BioCATS celebrates 10,000 students!
Our BioCATS program today reached a significant milestone
with the 10,000th student participating in the
program.
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Amazing bio-news
Athlete Performance and Science for Success
Our 2018 Study Session Series has concluded with a focus on Athlete Performance and the Science for Success. Geelong Football Club elite athletes Harry Taylor and George Horlin Smith teamed up with our education staff to provide an insight into: Hydration and Nutrition for Performance; Training Methods and Chronic Adaptations to Training and Exercise Science and Nutrition Career Pathways which are all key concepts in the VCE Physical Education curriculum.
Student Study Sessions
Our 2018 Student Study Series is well underway with our most recent series workshop focusing on cellular signalling, proteins and molecular biology techniques which are all key concepts in the VCE Biology curriculum.
BioCATS Indigenous Round
The BioCATS partnership program celebrated the AFL Indigenous Round by providing a unique BioCATS opportunity for Koorie students across the Wimmera South West region.
Student Study Sessions
Our 2018 Student Study Series is well underway with our most recent series workhshop focusing on lactic acid, blood lactate and lactate inflection point which are all key biochemistry concepts in the VCE Physical Education curriculum.
Next Level Digi Tech
The Next Level Digi Tech Conference run by the Geelong Digital Learning Network in partnership with BioLAB has provided a fantastic day of hands on learning for 130 students and staff from over 14 schools in the Geelong region.
Teacher Professional Development Series: Fatigue Mechanisms
Our third in a seres of Teacher Professional Development workshops has been run at Deakin University, focusing on "Fatigue Mechanisms and the Lactate Inflection Point (LIP) in athletes. This workshop was aimed at providing insight and confidence to teachers for a "hard to teach" concept in the VCE Physical Education curriculum.
BioCATS 2018
The 2018 season of BioCATS is in full swing! We welcome Kate Darby to our team and have also included an update of some of the fantastic things happening in the program throughout Term 1 and 2 at the Deakin Cats Community Centre.
Teacher Professional Development Series: Fuel Utilisation
Our third workshop in the 2018 Teacher Professional Development Workshops Series has been run at BioLAB in our Human Performance Laboratory. This workshop focused on "Fuel Utilisation and Physiological Testing" and was aimed at providing insight and confidence to teachers for a "hard to teach" concept in the VCE Physical Education curriculum.
Winning Edge a lead partnership program
Our Winning Edge parternship program continues to provide an insight into career pathways and exercise science.
