Curiousity piqued at winter camp!
During the first two weeks of July, 99 outstanding female students attended our residential camps held in Adelaide and Canberra. The winter camp culminates in a six-day camp where students will meet and take part in hands-on STEM activities, facilitated through our university partners, The Australian National University and The University of Adelaide.
In these camps, the students were able to meet their fellow campers, staff members and STEM Coaches face-to-face and engage in some activities they might not otherwise participate in at school.
Students were taught how to create cardboard robots and drive through a course; make some ice cream using liquid nitrogen; build their own DNA structures using lollies; and make their own deep heat and aspirin in the chemistry lab.
The students also went on excursions around the respective cities to University of South Australia Planetarium, Illuminate Adelaide, Mt Stromlo Observatory and Questacon.
Since 2015, over 800 girls from regional, rural, and low socio-economic areas have taken part in Curious Minds. Now in its ninth year, Curious Minds continues to increase girls’ confidence and interest in STEM subjects during a point in their education where, due to various factors, interest declines.
The Curious Minds initiative is funded by the Department of Education, and jointly delivered by Australian Maths Trust and Australian Science Innovations.
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