{"id":831991,"date":"2026-07-29T20:50:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/831991\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T20:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:50:22","slug":"young-tassie-scientists-to-send-record-62-researchers-into-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/831991\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Tassie Scientists to send record 62 researchers into schools"},"content":{"rendered":"

A record 62 scientists are preparing to fan out across Tasmania as part of the Young Tassie Scientists program, visiting more than 132 schools in what organisers say is the biggest effort in the initiative\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

The program connects students with researchers from a wide range of science fields through hands-on presentations and interactive demonstrations.<\/p>\n

Since 2017 the program has consistently reached more than 27,000 Tasmanians every August, amounting to around 5% of the state\u2019s population speaking with a Young Tassie Scientist face to face during National Science Week.<\/p>\n

Training sessions took place at Mount Carmel College in Sandy Bay on Wednesday, giving presenters a chance to fine-tune their material before the statewide tour begins in 12 days.<\/p>\n

\"\"Scientists prepared hands-on demonstrations ahead of National Science Week<\/p>\n

Marine scientist Nicolas Horniblow, from the University of Tasmania\u2019s Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, delivered his first in-school presentation to year three students at the college.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so cool just to see the level of engagement and knowledge that the year three cohort that I was presenting to actually had,\u201d Horniblow said.<\/p>\n

\"\"The University of Tasmania supports the Young Tassie Scientists program<\/p>\n

He will travel to West Coast schools during National Science Week, visiting Queenstown, Strahan, Zeehan and Rosebery.<\/p>\n

Horniblow said the tour would give students in those communities a rare chance to learn about lesser-known Tasmanian marine creatures.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re trying to do with Young Tassie Scientists is nurture curiosity and inquisition about the world around them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Astrophysicist Siska-Lut Buelens, an honours student originally from Belgium, is another presenter gearing up for the tour.<\/p>\n

\"\"A record 62 scientists will visit more than 132 schools across Tasmania<\/p>\n

Her presentation focuses on exoplanets \u2013 planets outside our solar system that orbit stars other than the sun \u2013 and explains how scientists detect them using a technique called the transit method.<\/p>\n

Buelens said she was particularly excited to visit Flinders Island and explore more of the state\u2019s north-east.<\/p>\n

She said working with Tasmanian students had already been eye-opening.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of people who are very fascinated and interested in space, so that\u2019s really exciting to see them engage,\u201d Buelens said.<\/p>\n

\"\"Training sessions took place at Mount Carmel College in Sandy Bay<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, surprisingly, how much some of these young kids already know.\u201d<\/p>\n

The program is supported by the University of Tasmania and aims to spark curiosity and show students the many pathways into science careers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A record 62 scientists are preparing to fan out across Tasmania as part of the Young Tassie Scientists…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":831992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[64,63,128],"class_list":["post-831991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}