Tournament of Minds

BAYVIEW College’s Tournament of Minds STEM team (back row from left) Kyren Nel, 13, Elijah Reeves, 14, Locklan Board, 14, Dylan Goodman, 14, director of inclusive education Louise Abraham, (front row from left) Milla Pitman, 13, Tahlia Maybery, 13, and Grace Dainty, 14, with their plastic eating whale prototype.

By Charlie Sawyer-Bassett

September 19, 2024 | 8:00 AM

BAYVIEW College students had a whale of a time participating in the 2024 Tournament of Minds regional and Victorian state finals recently.

The set challenges were sent out six weeks before the regional finals, and a team of six Year 7 and 8 students had to invent a device to deal with plastic pollution, and after some deep thought, a whale came to mind.