STEM
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News
If you’re preparing students for 21st century jobs, you’re behind the times
Teenage Australian boys are more likely to select careers in science and engineering. Paradoxically, they are 8% more likely to…
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Kids learn best when you add a problem-solving boost to ‘back-to-basics’ instruction
Our analyses revealed students who were taught using load reduction principles had higher levels of engagement in science and higher…
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Bushfire education is too abstract. We need to get children into the real world
One problem with the Australian Curriculum content statements is that they are relatively abstract and detached from children’s lived experiences.
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Technology
STEM case study: Lasers, cells, netball and the movie 2040!
"Students designed and built models of high-rise houses and new greener public spaces, as a way of future proofing Adelaide's…
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Opinion
A math teacher’s plea: Let’s keep pi irrational
The challenge for the mathematics teaching community will be about increasingly creating and sustaining a healthy balance in our classrooms…
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Industry voices
You won’t believe where these school tours are taking students
School tours are more exciting than ever, featuring Broadway workshops, Stella Adler acting workshops, international sports competitions, lunches with NASA…
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Technology
The Knox School builds and pilots first lightboard
The great advantage of this is that teachers can be recorded as they teach; the recorded image is captured together…
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Real life, real stakes, real learning
With the creeping focus on real-world context, LEOTC has never been so explorative, engaging or exciting.
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Events
Mind-blowing results for our schools
The STEM Long Term Challenge involved building a machine that could move a ping-pong ball from 1.6-metre high to a…
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Regional students rally to support koala conservation
Students from 25 Hastings-Macleay region schools have displayed plans to support the local Lions Club’s Koala Smart conservation project.
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