Year 12 Chemistry

Murdoch University STEM Outreach Excursion

On the last Thursday of Term 2, the Year 12 Chemistry class had the opportunity to attend a STEM Excursion at Murdoch University. The students not only learnt about the importance of metallurgy to them as an applied science, but also the value it may contribute to Australia. During the day the students were involved in common processes in extractive metallurgy including hydrometallurgy, pyrometallurgy, mineral processing, the chemistry of metals and the mathematics and statistics involved in the minerals industry.  

At the lunch time break Rio Tinto provided an opportunity for the students to have a look at their recent developments in Virtual Reality which proved to be very insightful. The students came away from the excursion with a better understanding of the interrelated nature of the STEM subjects and their importance in Australia’s mining industry. Thanks must go to Murdoch University and Rio Tinto who provided the STEM Excursion free of charge and to Ms Spinks for driving us to and from the venue.  

Miss S Fairhead (Head of Learning Area - Science)