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Dr Ali Zaid
I get to understand
how our amazing
body works.
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Dr Alienor Chauvenet Colour us in
I am passionate
about nature and I love
doing work that makes a
difference in
the world.
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Dr Anjali Jaiprakash
My job is
lots of fun. Anjali builds robot tools that help
doctors to make patients better.
Anjali loves art and always wanted
to be an artist. She thinks art and
design can work well with science
and technology to come up with
new solutions to our problems.
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Dr Anna Hatton T E S W H T F X H U P B I K N Z Can you find all 20
words about the
N G E U E L C S U M Y A U U I L human body and
I love working in health science?
E B N M A S J L M B F L O E K G
health science because
my research can help O Y S D L F X J A T G A Y A S V
people feel better, become F E E T T Z B O N E S N F E J A
more active and
prevent injuries. M L S A H E S A S T I C Y Z M H
V B K N R I A R C J V E A R S J
D O C E D E X K Y Q N H C D M S
N F Z S L T O E S L D W T O K N
E Z K A S E K W I U S B I L X O
R C P E W G N I K L A W V R T D
Anna explores how the body moves
and develops new treatments for V J H S R C E Q L P V M I N W N
people with diseases that cause E O G I M Y D A B C H J T C S E
them to lose balance.
S I Y D S L F H I G O C Y P Q T
She is very talented. She appeared
A N E A J R Q P H T N V R O M U
on television with her high school
biology teacher, performing a Z T Q F X N H O S P I T A L P I
dance that showed how cells divide. P S G D H U G Z B N K I O W L G
F R V A Q B N O T E L E K S X A
I love solving
problems and
discovering how and differences and
why people think the then colour in!
way they do.
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Belinda Spratt
I love maths because
I get to solve lots of
problems every
day!
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I like to travel
Dr Catherine Ball to a new country every
Catherine uses drones for good—
year and my job has
saving lives and protecting the
given me the chance
environment.
to do this.
As a little girl, Catherine wanted to
help people who were in trouble.
Her dream has come true.
differences
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Dr Celine Frere Unscramble the letters to
find 20 native animals
I love studying native
animals and helping to ADHECIN KRAKOUROAB
conserve endangered
species.
OAGNKARO OLLQU
PUSMOS COOKCOAT
PTYLAUSP WARYCASSO
Celine looks at animal behaviour
to discover how different LAKOA BACREDK PERISD
species adapt to changes in the
environment.
Celine spends a log of time looking DIONG BYBIL
for animal scat (poo). Scat can tell
us how healthy animals are. ALBYLAW LABCK SNWA
BAWMOT ANGONA
EUM FICOWLNSH
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Dr Christopher
Doropoulos COLOUR IN THE CORAL
I love being a marine
scientist because I get to
work underwater and
watch the fish swim
and corals grow.
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Dr Dana Bradford
Working in science
and technology Language Curiosity
means I can improve
people’s lives. Speaking Creativity
Logic Intuition
Music (pitch) Music (rhythm)
Listening Art
Dana has two jobs. She looks at Rationality Spatial navigation
brains and she talks to people
about how technology can help The left side of the brain is The right side of the brain is
them. responsible for control of the responsible for control of the
Dana rides a Harley Davidson right side of the body, and left side of the body, and is
motor bike. is the more academic and the more artistic and creative
logical side of the brain. side of the brain.
Paddle pal Eelgrass energy Duelling dude Hairy hero Fearsome fern
Artwork courtesy Krista Verlis.
This fast growing gutsy seagrass This bold seagrass has strong thick The three-pronged leaves of This small but resourcefull seagrass This rare beauty has lots of
spreads quickly and recovers fast. roots to store energy. This allows it this seagrass show us that it is can grow in the deeper turbid luscious leaves for catching the
So lose one and it bounces straight to cope with ongoing attacks, but Neptune’s friend and it likes being waters and cover large areas. Its sun and protecting other marine
back! Don’t plant this one in deep lose those roots and it takes a long wet. The long stems and deep leaves are covered in fine hairs. creatures. But, be warned, its very
water as it likes the light. time to grow back. roots of this plucky seagrass help it fussy and doesn’t like being out of
Halophila decipiens
survive being buried. the water or being in too deep.
Halophila ovalis Zostera muelleri
Halodule uninervis Halophila spinulosa
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Emmaline Monteith Join the dots, then colour in
Jessica Miller
Robyn Conradie
Georgia Brown
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Dr Ian McLeod COLOUR IN THE REEF
I love working as
a marine biologist
because I love fish
and other marine
animals.
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Dr Jenine Beekhuyzen
In my job, every day is
different. I get to travel,
meet interesting people and
work on fun technology
projects. There is always
something new to
learn!
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Jordan Debono
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Professor Josephine FIND THE WORDS
Forbes
K B U K B P E Q N T J P
G C E I O D Y N S E Y M
E N J N T B J P N K M D
R I G C E E G E I I I X
Josephine is looking for a cure
P U B A O J F H H W S S
for diabetes. She enjoys working
in science where there’s a chance R W N B N G O I C C U K
she could improve people’s lives. I S U G A R I J L I Z G
Josephine has a black belt in
C A R B O H Y D R A T E
karate.
K S A E R C N A P Z T G
BLOOD NEEDLE
GENE SUGAR
LIFETIME FINGER PRICK
PUMP JELLY BEAN
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Professor
Katherine Andrews Can you find all 20 words?
SKIN CANCER?
Did you know Queensland has the Asymmetry: Moles that, if divided Protect your skin 5 ways
highest rates of skin cancer in the in half are not the same on both
world? Fortunately, we can see these sides.
cancers on our skin when they first develop. Border: Moles with edges that are
It’s important to detect them as early as jagged like a coastline.
possible as this is when they are easiest to
Colour: Moles gaining or losing
treat.
colour, or are multi-coloured.
Do you or your family have any moles
Diameter: Moles more than 1/2 cm
on your body? Use the following guide
in diameter (especially if an uneven
to see if any of them have the warning signs
colour).
of a skin cancer. If you happen to find any,
organise a quick skin check-up with your Evolution: Moles that have
doctor. changed size, shape, colour or have
risen.
R E V E F C A L E I O D
G E R M S C T S F K R I
S L L E C D O O L B H C
H Y G I E N E Z R C T I
Kirsty studies the flu virus. In O N N C Y E S R U N E N
particular she aims to understand
why people with diabetes, obesity M E O N W I N T E R R E
and asthma can get so sick when
they get the flu and how we can S L N Y G R E L L A O G
prevent this.
D U A N T I B O D Y S O
She speaks English, French, Dutch
and a little bit of Chinese. R S T E L B A T H S A R
T I S S U E S V I R U S
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Leon McBride Riding a
bike is a
I love using the latest
technology as a way to
promote health and
great
active lifestyles.
way to
keep fit
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Dr Malcolm Gillies Water the plants and
I love the outdoors
and solving problems. watch them grow
Working in agricultural
engineering lets me work
outdoors with soil
and plants.
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Dr Mariam Darestani Why can’t plants grow in salty water? EXPERIMENT
No longer than 24
hours—we’re not going
I enjoy designing new to cook the beans.
Soak 6 beans in water for 8 to 12 hours.
products that help people
by making clean water Prepare the beans for growing in plastic cups and using paper towel.
cheaper and given
to more people.
Put crumpled up paper towel in Put a bean on top of the
the middle of the plastic cup paper towel in each cup
Why do you think the beans didn’t grow in the salty water?
What impact do you think salty water would have on farms?
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Associate Professor Mark Coster
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Dr Mary Tom Make these crazy sentences make sense
In my job we science maths and I subjects love
can often come up with
new ideas which is fun.
Our good ideas can solve
problems and help
challenging and fun subjects are maths Learning and science
people around us.
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Mathilde Desselle
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Dr Megan Saunders
EXPERIMENT
I love having a job
that allows me to
follow my interests and
to make a difference Can the light pass through?
in the world. Explore how adding substances to water, like What’s happening?
mud, affects how much light can pass through Adding substances to liquid changes the optical properties
the water. of the liquid. That changes how much light is absorbed
What you need by the liquid and how much is transmitted through the
liquid. In this experiment we used milk, but you could also
• 2–6 clear glass or plastic bottles
try adding different amounts of sand or mud to the water
• Water
and observe how that changes the water clarity and light
• Milk
transmission.
• Flashlight
We did our experiment in jars, but there is much more water
Megan studies plants and animals What to do out there in the world … think of the ocean! Sea water in
that live in the ocean like corals, 1. Fill the bottles with water. Fill one to the top, one half the ocean is much clearer in some places than in others.
mangroves and seagrass. She finds way, and the others to various heights between half and For example, you may have noticed that sea water far from
ways to help them. completely full. shore is often clearer than nearby to shore. One of the
2. Top up the bottles with milk until full. reasons for this is because sand, mud, silt (sediment) erode
Megan learned to scuba dive in off land and are delivered to the oceans in streams and
3. Gently shake the bottles to mix the milk and water.
really, really cold water in Canada 4. Shine the flashlight through the liquid in each bottle. rivers. This occurs naturally. However, some of the things we
where she grew up! 5. Observe how bright the light is that is passing through do on land change how much sediment is eroded off land
each bottle. and arrives in the ocean. For example, cutting down forests
and replacing them with agriculture or urban areas may
cause more sediment to go into the ocean.
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CICEENS __ C __ E __ C __ EOMCUSLEL M O L __ C U __ E S
SETUQNIO __ U __ __ T __ __ N OBLPERM P __ __ B __ E M
CTGOYOHLEN T E C __ __ __ L O __ Y IENMAXE __ X __ __ I N __
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Dr Paul Giacomin Can you find all 25 words about
getting well find-a-word?
I enjoy making D R U G S Y F J V D Y Y I R C
discoveries about how A S T H M A R F C U A P K E A
our bodies work, so I
can help sick people Z T R E A T M E N T L N J C R
get better. N O I T C N U F V Y P X O O E
Y M B Y S P R A Y O D M N V G
T A O R H T E R O S C O H E N
L S Y G R T G W G N S S B R I
V U I I E N L N F E E L I Y N
Paul is trying to make new P C A C I T I A X U N J G D N
medicines and cures for diseases. H L U T K E W E E S I C G X U
He always wanted to be a R O S B B N R E D H C P G K R
basketball or soccer player, but he
ended up living in America for four A E Z L Y C E Z L S I U W N Q
years where he played Australian T Q L T I G O S T L D R Z B U
football (AFL) for the Philadelphia
Hawks. M E O S C N A J S U E E R U C
W K E T A B L E T S M S P X R
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Dr Roisin McMahon Roisin studies the things in bacteria
that cause disease.
She was so excited when she got
a selfie with the famous nature
Being a scientist is lover and TV presenter, Sir David
my dream job Attenborough.
because I love
solving puzzles.
differences
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Sae Chi
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Dr Sally Staton
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Samantha Hood Can you find all 20 words?
I love problem
solving and helping the
environment, so S O E Z N N J N S C F R S D E
improving solar energy is
C I E V A O O O A Z L E C P L
a great fit for me!
P A S E A T T R P E E M I Y B
M H L E I D B O L X X Y E Z A
M C Y C H O E B H D I L N W N
U T X S N T A M E P B O C Z I
R E K B I W N L O U L P E E A
C O D E E C E Y C L E I E G T
Samantha uses computers to figure
out how electricity works in plastic U T M N W C S Q S I E L S H S
solar panels so we can have better, S P E C T R U M E O N C M X U
cheaper energy.
R R H R Y G R E N E T A U V S
She is very passionate about getting
more girls into STEM because they A X O E T A L U M I S O G L S
make brilliant scientists. Did you L N Q U A N T U M P W E H R E
know as a kid, her favourite movie
O C G S G A D K N P Q F J P O
was Pocahontas? This made her
want a job where she could help P M V P S G N O Z M A V B Q R
nature.
CARBON EXCITON PHOTOSYNTHESIS SCIENCE
CLEAN FLEXIBLE PHYSICS SIMULATE
CODE MOLECULE POLYMER SOLAR
ELECTRON ORGANIC QUANTUM SPECTRUM
ENERGY PHOTON RENEWABLE SUSTAINABLE
Word search created by Puzzlemaker at
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Dr Shyuan Ngo Colour in the different parts of the brain
I love my work
because there’s a
chance I will make a
discovery that will
change people’s lives.
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Stephanie Piper
My dream is to
create 3D printed
shoes with wheels!
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Dr Susanna Mantovani I like being able to
find new ways to make
Susanna looks at the differences
in the way people sleep. Why do
people live better
different people sleep in different
and happier.
ways?
Susanna has two marvellous
daughters and always dreamt to be
a scientist to find ways to improve
people’s health.
differences
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Dr Tamara Keeley Who’s who
in the zoo
I love working with
teams that help save crossword 1 2
DOWN:
1. Cheeky monkeys
10 2. Striped horses
3. Large African animals with short legs
and loves wallowing in the mud
4. Australian cuddly-bear like natives
6. Animals with a very long neck
7. Black and white bears found in China
8. Large striped cats
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Dr Tasmin Rymer All about rodents …
C N O I T A T N E M G A R F S Q L
Animals are H U D D L E T W E R T Y X Y U P A
fascinating. There is O I O P A S D A F G H E M J L K S
always something
R O D E N T I A R L R O Z A I X R
new to learn.
D C V B X N N M Q O T W G E B R E
A T Y U I T C O M O O U P A R S P
T D F G H J I Y N K E R T L E Z S
E P C X C H S N V B A A A N G M I
Q O H I T W O E C R D T R G T Y D
Tasmin teaches people about U L I N A I R U O T I T K P N A S
animals and plants. She also studies
mice. D L P I R F S G S H R U C J K A L
and living a healthy and active Do this experiment with a few different food
lifestyle. colourings. You can mix food colouring during
the experiment to see how a flower will slowly
change the colour of its petals.
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Dr Tim O’Hare Where does it grow?
Draw the fruit/vegetable
I love working with where it grows:
plants to produce fruit and … below the ground?
vegetables with interesting … above the ground?
new colours, shapes and
flavours. apple
beetroot
mango
carrot
orange
tomato
Tim makes new fruit and vegetables
banana
to eat. His favourite colour is
green—this might be why he loves pear
plants so much! pumpkin
When he was younger, he wanted to potato
sell green soft drink in a green and
peas
white-striped shop.
capsicum
onion
pineapple
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Assoc. Professor
Yvette Everingham Colour in this fractal mandela
A fractal is an abstract object used to describe and simulate naturally occurring objects.
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Dr Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar
Every day I get
the chance to make a Zsuzsa studies how businesses and people
difference in the respond to changes in the climate.
world and make it a
When she was younger, she wanted to be a
better place.
doctor or an archaeologist—like Indiana Jones.
As well as environmental science, she likes riding
her big, orange, three-wheeled bike with her kids
as the passengers.
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ANSWERS:
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F N L X R L C J I E Z U
I E Z O D Z M J L X F M
N E M E O L J L U S G P
G C E I O D Y N S E Y M
E N J N T B J P N K M D
R I G C E E G E I I I X
P U B A O J F H H W S S
R W N B N G O I C C U K
I S U G A R I J L I Z G
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C A R B O H Y D R A T E
T E S W H T F X H U P B I K N Z
K S A E R C N A P Z T G
N G E U E L C S U M Y A U U I L
E B N M A S J L M B F L O E K G
O Y S D L F X J A T G A Y A S V
F E E T T Z B O N E S N F E J A C H Y M V E E E P X G E R H P
M L S A H E S A S T I C Y Z M H E E X P E R I M E N T E R J V
V B K N R I A R C J V E A R S J Z S F X E D A D I E S A P U P
D O C E D E X K Y Q N H C D M S L P A K O I I T U E E D A J C
N F Z S L T O E S L D W T O K N Page 9 G K L E R D S C A D F I R W T
E Z K A S E K W I U S B I L X O ECHIDNA KOOKABURRA Z F N A S E V R I P U L A U K
R C P E W G N I K L A W V R T D KANGAROO QUOLL X A L W R I C X J N B E S T O
POSSUM COCKATOO
V J H S R C E Q L P V M I N W N C A C E E H D Y E N E A I H V
PLATYPUS CASSOWARY
E O G I M Y D A B C H J T C S E M C T Y G O L O I B C R T K C
KOALA REDBACK SPIDER
S I Y D S L F H I G O C Y P Q T G N R E S U L T S H N N E M G
DINGO BILBY
A N E A J R Q P H T N V R O M U WALLABY BLACK SWAN I K W I Z T E Y L L E C M Y X
WOMBAT GOANNA G V X T N A E C A A I A X Y R
Z T Q F X N H O S P I T A L P I
EMU CLOWNFISH U D H Y C M N S X B C E L W G
P S G D H U G Z B N K I O W L G
LYREBIRD FUNNEL WEB SPIDER R F R H S I C K T E S J E T K
F R V A Q B N O T E L E K S X A
D R A W J T G E S E R Y H W H
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B G F D E Z E E N S T M
K Q O H O H U V Q U A E
R E V E F C A L E I O D
G E R M S C T S F K R I
S L L E C D O O L B H C
H Y G I E N E Z R C T I
O N N C Y E S R U N E N
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M E O N W I N T E R R E
S W E A T
I love science and maths subjects
S L N Y G R E L L A O G
S P
Learning science and maths subjects are fun and
D U A N T I B O D Y S O W O
challenging..
I R B
R S T E L B A T H S A R A boy jumped from a car.
M O T H E R H W A L K
T I S S U E S V I R U S A girl played music from Beethoven.
M X E B
A dog and a cat raced for the food.
I P R E G N A N C Y
The dog won the race. F U N R R
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I dream about becoming a computer scientist. G C T P
START I want to develop a robot to do household work. I R L
S A A
H E A L T H Y
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FINISH
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N C O Y V M I A L S S W A K I D R U G S Y F J V D Y Y I R C S O E Z N N J N S C F R S D E
O N O O T R E E A S R Y C N B A S T H M A R F C U A P K E A C I E V A O O O A Z L E C P L
I E M N O I A N E O E H T O P Z T R E A T M E N T L N J C R P A S E A T T R P E E M I Y B
T R E Z S R L N T S L E I I H N O I T C N U F V Y P X O O E M H L E I D B O L X X Y E Z A
P V F G N C E I P A L E V T B Y M B Y S P R A Y O D M N V G M C Y C H O E B H D I L N W N
E E I I Y R I A B L L K I O K T A O R H T E R O S C O H E N U T X S N T A M E P B O C Z I
C S N Z A T N O I A C I T M Q L S Y G R T G W G N S S B R I R E K B I W N L O U L P E E A
R G J W N Y I G U N X P Y E K V U I I E N L N F E E L I Y N C O D E E C E Y C L E I E G T
E B A H S O E V O S E S N E S P C A C I T I A X U N J G D N U T M N W C S Q S I E L S H S
P K S O Z N X T I Y N E X Y D H L U T K E W E E S I C G X U S P E C T R U M E O N C M X U
T P T I C T I U Y T U I V P Y R O S B B N R E D H C P G K R R R H R Y G R E N E T A U V S
V R M E M O R Y Y R A G A Y I A E Z L Y C E Z L S I U W N Q A X O E T A L U M I S O G L S
L A C I S Y H P O H O E G R Z T Q L T I G O S T L D R Z B U L N Q U A N T U M P W E H R E
T A M M R F J N V X E Y R A B M E O S C N A J S U E E R U C O C G S G A D K N P Q F J P O
E B N O I T I N G O C E R C D W K E T A B L E T S M S P X R P M V P S G N O Z M A V B Q R
INNOVATION INVENT
LABORATORY ATOM MOLECULES
SCIENCE PASSION
ENGINEER DOCTOR
TALENT ANALYSIS
CURIOSITY METHOD
READING MODEL
EXPERIMENT PROBLEM
QUESTION EXAMINE
TECHNOLOGY
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C N O I T A T N E M G A R F S Q L
H U D D L E T W E R T Y X Y U P A
O I O P A S D A F G H E M J L K S
R O D E N T I A R L R O Z A I X R
D C V B X N N M Q O T W G E B R E
A T Y U I T C O M O O U P A R S P
T D F G H J I Y N K E R T L E Z S
E P C X C H S N V B A A A N G M I
Q O H I T W O E C R D T R G T Y D
U L I N A I R U O T I T K P N A S
D L P I R F S G S H R U C J K A L
Z I M Y E X C V B E U S O N M Q K
W N U M B E R A R A M T R L I A T
Y A N O M A L U R O M O R P H A U
I T K R A O P A S D F G U H J K L
Z E X U P E B B L E M O U S E C V
B N M Q W S C I M E D N E W E N E
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C Z
3
Where does it grow?
H H E … below the ground?
I I B beetroot
M
4
K P R
carrot
potato
P O P A
5
onion
K A N G A R O O S … above the ground?
6
G N L S apple
mango
I Z A
7 orange
R P E S
tomato
8 9
A T C A M E L S banana
F I N S pear
pumpkin
F G D
10
tomato
E L E P H A N T S peas
S R S capsicum
S
pinapple
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Queensland is home to lots of people who use all
sorts of amazing science, technology, engineering and
mathematics (STEM) in their jobs.
Hope you enjoy
A big thank you to those who have contributed our awesome
activities to this book and for sharing their love of their
work.
activities.
We hope this activity book inspires young
Queenslanders and provides information about the
great work happening in Queensland and the range of
careers in STEM.
If you’re a teacher, parent, scientist or researcher,
you may like to read our Engaging Queenslanders
in Science strategy. This strategy looks to involve all
Queenslanders in science—at school, at events and at
home. It is available at www.chiefscientist.qld.gov.au.
Special acknowledgement to Professor Kathy Andrews
from That’s Rad! Science for the concept idea.