "good for people, good for the planet".
The QUT Smart Train Poster Competition provides an avenue for school children to explore and express their thoughts and ideas on innovation, their community, emerging technologies and how it will affect their future. Science and innovation can be fun and exciting and underpins all of modern society's activities. Where would we be today without antibiotics, electricity and computers which were all developed through science? It is deeply embedded in our social framework and impacts greatly on our everyday lives.
Competition details
our A4-sized poster entry should demonstrate how a particular innovation or innovative idea is "good for people, good for the planet". The options are endless. Your entry might show how science and innovation help people become fitter and healthier; make life easier and more convenient; or achieve work life balance. Perhaps you could focus on the benefits for our planet - reducing landfill; restoring soil; or using less fuel, water or harmful household appliances/chemicals. Your chosen theme could be as complex as protecting the ozone layer or as simple as recycling, reusing and conserving to enhance your local area.
Need some more ideas about what to draw?
Here are some ideas to get you started:
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Closing dates
Please ensure that your school's two winning posters are submitted to QUT by the date shown for your area:
| 2 May | 9 May | 16 May | 16 May | 16 May | |
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Toowoomba | Nambour | Emerald | Townsville | Cairns |
| Roma | Gympie | Longreach | Cloncurry | Ingham | |
| Mitchell | Maryborough | Barcaldine | Mount Isa | Ayr | |
| Charleville | Bundaberg | Rockhampton | Richmond | Proserpine | |
| Chinchilla | Gladstone | Mackay | Charters Towers |
Details for teachers
Each participating school is to conduct a local competition in which students prepare posters that reflect what is "good for people, good for the planet".
If your school requires paper to participate, please telephone 07 3138 5239 or email smart.train@qut.edu.au. A voucher for one ream of paper, to be redeemed at your local Australia Post outlet, will be sent to you.
Winning entries (two from each school) will be displayed at the station nearest to your school when the QUT Smart Train is in town. Finalists will also be showcased in APN's Newspaper in Education section.
You can choose how your school runs this activity. It could be completed as a class activity or group/individual competition. Judging at the school level could be done by teachers, the school principal, the students themselves through a voting system or by a local community volunteer, councilors or mayor.
Each school is asked to send their two winning posters to QUT by the due date. If possible they should be sent electronically (photographed or scanned), but a hardcopy format can be processed by the university if necessary.
Scanned: smart.train@qut.edu.au (high resolution images)
Hardcopy: QUT Smart Train, Lvl 4 R Block, GPO Box 2434, BRISBANE QLD 4001
It is suggested that all entries are displayed in an appropriate location before or during the QUT Smart Train’s visit. Locations may include classrooms, school library, local council library or community hall.
Poster details
The idea should be:
- original
- reflect the train's theme of "good for people, good for the planet"
- presented on a poster, A4 in size (and supplied in electronic format).
On the back of the poster, please ensure the following is supplied:
- school name
- student/s name
- class year
- nearest railway station for display (see closing dates)
- brief description of what the poster is representing
- approval to publish on the QUT website and in local APN newspapers.
For follow-up class-room activities, be sure to look in your local APN Newspaper's Newspaper in Education (NIE) section from early May for features on inventions and discoveries, sustainability and personal health.
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Acknowledgement of participation
Schools that participate will receive a certificate of acknowledgement for their participation in the poster competition. The creator/s of the winning two entries from each school will receive a certificate of congratulations, plus their posters will be displayed in association with the train (online and at the relevant station). Two overall winners will be selected from winning entries received for each station and will receive a great prize pack.
The QUT Smart Train Student Post Competiton is proudly supported by:
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