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The main purpose of ERP is to capture student imagination Our experience so fan. is that involvement in the leading edge of currentscientific researcll fires studentinteresiin science and provides aiT environment which encourages their creativity A second benefit of ERP is the raisinu of the perforiiTance ceiling of telT fixed by the classrooiTT seijino. Indeed, in 1993 a

The Technology BGGS is fontinate to be served by a solid technology base TITe I, ackhone of the computing facilities is a 250 Liser Novell 5.12 network servicing a range of intnnmedia terminals and over 1100 Lisers. Many projects within the schoolareiilunimedia hiscd, I>Ging able 10 incorporate \, Ideo, sound, music, anima- lion, 11igll ^esolution graphics and ITypertext. Students can Lise Inc scliool's ITloden, facilities 10 access the InterNet. This gives Inclil access to a wide range of informal101T databases, news groups an <1 other forunis. We are curl'Gritly Lipgrading itTodem lireiliiics to allow staff and students access to the School Networl< froiTT ITonTe. Using the latest V34 modem technolooy, pill'11cipanis will be al>Ie to send large WINDOWS and MULTI- MEDIA \, ia 111e telephone line help. ,Gen school and ITomc. BGGS 11.5 ;Idopted Microsoft Office as the suite of preference. While wc support WordPerfect 5.1 and WordPerfect for Windows, Microsoft Word is becoming the wordprocessor of choice

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life/!lid, I Cbni, d/e, ' bins!1170 cn, 1111e 11/11g liss!Ie n! Ibe Pids/^, Introi? Lnbo, n/o11, . koin/ B, 'Ishn!Ie norpytd/ that our siti- dents are "secondaiy school SIudents" is an arbiiraiy social categoiy and some are developmentalIy capable of 1110re autonomous ftinctioning right now A third benefit of ERP is its "work experience" role allowing SILidents to preview possible career choices. Indeed, some students have confirmed, and some nave altered, their career preference as a result of their participation in ERP. The opportunity also allows students 10 ITTake contact willI people who Inay welllielp 111einin the fLiture. For example, one student has gained on-going \, acation employtnent in the laboraioiy in WITich she was placed Progress in the implementation of ERP so farts encouraoing During 1994, the program ITas been extendec1 10 nearly fifty students of Years 10 to 12. Supervisors ^ange from professors to medical doctors in an equally 11npressive range of academic institutions including the University of Queensland, Grimth University, Queensland University of Technology. Queensland Institute of Medical Research, as well as private research institutions or consultancies SIIcli as SCIPLAN Sea World and AGEN. Projects ^ange fi'Qin ITypei\, elocity space researclT to Tile transmission electi'o1T microscope examination of damaged arteries. We are veiy grateful to all The professionals who have helped Lis willT this initiative

EGGS E^PERIMENTAL RESEARCH PROJECT

he Experimental Researcll Project (ERP) is a scheme wliei'eby nToti\, aled, capable Years 10 to 12 students I, ;t11icipate in scientific researclT tinder the supervision of pi';ICtising scientists in a wide range of engineering, biological initl liteclical fields. Their researcll is real rather than simulated, nori <111riiig 111eir involvement students interact willT scieniific Incntors, pi. actise actual laboratoiy procedures, grapple with Ihc incurciical basis of their topic and, finally, write a scientific ICpoi't us a communication to other students, teachers and their SLIPci'vising scientists

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