From laboratory testing to sloshing around in rice paddies and working in a winery, a student camp with a difference is being hosted by the Primary Industries Centre for Science Education (PICSE) from Monday 28 November. The experience aims to give high school students an insight into science career paths. The 15 students from years 11 and 12 from the Wagga Wagga region will attend the week-long camp based at Charles Sturt University (CSU). They’ll see the cutting edge research being carried out at the School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences and School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at CSU in Wagga Wagga before travelling to the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area to visit a farm, feedlot, winery and food processor. The tour will also take in the NSW Department of Primary Industries’ Narrandera Fisheries Centre. Students will critique their experiences early in 2012 at the PICSE formal reporting back session.