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Science

Laura Overdyk - Domain Leader

There has certainly been a spotlight on the work of scientists in 2021, highlighting the vast diversity of careers in STEM, particularly as we deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergence of the various vaccines available to build herd immunity in our community, against coronavirus, has linked well to the Senior Biology curriculum.

Earlier in the year we celebrated, alongside NASA, the launch and landing of the Perseverance Rover on Mars. This fuelled great discussions amongst Zenith students, whose theme for the year was Mission on Mars.

The Careers theme continued as a group of interested students took part in The Royal Women’s Hospital - Meet a Scientist webinar.

The Yarra Ranges Tech School offered a series of Women in STEAM workshops which incorporated informative guest speakers and Q & A sessions, as well as hands-on activities to complement the sessions.

In Year 7, students were fortunate to be visited by past student, Monique Bast - aka The Lizard Wizard, and her furry and not-so furry friends, during one of their online Science lessons. This wildlife encounter provided our students the opportunity to consolidate their learning of habitats and ecosystems.

STEM

Laura Overdyk - STEM Coordinator

Star Wars was the theme for this year’s STEM Cup. Students across all year levels enthusiastically participated in the many different events on offer, to represent their House. The school was a hive of activity with scavenger hunts, domino toppling competitions, flying drones, racing spheros, elastic powered cars, famous scientist performances, Star Wars inspired murals, paper plane competitions, Kahoots, and puzzles. It was great to see so many students engaged and working in a team to gain points for their House. Gibbons were announced the winners, for the second year in a row.

Another big event organised by our STEM Captains was National Science Week. Students were offered many different activities to get involved with virtually, over zoom and our STEM Hub, including daily quizzes, a Science inspired Kahoot, DIY experiments, and the annual Education Perfect Global Science Competition.

2021 STEM Captains

We hope you found Science Week an interesting way to break up the cycle of zoom classes! It was incredible to see the turn out and enthusiasm of all who participated in the STEM Cup, and the love for STEM in our community!

We hope many girls will be inspired to work in STEM in the future.

Bronya Robinson Cassidy Germano Matilda Hore Jess Ashton-Smith