Thinkways

It was a great day yesterday with our Young Doctors group! Working in a university anatomy lab at ECU Joondalup, the students explored three big body systems - digestive, excretory, and musculoskeletal - diving into dissections, building kidney models, and yes... making their own "poo" models! They also dissected a chicken wing to see just how similar it is to our own arm, and rounded out the day with a critical first aid session from nurse Yuliya.

We also took a tour of the beautiful ECU Joondalup campus - giving the students a glimpse into university life.

A huge thank you to Edith Cowan University (ECU) for once again opening their doors and making us feel so welcome - we truly value the partnership.

Our Young Detectives had a brilliant after-school session today thanks to the team from The University of Western Australia's Centre for Forensic Anthropology. Students got hands-on with real forensic techniques - estimating age and height from X-rays and footprints, examining trauma on skull casts, and working through the kind of challenges forensic scientists deal with every day.

Sessions like this give students a genuine look at what real research work involves and a chance to learn directly from people who live and breathe the field.

A big thank you to the amazing UWA team for bringing their expertise and energy into the room.