Science at St Columba provides students with the opportunity to make sense of the world they live in. It is a practical subject and consequently has a strong emphasis on planning and conducting experiments.
Our school is well resourced with three well equipped laboratories, quality microscopes for junior and senior use with digital image converter, advanced equipment for electronic analysis of motion, force and electricity and sophisticated chemical apparatus.
Information technology is readily accessible to allow quality interactive learning and to promote development of sound research skills. We have designed our programs to take full advantage of the diverse resources available to us locally.
Science is made relevant to our students with excursions to the Billabong Wildlife Park, Sea Acres, Shelly Beach lagoon and the rock platform at Rainbow Beach. Each year teams of students from Secondary School participate in a Science and Engineering Challenge, promoting problem solving and cooperation in a competitive forum.
St Columba students have been most successful with this challenge, succeeding to State level twice in the last three years. National Science Week is a celebrated event at SCAS with a Science Fair held each year in August. Students use this event to showcase their investigative/research work and to participate in a variety of fun and competitive House challenges.
St Columba is also well equipped to cater for Science students at Stage 6 and offers a wide range of elective subjects such as Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Science, Physics and Marine Studies. Our small class sizes allow students to receive quality, individual attention, which maximises their performance in their chosen course of study.