SCHOOLS ANNUAL CHALLENGE - SYDNEY SCIENCE PARK CSIRO URBAN LIVING LAB - Celestino
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SYDNEY SCIENCE PARK
CSIRO URBAN LIVING LAB
SCHOOLS ANNUAL CHALLENGE
Sydney Science Park What is an Urban Living Lab?
Celestino is developing Sydney Science Park (SSP), In 2017 the CSIRO designated Sydney Science Park as
a $5bn mixed-use smart city that will create an their first Urban Living Lab (SSP-CSIRO ULL). Urban Living
internationally recognised epicentre for research, Labs provide a ‘safe space’ for collaboration and a test-
development, commercialisation and innovation in the bed for innovation, going beyond business-as-usual and
heart of Western Sydney. Located only 3kms north of demonstrating the potential of alternative ways of thinking.
the new Western Sydney Airport, Sydney Science Park
The SSP ULL will enable significant progression of concepts
will be designed to foster collaboration and innovation.
and innovations that can push the boundaries of urban
development to produce cities and towns that are more
sustainable, resilient and liveable than currently exists.
The areas of focus for the SSP-CSIRO Urban Living
Lab include energy, water, heat, urban development,
smart cities and agriculture.
Is your school up to the challenge to find solutions to solve the
challenges of urban development at Sydney Science Park?
NOT YOUR ORDINARY SCHOOL PROJECT The Sydney Science Park CSIRO Urban Living Lab Schools Challenge The Sydney Science Park CSIRO Urban Living Lab Schools Challenge is an authentic, real Project Based Learning (PBL) project that will have a definite effect on the planning of Sydney Science Park. The Annual Challenge has been designed in collaboration with NSW based schools to enable students to collaborate and develop concepts and innovations for sustainable, resilient, liveable towns and cities using Sydney Science Park as the centrepiece. Participating schools will have: Participating students will be able to: • Engaged students working collaboratively to find • Collaborate to problem solve a challenge question that a solution to a real problem or issue revolves around a complex issue in the planning for • An opportunity to work collaboratively with infrastructure a Sydney Science Park other schools • Learn communication and collaboration skills across • An opportunity to be acknowledged for the different disciplines and different education systems contribution to the planning of Sydney Science Park • Develop confidence in research, innovation and • A healthy challenge between classes or groups in commercialisation the school which aims to increase the confidence of • Learn, through the challenge, the knowledge laid down students while improving literacy skills by the syllabus statements relevant to each stage • Fun in an educational way to satisfy the NESA syllabus • The opportunity to connect to industry experts, requirements and accreditation researchers and scientists
Be involved
• The Schools Challenge 2021 kicks off in Term 2 and culminates in Term 3
• Participating schools will organise teams
• Each team will choose one area of focus to address
• Teams will present their solutions to their school
• A panel of experts including industry researchers and scientists will assess
the presentations and will provide their expert feedback
• Recognition will be given for team presentation, relevance, authenticity,
originality and real science
We are building a city from the ground up,
what can you contribute?
THE 2021 CHALLENGE
AREAS OF FOCUS
• An inquiry question will be written to cover at least one of the curriculum areas that has been covered in class
as a class unit of work
• All areas will need to be addressed in the challenge, with an emphasis on the area of the inquiry question
• The extent to which these areas are developed will depend on each school. These could be taught in one year
of the stage or over two years of the stage dependent upon the school’s needs and requirements
Area Description/How would you test?
Infrastructure Town Plan - integration of all parts of the town. This needs to be the overarching part of the
“competition”. All the following structures should fit into this: the basic physical and organizational
structures and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a
society or enterprise. A skeleton plan of the park could be given to the students so that they could
focus on the science concepts needed in the park.
Environment/ Environmental considerations - integrate with waste and health management. Health
Health management is about the health of the entire system and how it can be maintained. This MUST
be considered at every opportunity as the aim of the challenge is to examine a system that is
sustainable.
Health Preventative health and specialist services.
Social Needs Links to infrastructure with placement of Living/Working/Production. Focus on what are the social
needs for a sustainable, self encapsulated, urban centre.
Waste Integrate with energy generation. Using waste so that there is no such thing as waste. Need to
look at the use of every product being able to be reused, recycled and re-purposed.
Reduce the % of waste.
Education What facilities are required for education in science. How would this look and integrate with
industry, research, health, and other aspects of the urban centre?
Budgeting How much would it cost? Where do you make savings?
Energy How will this integrate functionally and aesthetically. What are some technologies that can link
waste disposal with energy production?
Heat Look at the use of heat transfer and heat management - use of heat sinks to cool and heat
buildings. Link with energy production. Can heat capture or steam generation be used to create
environmentally friendly energy generation?
Water Water recycling. Use of water capture. Uses of water throughout the community.
Agriculture Measuring parameters on the farm, growing food. Collecting data around soil moisture, water
efficiency.
For more information and key dates visit
celestino.net.au/sydneysciencepark
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