STEM News

Hello fellow scientists,

In Prep the students have been planning very hard and communicating with one another in their groups to plan their very own obstacle course. This week some prep students have evaluated their design project. Here is a book called Splat the cat and the obstacle course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jt1dnTi9A6o .

In Grade 1 the students have been looking at traditional ochre face paint that have been used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and sequencing them in a step-by-step order. They are also learning about how the water cycle is important for us and maintaining life on Earth. 

In Grade 2 the students are using iPads with an app called Book creator to create a storybook about how to save our environment by not littering. Students worked in pairs on book creator to show the journey that the chip packet went on, from lunchbox to ocean, to fish. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUUUxOl715s&t=10s - How Plastic Hurts the World

In Grade 3, students are studying Earth and Space, where they learn to show how the Earth and Moon orbit. They use what they know to find the parts in a model that stand for real life objects. 

https://airandspace.si.edu/virtual-tours/destination-moon/?startscene=8&startlookat=-3.2,0,98,0,0; - Virtual Air and Space Museum.

https://www.atnf.csiro.au/research/RACS/RACStour/index.html - Virtual CIRSO Space Research Centre in Australia

In Grade 4 the students are learning to design and undertake an investigation that can test the strength of different magnets. They drew the set- up of what the investigation, made predictions and recorded their results in a table and graph. \

In Grade 5 some students had the opportunity to attend the Victorian Space Science Education Centre in Strathmore. The program delivered a scenario-based learning environment that engaged the students in a wide range of science activities, using computer and communications technology and teamwork. Grade 5 students worked in Mission Control and at the M.A.R.S. Base which consisted of observing the astronauts working in the Mars Australian Research Station (M.A.R.S.), using interactive software to monitor systems and solve related problems and working in pairs to complete hands-on science tasks and communicate their results to Mission Control.

In Grade 6, students are learning to create an interactive quiz in an app called Keynote to demonstrate their knowledge of tsunamis. Here is a video that will show you how tsunamis work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx9vPv-T51I 

STEM team