Full STEAM ahead on science

Student Rizki, aged nine, at The Grange P-12 College. Photo by Damjan Janevski.

By Alesha Capone

Studying science at The Grange P-12 College is seriously cool. And it’s about to get even cooler.

The Hoppers Crossing school was last week named the state winner of the OfficeMax STEAM Grants program, receiving a $2500 grant and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) starter kit.

The school’s STEM learning specialist, teacher Teagan Snowling, said her proposal was to build an outdoor STEM learning space at the school.

The space would include ponds to help pupils study life cycles and biology; rivers to test out their engineering projects; and an area dedicated to chemistry and inventing.