Cecil Andrews Senior High School students had the ‘experience of a lifetime’ last week at the feet of the Arcadia metallic spider at Elizabeth Quay.
The spider, which stands at 15-metres and is made of recycled military machinery parts, hosted three shows over the weekend as well as community events.
Cecil Andrews students had the opportunity to run science demonstrations and workshops for the Steam Ahead community open days on November 23 and 24.
Their activation space was called Peter Parker’s Parade and included the stalls on the science of spiders – making spiders, webs and venom molecules.
They also ran the anatomy of Arcadia display which was a student built spider sculpture modelled on the Arcadia spider.
The school ran the stalls for more than 700 other school students and thousands of members of the public.
Cecil Andrews information and technology coordinator and teacher John Townley said it was an enriching experience for the students.
“It was a very big event, the kids have been absolutely thrilled,” he said.
“After the first day there were lots of students wanting to get involved.
“Several kids said to me they’d never experienced anything as amazing as being part of Arcadia and were very grateful for the experience.”
Students from the Tjuntjuntjara Remote Community School also helped Cecil Andrews students as part of their science technology engineering maths partnerships.
