{"id":1054,"date":"2019-11-29T12:00:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T01:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/mathssciencechampions\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2024-05-23T10:43:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T00:43:15","slug":"jump-into-uni-the-aspire-program-engaging-regional-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.unsw.edu.au\/stemmchampions\/blog\/2019\/11\/jump-into-uni-the-aspire-program-engaging-regional-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Jump Into Uni – the ASPIRE Program Engaging Regional High School Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Charlotte Beloe<\/h4>\n
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The incredible students, ASPIRE ambassadors, and facilitators at Day 1 of Jump into Uni.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWow!\u2026can we do it again?\u201d says the girl as she stares with wide-eyed fascination at her lava-lamp. Her classmates echo her enthusiasm, equally enthralled by the mixture of baking soda, oil, food-colouring, and vinegar bubbling away in front of them. A simple acid-base reaction made with ingredients found in your average kitchen make for a startling effect that have captivated the classroom. Despite the dry Dubbo heat the room is abuzz with curiosity and excitement. In the adjacent room I hear the moot court case riling up the defence versus the prosecution. Across the courtyard, students scramble to fit circuits together to race solar cars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Akasha adds some vinegar to kick-start a lava lamp reaction.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We\u2019re at the Jump into Uni program, run by ASPIRE. This program gives students from regional areas a taste of the different subject areas at university, such as arts, medicine, engineering, law, and science. The aim of ASPIRE is to introduce the possibility of university to students in regional or disadvantaged areas who often do not know anything about what university is like. They may be the first person in their family to consider it as an option. Over two jam-packed days we we have the wonderful opportunity to pique the curiosity of year 7 students from all over regional New South Wales, with schools as far as Lightning Ridge (that\u2019s over 700km from Sydney!)<\/p>\n

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Akasha helps a student flip her name in water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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I explain refraction in water to two students and why it flips their names backwards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Science allows you to think about the world around you in a completely different way, to understand the processes behind the things we see everyday. That\u2019s exactly what we are aiming to do here, using everyday items to give unexpected effects.<\/p>\n

Across the room another girl eyes the paperclips on the table infant of him. \u201cDo you reckon the paperclips will float on the water?\u201d asks Akasha, my partner in this endeavour. The girl gives a skeptical look at the glass of water placed in front of her, she holds the paperclip above the water anyway and it sinks with a \u2018plop\u2019. \u201cSee?\u201d she says. \u201cWhat if you gently place it flat on the water?\u201d asks Akasha. Hesitant, she tries the new technique. Her eyes widen as the paperclip hovers on the surface of the water. \u201cNo way\u2026\u201d she whispers. I ask her classmate to add some soap to the glass; as soon as he does the paperclip drops to the bottom. The table erupts in disbelief. We explain the invisible \u2018skin\u2019 on water that is disrupted by the soap. \u201cWhich is why you should always wash your hands with soap,\u201d we explain.<\/p>\n

The 45min session whizzes by and two more experiments later the student head on to their next workshop, a cacophony of chatter about the experiments that had just done. Akasha and I beam, this is why we came here, to spark the same curiosity that inspired us to pursue science as a career. It\u2019s the same fascination with the natural world that drives us today, and getting to share that passion makes it even more worth the while.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The wonderful facilitators of ASPIRE’s Jump into Uni program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Learn more about ASPIRE on their website<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow Akasha on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

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