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
