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We had the pleasure of welcoming Integrated STEM to our school last Thursday. The day was a great success, where the students' curiosity was very much sparked! It was a full day out from traditional learning for all Year 5 and 6 students. They had the opportunity to learn from professionals in the STEM industry and took many things away from the day. Below are a few responses from our Year 6 students:

Lucy

I loved the circuit session because it was really interesting. We learnt how to use breadboards and male male chords to light up an LED. I also liked the motion sensor session. We used a motion sensor to create a buzzer. I learnt that if you connect the right amount of chords and stay determined it will always turn out.

Scarlett

At the end of the day, we designed our own weapons using Tinkercad, working in groups of 3. We used the design thinking process, which helped us to create a weapon that could attack other battle bots.

Piper

At the end of the day, Fraser talked about how he has made a robot that cuts the right amount of fat from meat so that he could reduce the cost of processing meat. He was having some technical difficulties cutting off the right amount of fat and needs to redesign his robot to be more precise. Fraser has also designed some equipment for John Deer. He put cameras on the sprinklers so they can detect where the weeds are and only spray them, not the crops.

The same company that ran the day is running some after school workshops in Term 3. Spots are limited and filling fast! See more details on the poster below or email me at Nicarla.prentice@twb.catholic.edu.au.

Hopefully there will be some budding engineers, architects, computer programmers and website designers out there keen to give these workshops a go!

Warm Regards

Nicki Prentice