STEM

Christine Haynes reviews a robot construction kit, and discusses why robotics still appeals to tech-savvy teachers.

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.

More than 550 youngsters took part in the inaugural Australian STEM Video Game Challenge. Teacher takes a look at the winning entries.

A trip to Space Camp is helping one educator design a curriculum that is based on real experiences, with the aim to engage STEM students.

Working with a science specialist has helped students at this South Australian school see the connections between science and the real world.

Need ideas for National Science Week? Take a look at this special Teacher vox pop video.

Tasmanian academics have launched a new framework designed to build the capacity of STEM teachers and support them in selecting resources.

By stepping back and letting your students have some control of their learning, you can step forward in your own practice, as Stephen Keast and Rebecca Cooper explain.

Here’s a simple question: what should we be teaching our students in science classrooms that will be of most use them? The answer, as Stephen Keast and Rebecca Cooper explain, is to teach them to think for themselves, but that’s not as easy as it sounds.