 | Matt McLeod from Kiama High School participates in a session where st... Matt McLeod from Kiama High School participates in a session where students (including Jessica Rich from Kiama High and Kate Morgan from St Mary’s High in the foreground) were taught about the “Hobbit” |
UOW offers a science experience with a twist
24 Jan 2008 | Renee Criddle
Making slime, analysing maggots and separating plant pigments are just some of the activities on offer this week as the University of Wollongong conducts the annual Siemens Science Experience.
The event involves three days of hands-on science activities for 60 students entering Year 10 in 2008 and will is running until tomorrow (Friday 25 January).
The science program, managed nationally by the Science Schools Foundation Inc and sponsored by Siemens Ltd, aims to introduce students to as many aspects of science, engineering and technology studies at UOW as possible with the hope that students will continue these studies at high school and eventually at university.
Students are undertaking experiments in UOW laboratories where they are learning about the importance of maggots in investigating crime scenes, assessing the chemistry of copper and attending a series of short lectures on topics such as the discovery of the "Hobbit".
The program also includes a fieldtrip to BlueScope Steel and UOW’s Science Centre and Planetarium.
Students have travelled from all over NSW to attend the event and will have the chance to meet other interested Year 10 science students as well as UOW students and researchers.
The program is now in its 17th year at UOW and has proved so popular that it was completely booked out by October 2007.
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