STEM

Year 10 Systems Engineering

Students in Year 10 Systems Engineering have been working on a STEM Challenge project that develops their 21st Century skills eg problem solving, teamwork, critical thinking and innovation. It is vital that students have opportunities to develop these skills. The project requires them to research, design, build and test a Solar Oven in groups using the Engineering Design Process. The oven they build must be portable, made mostly from recyclable material, and use ONLY the sun to cook basic foods. The students have to compile a folio that shows the process they followed and the theoretical reasoning behind the decisions they made.

Spherical Robots

The school recently purchased 12 programmable spherical robots titled “Spheroes”. These can be used by a range of learning areas eg Maths, Science and Technology for both simple and complex learning applications. The students can write simple programs using coding to change the robot speed, direction and time or design challenges for classmates who use coding and formula to complete an objective. These robots are one aspect of the STEM initiative that Melton SC is part of to introduce and embed 21st Century skills into the curriculum to best prepare students for entry into a rapidly changing and evolving work place.