There’s only one month to go for budding young inventors in Western NSW to enter Origin’s littleBIGideacompetition for their chance to win a trip to NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre in the USA.
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Now in its third year, Origin’s littleBIGidea provides a platform for students in grades three to eight to continue Australia’s rich tradition of innovation which has seen the bionic ear, solar hot water, ultrasound, dual toilet flush and Wi-Fi hotspots, amongst others, invented and developed on these shores.
Former host of the ABC’s ‘The New Inventors’ and Origin littleBIGidea ambassador, James O’Loghlin, said thinking up a new idea or invention is fun and exciting, but it can sometimes be tricky to know where to start.
Origin CEO Energy Markets, Frank Calabria said judges will be looking for entries based on a demonstration of originality, creativity, practicality, imagination and innovation.
The top four inventions in each of the three age groups (Years 3-4, one in Years 4-5 and one in Years 7-8) will win a minimum of $1000 in prizes for their inventor and $500 for their school.
The national winner judged to be have the best invention in each of the three age categories will win an innovation trip of a lifetime to Florida, USA including a visit to the NASA Kennedy Space Center.
There’s only one month go to get your entries into Origin’s littleBIGidea competition.
Entries close at 11.59pm AEST on Friday 30 September 2016. Go to www.littlebigidea.com.au for details.
