CoRE

CoRE (Centre of Resource Excellence) is the perfect place for students who love science. Students work in business units on real-world projects to develop their enterprise skills. They also participate in a range of fieldtrips to develop their understanding  of how the world works.”

Year 7

PERTH COASTAL PLAIN

PBL1 – Perth Lakes & Caves

  • Aquatic Chemistry
  • Crystal Investigation
  • Caves Model
  • Field Trip – Limestone Caves

PBL2 – Perth Passive Solar Shacks

  • Passive Solar Design Education Resource
  • Material Thermal Properties Investigation
  • Interactive Passive Solar Shack Model

PBL3 – Invasive Species

  • Modelling our local ecosystems
  • Seed Dispersal Investigation
  • Field Trip – Invasive Species Mapping

Year 8

WA MINERAL RESOURCES PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

PBL1 – Golden WA

  • Finding Auralia
  • Panning for our future
  • Progress Pipeline
  • Reaping Riffle Rewards
  • Field Trip – Merredin

PBL2 – Red Earth

  • Geo Time Game
  • Stromatolites – Generating O2 Rich Oceans
  • Rusty Oceans Investigation
  • Autonomous Mining Model
  • Field Trip – Roy Hill Remote Operations

PBL3 – Destination Red Planet

  • Mapping Mars
  • Perseverance – Landing on the Red Planet Investigation
  • Biodome – Life on Mars Investigation/Model
  • Careers on Mars

Year 9

EXPLORING THE UNKNOWN

PBL1 – Tech Minerals Undercover

  • Communication Minerals
  • Finding Tech Minerals using Geophysics
  • Mineral Extraction Investigation
  • Field Trip – Mineral Sands

PBL2 – Ocean Exploration

  • Simulated Ocean Journey to Explore Our Shifting Plates
  • Tsunami Investigation
  • Modelling Machines used for Ocean Exploration
  • Possible Industry Links – FUGRO

PBL3 – Asteroid Mining

  • Designing Space ready Mining Machines
  • Mapping asteroids
  • Rocket Investigation
  • Possible Industry Links – AROSE