[Catalist] Citizen Science Project - Mildew Mania 2018 registrations close 21 May

[Gina Pearse]

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Would you like your students to experience the thrill of helping to solve the real world problem of food security?
Get them involved in a citizen science project that has been running for 7 years and involved over 19,000 WA students.

Curtin University would like to invite schools to help with an ongoing citizen-science research project aimed at protecting
West Australia's barley crops from the damaging effect of powdery mildew disease. In WA, this disease causes the most
economic impact on barley. Researchers at Curtin University's Centre for Crop and Disease Management aim to give plant
breeders and growers the tools they require to control this disease and therefore reduce the state's losses.

We are looking for keen students and teachers to help us again this year.

When                                              June - November 2018 (see proposed timeline below)
Who                                                Primary and secondary classes
Cost                                                Free. Schools will have to supply ~$30 of equipment
Registrations                               https://mildewmania2018.eventbrite.com.au
                                                         Please note - we will send one kit per registered group.
Registrations close                   21 May 2018
For more information                http://mildewmania.com.au/ or   contact Fel Tegegn Felmona.Tegegn at curtin.edu.au<mailto:Felmona.Tegegn at curtin.edu.au>

 Proposed timeline:

  *   May/June 2018 - experiment packs arrive in mail
  *   June to early August 2018 - prime barley planting time
  *   May to August 2018 - growing season
  *   June to September 2018 - samples photographed and collected by students and mailed to Curtin University
  *   August to October 2018 - samples tested in Curtin labs
  *   November 2018 - results published in newsletter to schools


Kind regards,
Gina

Gina Pearse
BSc (Hons) MScComm
STEM Outreach Manager |Faculty of Science and Engineering

Curtin University
 Tel | +61 8 9266 7168
 Office | Building 220 Room 203
Postal address | GPO Box U1987, Perth, Western Australia, 6845
Email | Gina.Pearse at curtin.edu.au<mailto:Gina.Pearse at curtin.edu.au>
 Web | http://scieng.curtin.edu.au/about-us/outreach/

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