Sokratis Student Research Showcase

Have you ever wondered if ice can be mined on the moon? Or if we can learn about re-growing cells and limbs from axolotls? Or about how language shapes our thoughts?

These are just some of the areas Sokratis students have focused on this year and we would like to celebrate their research achievements. Sokratis students work with passion, curiosity and creativity to bring to life a project in an area of interest.

Sokratis is a research project students complete in their own time, outside of school hours. It runs annually, commencing in February and finishing up in October. Students are free to choose any topic that interests them, making the outputs and journeys as diverse as the students themselves. Students are matched with a mentor from the Pymble staff or senior students in Years 11 and 12 for additional input, support and encouragement.

Students see their learning through from the idea stage, into periods of rigorous investigation which can involve lots of meanderings, ups and downs, and eventually into the production of results, conclusions and ideas which are presented in posters displayed in the Conde Library. Students also have an opportunity to present their work to a wider audience as part of the Three-Minute Sokratis competition during the annual Sokratis Showcase.

Feel free to watch the video below to learn more about the Sokratis Research Program.

The Sokratis team comprises Mx Spencer Toohey, Ms Tessa Zwar, Dr Sarah Loch, Mrs Victoria Adamovich and the Junior School Sokratis team, Mrs Sarah Colquhoun and Mrs Lara Bird. Together, they are responsible for promoting the program, engaging students and teacher mentors, setting up the research framework, holding skills training sessions and collating age-appropriate resources using the Virtual Classroom. The team also support mentors and mentees along the research journey, as cheerleaders, but also at times as research lighthouses. We are proud of the program and seek to improve avenues for student research year after year.