SCIENCE

ACTIVITIES 

THE BIG SCIENCE COMPETITION

In 2017, the Science Department will provide an opportunity for students to challenge themselves in the Big Science Competition.  This 50 minute international competition is open to students of all abilities at four different levels: year 7, 8, 9 and 10.  Questions test students' critical thinking and problem-solving skills as well as their science knowledge.

Each student who takes part will receive a certificate as well as detailed feedback on their performance in the competition.  They also go into a draw to win cash prizes.

Our school will receive a comprehensive report for each paper level showing how each student performed on each question, the percentage of students in the cohort who answered correctly, and a comparison with the national results.

The Big Science Competition will be held in school between 17 and 24 May 2017.   Cost for an on-line paper $7.70.

The Big Science Competition is organised by Australian Science Innovations and  is an independent not-for profit organisation committed to contributing to building Australia’s scientific community through inspiring and developing our best science students.

For more information visit www.asi.edu.au

If interested please email or see Mrs Hardy or Mrs Scott.

STEM CLUB

Are you interested in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology? If so, you are welcome to join our STEM club.

STEM club will involve the completion of challenges, hands on experiments, introduction to robotics and programming and the discussion of topics of interest to students.  Students will be given the opportunity to be involved in competitions both within Australia and beyond.

Recently the students were given the challenge of making a heat shield to protect a piece of chocolate from melting in an oven. The photos show some students constructing their prototypes.

Anyone interested in joining STEM club please email or see Mrs Hardy and Mrs Scott.