John Monash Science School

Science and Careers

Core Science

Year 10 Core Science welcomed its new cohort with a bang (... or, at least, a flash) last week. Students used skills in scientific observation to describe the very impressive reaction between sugar in a Gummy Bear and potassium chlorate (a strong oxidant). They described an intense lilac flame, billowing soot and the sound of the very vigorous reaction. This also led into a discussion of the cross-disciplinary of science and how the Gummy Bear experiment can be linked to the traditional fields of chemistry, biology and physics. 

 

Students will continue to hone their powers of observation in the coming weeks as they participate in their BioEyes Investigation. They will breed their own zebra fish and track development as a means of learning about genetic inheritance. We are confident they will find this a truly engaging program.

 

Dr Denney

Careers

The Careers Team is happy to inform you that we have a new Careers website 

http://jmsscareers.com/. You can find information on VTAC, Universities, Work Experience placements and forms, resume and cover letter samples, and much much more. Please take some time to look around the site and familiarise yourself with it. You will also find the Career Newsletters on the website.

 

In the first Career Newsletter for 2016 you will find out about:

  • The “At Monash Seminars”;
  • Scholarships;
  • QS World University Rankings 2015/2016;
  • RMIT Science in the City Lab Tour;
  • Defence Careers Info Sessions;
  • plus loads more.

Please click here to find out more details

http://jmsscareers.com/?page=newsletter

 

All Year 10 students should be looking and applying for Work Experience Placements. The Careers Team have advertised several placements which are available at the following places:

  • The Ritchie Centre - MIMR-PHI Institute of Medical Research
  • Monash School of Biological Sciences
  • JMSS in the Labs
  • Swinburne Uni Centre of Astrophysics and Supercomputing
  • Monash Biomedical Science
  • Monash Aspree Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
  • Eastern Health

Please note it is essential that Year 10 students continue to look and apply for other placement opportunities in addition to the placements the Careers Team are advertising.

 

If you have any questions please feel free to email kirstine.carter@jmss.vic.edu.au or michelle.mascaro@jmss.vic.edu.au. You can also come and see us on the ground floor near the stairs under Flannery House.

 

Happy Reading!

Ms Carter