Prize for best Individual Invention - Student receives $200 and a framed certificate. Prize for top Primary Team Invention - Students share $400 and framed certificates.
Prize for best Individual Invention - Student receives $200 and a framed certificate. Prize for top Secondary Team Invention - Students share $400 and framed certificates.
Additional prizes. Out of both primary and secondary team and individual prize winners the judges will announce the 2003 Most Outstanding Invention – an extra $200 and a trophy. Top School Award $500 and a certificate.

How do you enter? Talk to your teacher about the competition. Individual students and teams (no more than four students) can enter. Your school must register first to join in the competition. Record all your work in your journal. A journal is simply a blank workbook that you write or draw all your great ideas.

Before you get started you might like to think about the types of questions you will be asked.

If you think you can answer questions like these.

1. Describe your invention
2. Explain how you think your invention will help others.
3. We want to know why you think your invention is original?
4. As an inventor what were the major challenges you faced and how did you overcome them?

Then you are well on your way.

• You will need to describe your invention, what it does, what it is made from, how you use it and anything else you think the judges might need to know. Your chance to brag about how brilliant your invention is.
  
• Explain how you think your invention will help others. What made you think up your great invention? Why do you think someone would want to buy your invention?
  
• Tell the judges why you think your invention is original. You will need to research your idea and explain how it is different to what is currently available.
  
• Tell the judges about any problems and challenges you faced and how you overcame them.
  
• Create a flow chart or concept map to show how your invention developed from a great idea to something people would be willing to buy.

Finalists will be asked to present their Design Brief and a Model or Chart of their invention to the judges in an interview.

Remember to keep records
Record all your work in the journal available from this site, and it will make submitting your entry a lot easier.
You can write information, draw pictures, charts and diagrams. You could take photos or make a mock-up of your invention.
List all the books, Internet sites and other references that you use. Make a note in your journal of the web address and the date you visited the site. For books, list the title, the author, the publisher and the pages you used. You will find the publisher’s name on the title page inside the book, or in the fine print on the back of the title page (this is called the imprint page).

Will you get famous?
Students may be asked to talk to the press and do interviews. You and your family would need to give permission for publicity first.

Prizes
Major awards will be presented at the Official Awards Ceremony to be held in Brisbane on Wednesday 26 November 2003:

$500 & framed certificate Top School Award
$200 & trophy 2003 Most Outstanding Invention
$200 & framed certificate 1 x Top Primary Individual Inventions
$400 & framed certificates 1 x Top Primary Team Inventions
$200 & framed certificate 1 x Top Secondary Individual Inventions
$400 & framed certificates 1 x Top Secondary Team Inventions
Framed Certificates 5 x Judges’ Commendation Awards
Certificates 15 x Meritorious Awards
Certificates To all entries