SCIENCE & ENGINEERING SUPER CHALLENGE - DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

Local students from Brauer College and Timboon P-12 School competed against Ballarat Grammar, Oberon High School Geelong, Westbourne Grammar School Geelong, Geelong Baptist College, Whitefriars College, and Bendigo South East College in the Rotary sponsored Telstra Science and Engineering Super Challenge at Deakin University's Warrnambool campus on Thursday Aug 11.
The winning team from Bendigo will now advance to Newcastle for a national final in October.
The contest brought the top schools together after each team had won regional events held earlier this year in Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and Warrnambool.
The Rotary Club of Warrnambool joined Deakin University and the University of Newcastle in organising the event, with Past President Anne Adams chairing the co-ordinating committee. Super Challenge tasks included designing fingers on a bionic hand, constructing a model house to withstand water and wind damage and load bearing properties, and building a bridge to carry increasing weights loaded on to a small trolley.
The program targets Year 10 students, aiming to encourage an interest in science, engineering and info- tech careers. It was the second successive year the Superchallenge was hosted at Warrnambool’s Deakin University campus. The Science and Engineering Challenge is a national program, with participation last year reaching almost 20,000 students from over 600 schools. (photo and article from the Warrnambool Standard Newspaper)