12th May 2018

The first session led by Mr. Anthony Petite engaged the students in Information Technology. The students learnt about programming language in coding using “if”/”then” and questions/responses. During the session the students wrote codes that would essentially instruct the programme how to respond. The questions were written in a relatable manner as they were based on the students’ interest.

The second session was facilitated by Mr. Jason Rambert, who engaged the students in Mathematics. In the session the students learnt about Volume and Measurement. Using three-dimensional shapes, the students were asked to measure the various objects to find their length, width and height. This was followed by the activity to demonstrate volume; they were given a measuring cup filled with water in which they placed the shapes and other irregular objects e.g. pebbles and stones to measure their volume by the displacement of water method, which is the amount of water that was displaced when the objects were submerged.

12th May 2018

The students were divided into two groups, the first, Group 1 comprised of the Form two (2) and Form three (3) students of Cowen Hamilton Secondary School and the students from Central Block Bursary Programme. The second, Group 2, comprise of the Form one (1) students of Cowen Hamilton Secondary School.

Group 1

The topic of Tourism was covered for the first session which was led by Ms. Sarika Mahabir. This session focused on the different types of tourism and the positive and negative effects of the different types. After viewing a presentation the students were placed into groups of four to create a poster which highlighted the positive and negative impacts on tourism and present the information they gathered to their peers. They were marked on their content, presentation skills and creativity for the exercise

The second session was facilitated by Ms. Alana Jute a representative from the Information Department of the Institute of Marine Affairs who focused on Marine Biology. The students learnt the Importance of the ocean and careers in Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies. In this session the students were exposed to various types on Marine science and careers in the various fields such as zoology, fisheries, oceanography, biology, marine biology, and biological oceanography. A video was also shown on the exploration of the Caribbean ocean, the students then created food webs for mangroves, sea grass and coral reefs and presented them to the class.

Group 2

The Petroleum Geology session was led by a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Trinidad and Tobago Chapter, Shaliza Ali and Amrit Cooblal. In this session the students learnt about Deltas and Sediment Deposits and identifying types of rocks using radio-activity. The facilitators also conducted a recap on sorting different sized grains and how they are transported, porosity and permeability, how much oil a grain can hold and how much can be collected. With the use of diagrams the students identified the different elements found in deltas, theirs shapes and the sediments deposited. The students then practiced identifying rocks based on their radioactive readings. At the end of the session the students were able to identify different types of rocks and various sediments as well as where to drill for oil.

The STEM Challenge – Marble run was conducted by Khion De Las. The students were challenge to create maze the will effectively slow the pace of a marble on its course. The students were divided into groups to engineer the maze with the use of cardboard, bristol board and tape. The maze consisted of tracks that kept the marbles on its path before the obstacle was completed. To add to the difficulty the marble must run the course for one minute at the end of the session the students raced against each other and a winner was chosen.