WASP’s brand new Year 8 STEM packages have arrived!

These packages cover areas of the Maths, Science and Technologies curriculum and all have a wide range of activities that teachers can pick and choose from, if they don’t want to complete the full suite.  

The activities range from practical investigations, to research and mathematical modelling. 

There are three differentiated workbooks for each package as well as a teacher’s guide which contains curriculum links, suggested materials and websites.

You can access the packages here.

The Chopping on Rock package is an in depth study into materials which could be used to make a chopping board.  Students investigate factors such as density, durability and reactivity and consider the pros and cons of using different materials for a chopping board design. 

If you’re interested in striking it rich, you may want to have a look over the Going for Gold package.  This package contains activities designed to prepare students for a prospecting trip – this includes completing a risk assessment, some practice panning for gold, as well as learning more about where you are likely to find gold in the field.

The third Year 8 package is particularly relevant to Western Australia; Searching for Iron Ore.  This package uses online datasets to find out more about where iron ore is located in WA, looking at the properties of iron and using the properties to model a geological survey.