What’ll Happen to the Wattle? Success!!

We put together the below video application and are excited to have been selected as one of the participating schools.

A community panel judged the applications that included 200 words and a short video explaining what the schools would do with the wattle once it had grown.

One of the panel members said, “We have spent 5 days watching videos. Entries from all over Australia. From a single teacher in a face mask in a school in Victoria to a small school in remote Northern Territory. It has been an amazing opportunity to laugh and cry our way through them.”

St Joseph’s along with the other chosen schools around Australia will receive wattle seeds that have flown to space, plus seeds that have not. The seeds are from the same seed lot. Students are asked to germinate and grow their seeds, recording data about the germination and seed growth. Data will be uploaded to the ‘What’ll happen to the wattle??!’ App.

Throughout the programme, One Giant Leap Australia Foundation will run teleconferences and provide educational support to participating groups. The twelve month to two year project will result in the creation of a nationwide map identifying the location of Australia‘s ‘space wattle’ trees. For more information please visit the following website: https://onegiantleapfoundation.com.au/whatll-happen-to-the-wattle/

We are super excited about this opportunity and can’t wait to watch the launch!

Sarah Blundell
Leader of Digital Pedagogies/STEM