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Murrumburrah Public
School Students
2nd place in the
State Finals,
Winners
for Riverina
in
EngQuest 2006.
 During the past two terms of
school our Year 2 class and a group of Year 3 / 4 students have
participated in EngQuest 2006. EngQuest is a program of Engineers
Australia and is supported by the Australian Government through a
Science Connections Programme Grant administered by the Department of
Education, Science and Training.
Click on the photo to see more photos of the
students fantastic work.
The students have learnt skills
in team work and communication, design, construction and evaluation.
They have all had so much fun they didn’t even notice they were
developing key skills in science, technology and mathematics and
achieving their learning outcomes in these areas. Students from
Murrumburrah Public participated in these fun and interactive hands-on
projects for Lower Primary and Middle Primary categories.
The Lower Primary category
required the children to investigate seven simple machines, design and
construct a catapult that could launch a marshmallow more than 1 metre
in distance. The catapults had to be built from recycled household
materials. The Year 2 class was divided into five teams including The
Wedges, The Screws, The Pulleys, The Levers and The Gears.
The Middle Primary category
required the children to investigate, design and construct a mechanism
using a pulley system. The Year 3 / 4 groups included three teams
including the Force and Friction, Simple Machines and Pulley Power.
As well as constructing the
pulley systems and catapults all teams were required to submit a
comprehensive portfolio detailing the work they had completed over the
past two terms.
EngQuest 2006 judging
occurred recently and our creative Murrumburrah students
won the regional level of this competition. They then went on to
achieve fantastic success at the state finals in Sydney in August.
More on this soon.
All students will
receive a certificate of participation recognising their efforts.
Results for judging at Riverina
level saw some of our teams through to the state level.
RIVERINA
Lower Primary
1st place: Murrumburrah Public School "The Pulleys"
2nd place:Murrumburrah Public School "The Levers"
Middle Primary
1st place: Murrumburrah Public School "Simple Machines"
2nd place:Murrumburrah Public School "Pulley Power"
Announced at the state
presentation on the Thursday 17th August 2006 at the Sydney Deiision of
Engineers Australia Chatswood was our Year 2 team "The Pulleys"
receiving 2nd place in their division.
The Pulleys team members were:
Mikaylah Roberson, Hayley Smith, Sophie West, Meg McIntosh and Elizabeth
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