The Young Space Explorers webinar was a companion event for the New Space Workforce initiative. Hear from a NASA astronaut, NASA scientist, US National Labs & the Australian Space Agency about careers in space.
Whether you're teaching young students or high schoolers, you need to make it accessible, fun and clearly linked to their lives. We join primary science specialist Jacqueline McCarthy to learn just what makes a great science lesson for any age student.
Teaching science effectively is incredibly important when it comes to improving science literacy levels. The important part, it doesn't require overly expensive items! We speak with Dr Stuart Kohlhagen, also known as The Science Nomad and former Director of Science and Learning at Questacon - Australia's National Science and Technology...
Learn more about the Andy Thomas Space Foundation and it's impact in space education as we chat with Executive Officer Darcey Watson.
With Australian schools in lockdown during the 2021 winter, students in NSW spent the majority of the season completing their schooling via home learning. With these issues on their mind, a group of STEM education experts and design thinking leaders put their heads together and developed the Australian Virtual Astronaut...
Check out these five inspiring STEM books for girls. From Hidden Figures to The Shadow Cipher, these books ignite their imagination.
It is incredible how virtual reality is enabling the reimagination and reinvention of concepts in various spheres of life! We look at 5 ways VR is helping shape education.
Mindfulness is being embraced by a growing number of schools, often to handle personal wellness and discipline challenges. But it can also be a valuable component of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) lessons. Lets look into this further.
Physical games offer an incredible opportunity for people to explore & learn concepts. This can be applied in STEM education! We chat with Richard Durham, a passionate advocate for game design and the Curriculum Development Manager for the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries at the University of Auckland. This...
Creating a growth mindset in students sets them up now and into their future. We dive into 5 reasons why this is a successful classroom strategy.
Simply put, computational thinking is problem-solving in its purest form! We look at 4 steps for teaching computational thinking.
Not all students have access to scientific materials! As a business that works to spark interest in science for students around Australia & beyond, we're proud to be a B1G1 project partner in furnishing science labs for rural and tribal schools around the Bombay district. Find out more here.
You can incorporate science inquiry into everyday activities and as such there are plenty of project ideas you can use to help bring food science into the classroom! So with this in mind, here’s a list of ideas that you can give your students.
The field of artificial intelligence has given us robots that can beat the world’s greatest Go champions, programmatic assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa, and infographics that tell us which celeb looks most like our dog. The challenge for educators is to consider how might we best prepare students...
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