STEM

SGBCLLEN are currently loaning our LittleBits Kits STEM resources to Fish Creek & District Primary School. Friday mornings at Fish Creek & District Primary School are dedicated…

Leongatha Secondary College, Korumburra Secondary College and MacKillop Catholic Regional College STEM Sisters participants have participated in the first Regional BrainSTEM Challenge. This year is the first time it has gone…

Our set of 12 Sphero robot balls are currently on loan to Korumburra Secondary College and are being utilised by Year 9 students. Sphero’s are teaching young people 21st…

Korumburra Secondary College Year 9 students have been onsite utilising the 3D printing lab for their robotics class. Students have been working on a project in…

“Leongatha Secondary College Year 7 students are starting to learn programming using Sphero robots. Programming is now part of both the Mathematics and Digital Technologies Victorian…

In partnership with South Gippsland Trade Skills Alliance, SGBCLLEN has been providing access  to  LittleBits  Kits  to  several  schools  including Leongatha, Foster and Korumburra Primary Schools. This initiative is part of a broader program to encourage students interest n digital learning technologies and electronics. Littlebits technology kits are composed of electronic building blocks that are color coded,  magnetic  and  make  complex  technology  simple and fun. Together they’re interchangeable in millions of different ways to empower kids to invent anything – from an alarm, to a  wireless robot, to digital instruments.   A pilot program was run at Korumburra Primary school where students were introduced to circuits and presented with design challenges. At Foster Primary School the kits were used for a lunchtime Robotics Class on Wednesdays and Fridays. Feedback…

I found this 3 day camp to Melbourne Uni to be really beneficial as I got to meet new people, interact with new schools, learn…