Rae Johnston is a multi-award-winning STEM journalist, Wiradjuri woman, mother, broadcaster, voice actor and MC.Since 2016, the CSIRO Indigenous STEM Awards have been highlighting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander STEM professionals, students, teachers and mentors. The extraordinary work of 12 individuals and one school was celebrated at 2019 CSIRO Indigenous STEM Awards.
Congratulations to all the 2019 finalists, the games were of a very high standard and some of the categories were very close. However, we can only have a single winner in each category and the 2019 STEM Video Game Challenge winners are:
Year 5-8: Playable game - OPEN CATEGORY
46EA249E - Locked Up (St Anthony's School, WA)
Year 5-8: Playable game in GODOT
F644A1FE - Sheep Doggo (Brentwood Secondary School, VIC)
Year 5-8: Playable game in SCRATCH
BA0A6711 – Gamesaver (Balmain Public School, NSW)
Year 9-12: Playable game - OPEN CATEGORY
2801F931 – Speciation (Arndell Anglican College, NSW)
Year 9-12: Playable game in GODOT
E04B31E1 – Roomscape (Wirreanda Secondary School, SA)
Year 9-12: Playable game in UNITY & UNREAL
49E67256 - Poly city (St. Patrick's College, QLD)
Well done to our winners and to everyone that entered. We hope that you all learned lots and will be back again in 2020. The 2020 theme will be advertised and posted on the website by the end of October.
Feedback and certificates will be sent out to all schools throughout November.
The Australian STEM Video Game Challenge is facilitated by the ACER Foundation, a charitable organisation underwritten by the Australian Council for Educational Research. The ACER Foundation engages with many external organisations including our major partner AIE to help make the Australian STEM Video Game Challenge possible, and would like to publicly thank and acknowledge the support of:
