The publication, “A Day in the Life of a Carbon Atom – Starring: Adom”, is part of a $200,000 Government sponsorship of CSIRO’s CarbonKids program and will be distributed through the Global CCS education initiative.
The book was released concurrently at the 2014 National Carbon Capture and Storage Conference in Sydney, where Department of Mines and Petroleum Carbon Strategy Coordinator Dominique Van Gent presented copies to delegates.
Mines and Petroleum Minister Bill Marmion said he was particularly proud to see the talents of WA students on display at an international event. “To take a concept as complex as carbon capture and storage and create such an entertaining and, most importantly, easy to understand book is a big achievement,” he said.
The book was written and illustrated by 21 Year Six and Year Seven students from St Michael’s and negotiations are now underway for its distribution to schools participating in the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute’s international education program.
The Minister launched CarbonKids in Western Australia in August last year, with $200,000 in Government sponsorship over two years to assist the CSIRO expand science education into regional areas.
It dovetails with the South West Hub project, where scientists are studying the capacity for underground carbon storage in Western Australia.
“It’s exciting that children across Australia and in Asia, North America, Europe and the Middle East should soon have the opportunity to read the book and the online content created by this talented young group of WA students,” Mr Marmion said.