Teaching Resources

“This shift allows students to ‘think’ in a complex and higher ordered aspect of the creative process. To support such an environment, our facility has been evolving to help support student access for rapid prototyping of design solutions.

“When I first gave the students the project that was designed by the STEM experts, I was worried that the task might be too challenging for the 13 years olds."

Adam Voigt explains the majesty and 'teaching moment' potential of fake apologies. I think the shorry that made me laugh the most was perhaps both the most bizarre... there was a game of Fortnite involved.

If instead, we sought to create a culture where participants are geared or conditioned to help each other, rather than compete, then we might find that rules and laws become less relevant.

Whether you're teaching chemistry to senior schoolers, or want to inspire young primary students with STEM activities, here's a few fun ideas to share

Primary teacher Brett Crawford has transformed science learning at his state school, where English is a second language for 60% of students and there’s a large cohort of hearing-impaired children. Deputy principal, STEM, for the Cessnock Learning Community, Dr Scott Sleap created a program to help students struggling with numeracy catch up with the help of robotics.

Here are some different, easy, helpful tips for managing stress in children and promoting self-care in teenagers.

Many educators only know two speeds – flat out and asleep. We often rush from one priority or crisis to another. While we often feel overloaded, somewhere inside we also like the sense of being indispensable and in-demand. This is typical of an adrenaline junkie.

The Office of the eSafety Commissioner has launched The YeS Project to explore online issues including cyberbullying and image-based abuse, sparking important conversations and problem solving in students’ online and offline worlds.

The new syllabus has 25 scientists mentioned 56 times. But no women are referred to by name, nor are any contributions women have made to physics included.