Science & STEAM
Year 7 - 3D
Year 7 students undertaking STEAM this semester have been exploring 3D design by creating custom LEGO bricks using Fusion 360. Their designs are currently being brought to life with our 3D printer, combining creativity with technical skills. Well done to all involved!
Year 8 - Mission to Mars Program
In May the Year 8 students undertaking STEAM visited VSSEC (the Victorian Space Science Education Centre) where the students experienced a sensory rich program that was hands-on and scenario-based.
Mission to Mars is a daylong space science experience. Students work as a team and use all their problem-solving skills to successfully complete their Mission. During the day all students had specific roles to conduct whilst on their mission such as being Astronauts, Mission Controllers and Research Scientists.
Mission Control Officers are responsible for the safety of the astronauts and success of the scientific mission on the Mars surface. From Mission Control they monitor the astronauts’ vital signs and spacesuit functions, as well as the environmental conditions on Mars and solar activity.
Astronauts don spacesuits, collect their equipment, depressurise in the Airlock, and step out onto the Martian surface. Students collect real soil and rock samples, drill an ice core, conduct a thermal survey and undertake a seismic experiment.
After their safe return to Earth, students analyse their samples and undertake further scientific investigations in the Research Laboratory.
Take a look at some of these fabulous pictures below showing our future scientists at work.
Students taking rock samples from the Mars crust to analyse in the laboratory.
Students taking rock samples from the Mars crust to analyse in the laboratory.
Students mining for different rock samples.
Students mining for different rock samples.
Students in the control rooms inform the research astronauts of their location on Mars and assisting in locating radioactive areas, rock samples, the presence of ice caps and possible locations of pre-existing rivers.
Students in the control rooms inform the research astronauts of their location on Mars and assisting in locating radioactive areas, rock samples, the presence of ice caps and possible locations of pre-existing rivers.
Year 7 & 8 STEAM Teams