22 Sep 2021
Great news from the ANTSO Hackathon, the LLV team is in the top 4!
Just 2 weeks ago, seven year-six students gathered together online for the 2021 ANSTO Science Week Hackathon. In week 1, they researched all the exciting ways the agricultural industry is changing. In week2 , the real Hackathon began. Our team selected the theme of Food Waste. Working through the Design Thinking process to identify our user and problem statement, they ideated, prototyped and tested their solution. Helped along the way by our Design Thinking mentor, Linus Tan, and our STEM mentors, Amy MacIntosh and Dr Rachana Pathak, and our Innovation mentor Katrina Van den Ven. The team also learnt from plant scientist Dr Maddie Mitchell and V2 representative Laurence Presland.
The team were excited to hear that their hard-work, adaptability, collaboration and resilience had paid off, when it was announced on Thursday that they were finalists in the Junior Division (Years 7-9). They are excited to hear feedback from the expert panel today, which will inform their plans to continue the app’s development in Week 8 and 9.