St Clare’s College Year 9 iSTEM class is participating in the Sydney Science Park CSIRO Urban Living Lab Schools Challenge; an authentic, real Project Based Learning project that will have a visible effect on the planning of Sydney Science Park. Developed by Celestino, Sydney Science Park will be a $5bn mixed-use smart city that will create an internationally recognised epicentre for research, development, commercialisation and innovation. The Living Lab Schools Challenge has been designed to enable students to collaborate and develop concepts and innovations for sustainable, resilient, liveable towns and cities.


Last week our students headed to Western Sydney to experience the Sydney Science Park site first hand. During the full-day event, students participated in workshops focusing on the sustainable city core pillars:
- water systems
- transportation & mobility
- renewable energy
- urban development & agriculture
- health & heat
- the circular economy
The girls also had the opportunity to participate in several hands-on learning experiences including VR (Virtual reality), and AR (Augmented reality).





Committing to this authentic, real life and problem-based learning, gives our students the opportunity to work collaboratively with other schools, learn communication and critical thinking skills across different disciplines, connect with industry experts, researchers and scientists, whilst developing innovative solutions to complex infrastructure challenges. We look forward to seeing the solutions our students come up with.