November 25, 2021 – Evie Hamer-Smith

Leadership Growth During Year 9 Camp

Author By evie.hamer-smith
Publication date November 25, 2021
Categories: Teamwork & Leadership

On camp earlier this year, I had an opportunity to build on my leadership capabilities. Upon arriving at camp, my group and I were told to make a tent using only a piece of tarp and some stones. The team consisted of a mix of people who didn’t know each other socially so we were…Continue Reading Leadership Growth During Year 9 Camp

Earthquake Engineering Challenge

Author By evie.hamer-smith
Publication date November 25, 2021
Categories: Projects

Introduction Our original challenge for this task was to build a 60cm structure that could withstand an earthquake using just spaghetti and blue tack. We also had a limited budget of $60 with 10cm of spaghetti costing $1 and 1 gram of blue tack costing $1. To test this, we would recreate an earthquake by…Continue Reading Earthquake Engineering Challenge