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Townsville Central Grade 6 students participated in a three- hour workshop to begin working on their competition project, where they will come up with an idea to use STEM to brighten their community’s future.
The students will present their project to a panel of high- profile judges via video conference in May.
Townsville Central principal Craig Homer said the students were amazed to have been chosen for such a massive opportunity.
“It’ll be a unique experience for these kids; I can’t wait to see what they come up with,” he said.
“We’re competing against other schools from around Australia and for us to be a part of that, I was blown away.
“To be chosen for this kind of workshop over the next couple of months, it’ll be a great showcase of what we can do.”
Mr Homer said having NBN and STEM+ X representatives travel to the school and present workshops was a great asset.
“The biggest thing for us is that the technology curriculum is probably the first area where the teacher is no longer the expert, because technology is changing at such a rapid rate and it’s hard for schools to keep up,” he said.
“We have to do the very best we can to instil into the kids as much as we can how technology can be a learning tool.”
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