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16 August, 2024
Students tackle Science Challenge
FOR the third consecutive year, Kings College has once again won the Great South Coast Science and Engineering Challenge.
The students from Kings College dominated at the event, which was held at Deakin University’s Warrnambool campus last Tuesday.
Held over three sessions throughout the day, the event challenged students from years nine and 10 in a variety of activities which promoted skills such as problem solving and creativity.
This year saw six schools entered, including Warrnambool College, Brauer College, Kings College, Portland Secondary College, Terang College and Good Shepherd College.
The day was made possible thanks to grants from the DemoDairy Foundation and the Port of Portland, as well as local Rotary Clubs who helped to sponsor bus fees for local schools – and 27 volunteers from the five Warrnambool Rotary clubs (as well as Port Fairy) who attended.
As the winners of the event, the students from Kings College will now go on to attend the state final, which will be held in Geelong on Thursday, September 5.
If they win at the state competition, the school will then be represented at the national final in Townsville.
Runners-up this week were Portland Secondary, closely followed by Brauer, Warrnambool College, Good Shepherd and Terang College.
The Challenge is run by The University of Newcastle, which travels across the nation running hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activities for years nine and 10 students.
By 2030 it is estimated that 50 per cent of jobs will be STEM related.
Events such as this Challenge highlights to students that they can have a career in STEM if they choose – anyone is capable of anything.
