This school in Melbourne explains how instead of simply having ‘a cool bit of kit’, they’re using their new drone to engage students in real world science research.

For National Science Week, students at Cocos Island District High School are taking advantage of their physical environment to conduct their own investigations.

‘The ability to spell is without doubt a literacy skill that does span the entire curriculum.’ Peter Westwood discusses a cross-curricular approach to spelling.

The first national STEM Programme Index brings together information on more than 250 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics opportunities available to schools and students.

Students say a peer mentoring program linking their school with a local university has helped make science learning more relevant to the real world.

Teacher speaks to Dr Chris Harvey about a year-long study exploring whether starting the school day later has an impact on student achievement levels.

Teacher speaks to four school leaders about taking on staff who've switched careers – and the practical experience they bring to the classroom.

Read about how one school has successfully implemented a Digital Delivery Day in order to solve a very real teaching and learning problem.

Modular kits can help students in the science classroom understand molecules, processes and forces that cannot be seen. Here, educator Britt Gow reviews a few ready-made kits.

If you want your students to evaluate, generalise, hypothesise, synthesise and analyse information rather than simply recall it, you might be ready for problem-based learning.