Years 7 & 8 Programs

Earthquake Explorers

Use augmented reality to explore the earth's structures and process and discover links with natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes.

Launch into STEM

Have a blast in this exciting outreach program! Students will use 21st century problem solving and collaborative skills to design, engineer and launch a water rocket.

Mission Mindstorm

Build a smart autonomous rescue robot to help gather intelligence from a collapsed mine. A real life application for robotics using Lego EV3 robots.

Mount Buninyong

Explore the geological history of one of Ballarat's oldest volcanoes and discover changes over time.

Rocks, Minerals and Exploration

Explore rocks and minerals and how they apply to industry and to our daily lives. Identify minerals, go core sampling and find your treasure whilst metal detecting.

What is a turbine and why are they so important to our lives? Students explore the importance of turbines in electricity generation through hands-on challenges in which they are tasked to build a wind turbine, assemble a hydro-electric turbine and investigate how variables can impact performance.

Volcanic Australia

This session is a brief introduction into geology.

Years 7 & 8 Programs

Earthquake Explorers

Launch into STEM

Mission Mindstorm

Mount Buninyong

Rocks, Minerals and Exploration

Turbine Engineering Challenge

Volcanic Australia

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