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Students march into the future with smaller (carbon) footprints

Through STEM Professionals in Schools, a school teacher teamed up with an environmental scientist to help students identify ways to reduce their impact on the climate.

Dr Chenoa Tremblay sitting with students in a classroom.

Volunteers makes a world of difference in STEM education

Dr Chenoa Tremblay is an astronomer working at CSIRO as a Postdoctoral Fellow in dark magnetism. She uses supercomputers […]

STEM professionals in schools causing a buzz

Partnering STEM professionals with teachers to enhance STEM education in schools is set to drive innovation and meet Australia's future job needs.

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Teaching the beauty, power and usefulness of maths

Associate Professor Steve Sugden uses innovative ways to teach students maths as part of our STEM Professionals in Schools program.

Carol and Kate holding a pack of the plant pest playing cards that they designed with the students. Part of their teacher and entomologist classroom collaboration

Growing the next generation of environmental scientists

A classroom collaboration is teaching Australian school children about sustainability and growing our future environmental scientists.

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Online STEM activities for your school holidays

We've pulled together some excellent online STEM activities and resources for you to enjoy these school holidays.

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Virtual stars: Indigenous Astronomy Panel celebrates Alana Dooley

A special virtual Indigenous Astronomy Panel recently took place, inspired by Indigenous STEM Award winner Alana Doohley.

Students completing the Bebras Challenge in the classroom.

Students beaver away on solutions during Bebras Challenge

We’re inviting teachers to register their class for the upcoming Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge.

How do you get a job in space without leaving your home planet?

Australia has always contributed to wider space research, and we haven’t left the atmosphere to do so. See how you could work in the space sector.

Kids raid caves in virtual classroom

We're using the 3D maps of the Jenolan Caves, to create an interactive game for students to explore a virtual representation of the would famous site.

The Sky in Your Hand

Working in astronomy education and outreach I’m often asked by people to recommend an app or piece of software for […]

Students Served Science on NASA Dishes

Year 7-9 ‘space explorers’ from Melrose High School in the ACT became the first students in Australia to perform ‘real […]