An app with a bio consciousness designed by Sydney Catholic Schools students has won a national competition designed to bolster girls’ interest in science and technology.

Created by girls at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School North Sydney, the Bio Be Aware app lets users look up if a plant or animal is endangered, rare, or harmful, and provides info on how to help it.

Watch the Bio Be Aware full pitch:

“You can take a photo, add your location and find who to contact for assistance,” the students wrote in their submission to the 2020 Tech Girls Movement competition.

Farmer Connect team (L-R): Charlotte Schroder, Maeve Oczapowska, Lara Mandalidis, Fede Thorsell and Ava Mcpeake.

“An additional feature is the community feed page, where the relevant rescue organisation updates the outcome of your original alert along with the ability to ask questions and have a conversation with people interested in biodiversity and saving our world.

“Bio Be Aware will create awareness and education about biodiversity within our community.”

The Bio Be Aware app was one of six projects entered by the school in this year’s Tech Girls Movement competition – four won awards. Bio Be Aware was named NSW Primary School winner.

School’s awards and projects

• NSW Primary School Winner – Bio Be Aware
• NSW Primary School Highly Commended – Farmer Connect
• United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Award and People’s Choice – Good Health & Wellbeing – Medic 4 Me
• United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Award – Sustainable Cities & Communities – Plant Oasis

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