Maths, Science and STEM

STEM News: 

Monash University WISE Program May 2019

On Saturday, May 18th, Year 10 Killester students, Missy Yalung, Manishka Perika, Anna Eam, Lucy Furlong, Gurleen Bhinder, Leila Tabak, Nicole Kwok and Theresa Nguyen travelled to Monash University Clayton to attend an awe-inspiring workshop called the ‘Internet of Things’. This workshop is the first part of Monash University’s Women in STEM and Entrepreneurship (WISE) program. The program aims to support and nurture a STEM-based entrepreneurial mindset in the next generation of women. Students will complete a series of workshops at Monash University and compete for the opportunity to travel to Silicon Valley in the USA.

The Year 10 students were filled with excitement as they entered the Learning and Teaching Building and met with the Chief Investigator, Chris Gonsalves and their mentors. Michelle Mannering, co-founder of Enova Design, gave a presentation describing what it was like being a woman in the technology field and provided a much-needed motivation and encouragement to the students to pursue a career in technology.

The girls were introduced and guided through the process of developing a startup idea and a pitch. The students were finally allowed to work in their groups to develop and design their idea! This process was interesting and exciting to the girls as they were able to see their idea come to life by creating a prototype and putting their coding skills to the test on a Micro:bit. Their mentors gave supportive feedback, helped to revise their prototype and fine-tune their coding.

Together as a team, the girls worked on their pitch. Their pitch had to be informative, engaging, and exciting and presented in front of a panel of judges and 100 people. The judging panel will select up to 10 teams to attend a bespoke entrepreneurial workshop in September 2019, designed to instill an entrepreneurial mindset and train participants how to turn their concepts into an economically sustainable product. We wish them all the very best.

Daisy Callos, STEM Teacher

Maths Competition     

The Maths competition is on again this year! It is a great opportunity for anyone and everyone to participate. It is a multiple choice quiz with a range of questions to challenge the brain.   I encourage ALL OF YOU to take part in this as it also adds to the list of extracurricular activities you do!!!  It will be held in Term 3 on August the 1st.    All you need to do is give $4 to your Maths teacher with our Name and Homeroom on the envelope.  

Due before the 17th of JUNE.

Maths Club

Years 10-12 Every Monday lunchtime in BRO3 (bring your lunch)