Mastering Science collaborative (MSc)

Saturday Science for Students in School Years 8 - 10

Our Mastering Science collaborative (MSc) program is completely unique, like no other available! Through each 8-week term, students work in our real research laboratory with our real research scientists, using real laboratory equipment and learning real science knowledge and mastering real laboratory skills equivalent to those usually only taught at undergraduate (and sometimes postgraduate!) university level! Students work in small research teams with a ratio of one demonstrator for every four students. There are limited places available!

Mastering Science collaborative (MSc)

Saturday Science

for Students in School Years 8 - 10

$680 incl. GST per term

TERM 4 2023 (8 week term)

Saturdays commencing

14th October

until 2nd December (inclusive)  

Choose from the following session options:

11 am - 12.30 pm or

1.30 pm - 3.00 pm

Note that additional Saturday sessions may be available on request, and pending student numbers. Please contact us if you are interested in earlier or later session times.

Joining our Mastering Science collaborative includes:

If you wish to register more than two siblings, please contact us for discounted rates and assistance with our registration process.

Through our Mastering Science collaborative program students gain Science Knowledge in six key focus areas of microbiology, and Laboratory Skills in a further six key areas - check out our visual curriculum guide below, and read more about our MSchool curriculum here.  

Each term students can expect to focus on an average of three Knowledge / Lab Skills areas, with the opportunity to become competent in all twelve Knowledge / Lab Skills areas across a program year. In this program there is a particular emphasis on higher level knowledge, especially around microbial systems, structure and function, evolution and information flow and genetics. Gaining of competencies are informally acknowledged for each student throughout each term. In addition, each term students will focus their learning to master one of four key Real World Challenge areas - antimicrobial resistance, waste degradation, climate change and energy production - where microbes have the potential to make the future a whole lot better ... or, potentially, a whole lot worse! And across each program year there is even the opportunity for students to work on their own individual Passion Challenge Area on which to practise and extend their learnings by undertaking their own individual or collaborative research project supervised by our scientists. Students then have the opportunity to present their research findings to parents and guests (including other scientists) at our end-of-year MSchool esearch conference, where we also formally acknowledge student achievements from throughout the year!