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SAASTA Youth Programmes

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Primary School Science Intervention - an initaitive aimed at advancing science at primary school level.

SET awareness campaign - a programme which aims at broadening learners' awareness of careers in science, engineering and technology.

National Science Olympiad - a competition open to learners in grades 10 to 12 in physical science and life sciences.

Science Camps - camps for learners who showed potential in the National Science Olympiad competition.

TechnoYouth - three-day workshops aimed at underprivileged learners in grades 7 to 9 from areas in and around Johannesburg, introducing them to technology.

National Schools debates - a project using school debates as a knowledge transfer tool to introduce scientific concepts and findings to the school environment.

Astronomy Quiz - a competition aimed at Grade 7 learners based on themes around astronomy.

EasyScience - a science supplement to the youth magazine MiniMag.

For more information on these exciting programmes, visit the SAASTA website.

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Teams of grade seven learners participating in the finals of the 2009 SAASTA Astronomy Quiz.

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Dylan Wakefield, Brent Harrison, Liang Yu and Moukangwe Katlego Kgobalala, 2009 National Science Olympiad winners of a trip to London to attend the International Youth Science Forum, with Suzie Maruma of SAASTA who accompanied them.