BALLARAT Tech School engaged 50 girls from Ballarat secondary schools in a STEM program last week, focussing on industrial design.<\/p>\n
The program was a collaboration across two days, with industrial textile product manufacturer, Bartlett.<\/p>\n
Students were given a tour of the factory before being tasked with creating a new household product out of PVC offcuts when they returned to the Tech School.<\/p>\n
Bartlett\u2019s Damian Muller said the project WAS simply about \u201cdesign with waste.\u201d<\/p>\n
Students in small groups made a prototype of their ideas, finding an alternate use for PVC, and pitched them to local designers and Bartlett.<\/p>\n
The groups were critiqued on their creativity and whether the product could be manufactured.<\/p>\n
Mount Clear College\u2019s Leela Sweet said PVC wasn\u2019t an easy material to work with.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were challenges, but we got accustomed to it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
STEM is all about championing science, technology, engineering and maths in students\u2019 studies, to enhance their learning, equip them with broad skills and nurture an interest in those developing industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BALLARAT Tech School engaged 50 girls from Ballarat secondary schools in a STEM program last week, focussing on industrial design. The program was a collaboration across two days, with industrial textile product manufacturer, Bartlett. Students were given a tour of the factory before being tasked with creating a new household product out of PVC offcuts […]<\/p>\n