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ME Program and STELR schools from the Hunter Region are encouraged to look at the Zayed Future Energy Prize. . http://www.zayedfutureenergyprize.com/en/prize-categories/global_high_school_prize/
Huonville High School in Tasmania won the Oceania region award in the Global High Schools category of the Zayed Future Energy Prize. The award was announced on 16/1/2017 in Abu Dhabi. The school will receive up to 100,000 USD to spend on a project.
Students demonstrating the STELR kits was the focus of a video made by a video crew from Abu Dhabi that was shown at the awards ceremony. There is a video of what the school will do with their prize at http://www.thenational.ae/uae/meet-the-2017-zayed-future-energy-prize-winners#page2
There was a news item on ABC when they were announced as finalists
Huonville became a STELR school in August 2014. They received funding of $4,790.85 from the Pratt Foundation, leaving a school contribution of $500.
Teachers Rob Ash and Nigel Baptist attended a STELR PD training session in Hobart in December 2014.
