Science News

In2Science Mentor

We are very privileged to have another In2Science mentor working with our students again this year. Rachel Jiao who is completing a double degree in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Design at RMIT has been mentoring our 8C science class this semester. Rachel has engaged with the class by sharing her experiences as a university student. She has talked about her STEM interests, subject choices and even her own experiences as a high-school student. She has been discussing individual student interests and has been relating these back to STEM skills needed for careers.  

Rachel led a very fun “bridge-building” activity with the class, where students were given the same amount of spaghetti pasta and marshmallows and were asked to design and build a bridge which could withstand weight. Students were very creative with their designs and used the properties of the marshmallows and pasta to their advantage to create strong bridges.

We look forward to many more fun experiences with Rachel in this class.

Haroula Loucaides

Head of Science