ALP
Year 9
Students are well underway with their passion project and ideas of the future. Each student or small group of students have researched, generated ideas and begun their pursuit of knowledge in their chosen area. Some students have had skype meetings with university liaisons and university students in their 4th years of various subjects, tested gamification of topics, experimented and even used design ideation. Their end goal is to teach the benefits of their topic, pass the knowledge of future pathways or produce an exciting new item.
Year 8
Our Year 8's have been analysing the scientific aspects of an earthquake and evaluating the different ways famous towers and buildings around the world handle the different forces. After extensive research into a variety of different building aspects, students have designed their own methods to handle earthquake simulated forces and are testing them using models designed with matchsticks. Under stringent guidelines which have limited their number of matchsticks and weight allowed, they are finishing construction on their 60cm tall towers, with some having already passed mild testing conditions.
Year 7
Students have been investigating different aspects that make aesthetic-looking and structurally strong bridges. Students conducted a variety of different experiments to investigate the different facets of various bridge designs before constructing and testing their own proto-types. With the proto-type testing completed, students are refining their designs before the final evaluation in Week 9. We look forward to a spectacular testing event to come.
