The Year 3 STEM Class are investigating how doors, hinges and locks work. They have made a building with a doorway and added their own creative touches, including furniture, verandahs,…
5/6 STEM | Electric Buggies
The 5/6 STEM Class are building their own electric buggies. We constructed the chassis using timber strips, corflute strengthening and waxed paper straw axle mounts. We've made bodies for the…
2 STEM | Pop-up Book Mechanisms
The Year 2 STEM Class really enjoyed the Strega Nona pop up book so we had a go at making our own. We researched different pop up mechanisms and made…
R/1 STEM | Toast Cafe
We've investigated how toast is made and made our own using different toasters, including the giant toast machine in the school canteen. We've learned how to record people's preferences for…
3/4 STEM – Paper Towers
The Year 3/4 STEM class has been investigating paper towers and ways in which we can make paper strong enough to support heavy weights.
5/6 STEM – QR Codes
The Year 5/6 Class have been investigating QR codes and the types of data they can contain. They've completed a QR Treasure Hunt using text data and made their own…
2 STEM – Pasta Towers
The Year 2 STEM class have begun adding towers to their pasta & straw bridges. Check out tall Annie's tower is!
5/6 STEM – Electric Vehicles (1)
The 5/6 STEM class is investigating electric vehicle design. Today we built experimental models in Lego Mindstorms kits and tested electronic circuits.
2 STEM – Pop-Up Books
The Year 2 class started their new STEM unit today examining books with pop-up pictures and moving parts. We then made our first pop-up pages using a simple hinge mechanism.
ELC Sunflower learning
he ELC has been growing sunflowers and some of them are huge! Students explored the flowers and developed their fine movement skills removing seeds with tweezers. They learned about the…
3/4 STEM – Tunnels
Last week the 3/4 Class made cardboard tunnels. This week they tested the tunnels in the sandpit and programmed the BeeBots to drive through.
3/4 STEM – Tunnel Challenge
The Year 3/4 STEM class were challenged to build tunnels wide enough for a BeeBot to travel through, then program the little robots to reach the end. Watch our video…
Primary STEM round up
R/1 STEM | Animal Enclosures We watched videos of how super-zoos set up their animal enclosures. We decided animals needed space to run, food, water, shelter and somewhere to play.…
Point Pearce Science – Shadows
Point Pearce R-2 Class are having a great time with hands- on science every afternoon in Term 1. This week we have been playing with sound and light. Have you…
3/4 STEM – Building tunnels
The Year 3/4 STEM class are building tunnels. We looked at video of the Heysen Tunnel in the Adelaide Hills then made our own tunnel supports by cutting and scoring…