The university students, who led three lessons in Term 1, are members of the WA chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB). EWB is a non-profit organisation that works within Australia and abroad to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged communities through education and the implementation of sustainable engineering projects.

The sessions, arranged by Head of Science Michael Masterton, examined issues and solutions relating to water usage including filtering, transport and conservation in third world countries using examples of EWB’s projects. Christ Church old boy Phillip Whyte (2007), in his third year of engineering, was one of six university students and one PhD student, who led the boys through a variety of hands-on activities and experiments. This included building their own pipeline from plastic cups and straws and using gravity to transport the water.

To learn more about the EWB lessons at Christ Church, read these reports written by Year 9 students Bryce Lim and Jesse Martino.