This year’s National Science Week celebrations at Elsternwick were launched with a bang as Mr Basaraba fired a water-powered rocket to spark curiosity and ignite critical and creative thinking in our younger learners.
Following the theme of Decoding the Universe - Exploring Nature’s Hidden Language, PYP students participated in engaging incursions, from coding with e-bots to investigating how new innovations and technologies are developed to meet real-world needs.
Prep to Year 2 students explored sustainability and pollution, linking their learning to the College focus of creating a more sustainable future. Middle School learners investigated patterns in nature through the Fibonacci sequence and DNA, creating bracelets, exploring the uses of environmental DNA and extracting DNA from various plants.
Excitingly, selected students from Year 7 to 9 visited the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), where they heard from Professor James McNamara and worked alongside researchers who are currently developing new medicines with the use of robotics and working on stem cell treatments to treat and cure cardiovascular diseases.
A highlight of the week was the ‘Bake it Blue’ fundraiser, which saw students and staff across the Elsternwick Campus raise money for MCRI. Through the efforts of Junior and Middle School Leaders, an impressive $821 was raised.
It was a fantastic week of curiosity, discovery and connecting classroom science to real-world research.
