Science Excursion

Bees with Backpacks - Year 7

Bees with Backpacks Excursion for Year 7 at Whittlesea Tech School:

During the month of June, students from Year 7 participated in the Whittlesea Tech School’s one-day ‘Bees with Backpacks’ Design Challenge Excursion, where they used their innovation processes to become apiarists (or bee-keepers), to design high-tech ‘Smart Beehive’ prototypes, to solve the ‘real-life’ problem of preserving our vanishing bee populations. 

This excursion was a follow-up to their recent Year 7 studies on ‘Interactions with Organisms’. Students used their technology and communication skills, with TinkerCad 3D printing software and coding with Micro:bit parts to develop their prototypes. 

Many thanks to Andrew Sivakumaran and Lily Saveski, who took time out of their regular scheduled classes to support all of the Year 7 students and myself on this excursion. 

The simulated workplace environment experience provided at the Tech School was productive and enjoyed by those students who attended!

Carolyn Drenen

Teacher Ambassador for Whittlesea Tech School