Year 10 Innovators Shine in the Catholic Ed STEM MAD Competition

Year 10 Innovators Shine in the Catholic Ed STEM MAD Competition

finding Creative Solutions for Social Skills and Mental Health Management

Year 9 and 10 Digital Technologies students spent some time across Term 1 and 2 working on a STEM unit aimed at allowing them to design and test solutions to a problem of their own choosing as part of the Catholic Ed STEMMAD Competition. On Friday of Week 2, we had a group of four Year 10 students compete in the state final to be able to share their great work. Stephanie and Maria worked on a project to create a Dungeons and Dragons board to assist the development of younger people with social skills, and Adele and Peniel created an app called ‘Mood’ designed to help people of all ages with management of mental health. Both groups did great research into what the users of their product would need and developed and tested their prototypes against this to ensure they had the best possible final product. The students did a great job and presented their projects confidently to their peers as well as the expert judges. Adele and Peniel were awarded the People’s Choice award for their work. Congratulations on your terrific achievement.

Mr Thomas Cotton
Digital Technologies Coordinator

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