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Welcome to Our WRSC STEM website
I am proud and excited to welcome you to our new William Ruthven Secondary College STEM website. This website has been compiled to showcase all of the wonderful innovations and changes that we have introduced over the last two years in order to develop our students skills in STEM subjects and for their future 21st century jobs. We hope you enjoy reading about the great STEM opportunities that our school is providing for your child.
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Judi Benney
Principal
"Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think"
Albert Einstein
Our Latest Events
YEAR 10 SUPER HEROES
Some of our Year 10 students recently went to Quantum on a Marvels Avengers Experience. They participated in workshops on BioEngineering and investigated the qalities of Iron Man"s suit. They also Researched projectile motion to test their super hero prowess in their quest to emulate Hawk Eye"s precision!
Upcoming Events
3D PRINT A CAR CHALLENGE
In what has now become a WRSC tradition, we will again be sending two teams to this year's 3D Print a Car Challenge which will be held at Quantum in August. As some of our experts are now in Year 11, we are recruiting some younger Year 9 students this year so as to mentor them in order to continue our involvement in future years.
COLONISING MARS
Our Place in Space students will be attending some interesting workshops at the Victorian Space Science Education Centre in August.
A deadly virus has infected the human population and all human life on Earth will be wiped out. A small colony needs to be set up on Mars. Some self-assembly pods have already been sent, along with limited equipment. It won’t be safe to return to Earth for at least 100 years so we will need to Colonise Mars to save Humanity!
Students will be working in teams of six and taking on roles such as: Astrobotanist and Aerospace Engineer as they undertake this mission.
Our Latest News
AUGMENTED REALITY SANDBOX
Our amazing IT gurus, Tom and Dom, have made an augmented reality sandbox. It is like having a 3D topographic map that you can change. Have a look at the photo, check it out on a few Youtube clips or come down to A20 and have a play!
YEAR 8 SCIENCE
Mythbusters watchout - there are some budding young science presenters amongst our year 8 students! They have been developing and filming their own science TV programs to explain a chemistry concept that they have learnt. Some very professional demonstrations and experiments were conducted with very entertaining explanations too.
