STEM

What is STEM?

What is STEM? - https://www.education.wa.edu.au/what-is-stem-

STEM in the WA Curriculum - https://www.education.wa.edu.au/stem-in-the-wa-curriculum

STEM in the AC - https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/resources/stem/

Support for STEM - https://www.education.gov.au/support-science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics

WA STEM Learning Project - http://stemlearning.org.au/stem-learning-project/

CSIRO STEM Professionals in Schools - https://www.csiro.au/en/Education/Programs/STEM-Professionals-in-Schools

PL For Teachers

• PL for Teachers - http://stemlearning.org.au/professional-learning/
• STEM X PL for Teachers (Canberra, residential) - https://www.csiro.au/en/Education/Teachers/STEM-X
• STEM with Microsoft - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/educators/stem
• Training for Teaching STEM - https://education.microsoft.com/courses-and-resources/resources/STEM-resources
• STEM Learning Path I (Microsoft) - https://education.microsoft.com/Learning/LearningPrograms/Detail/2055
• STEM Learning Path II - https://education.microsoft.com/LearningPath/STEMLevelII
• STEM Learning Path III - https://education.microsoft.com/LearningPath/STEMLevelIII

Articles / Research

• STEM: What’s holding females back? - https://www.teachermagazine.com.au/columnists/sue-thomson/stem-whats-holding-females-back
• Resources: A STEM ecosystem map for educators - https://www.teachermagazine.com.au/articles/resources-a-stem-ecosystem-map-for-educators
• Why do countries with more gender equality have less women in STEM? - https://youtu.be/GfBxqvOhOrQ
• Not Smart Enough - https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/not-smart-enough-men-overestimate-intelligence-science-class-n862801

Useful STEM Resources

Lower Primary

• Global Goals - World's Largest Lesson -http://worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/lesson-plans-8-14-years/
• https://www.stem.org.uk/

Middle Primary

• STEM Education in the Classroom - https://www.teachstarter.com/blog/stem-education-in-the-classroom/
• CSIRO Creativity in Research, Engineering, Science and Technology (CREST) - https://www.csiro.au/en/Education/Programs/CREST
• Young ICT Explorers - https://www.youngictexplorers.net.au/
• https://www.stem.org.uk/
• https://starportal.edu.au/
• Solution Fluency - https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/21st-century-fluencies/solution-fluency
• SOLE toolkit - https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/school-in-the.../SOLE_Toolkit_Web_2.6.pdf
• UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development - https://www.globalgoals.org/
• Global Goals - World's Largest Lesson - http://worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/animated-films/

Upper Primary

• STEM Education in the Classroom - https://www.teachstarter.com/blog/stem-education-in-the-classroom/
• CSIRO Creativity in Research, Engineering, Science and Technology (CREST) - https://www.csiro.au/en/Education/Programs/CREST
• Young ICT Explorers - https://www.youngictexplorers.net.au/
• https://www.stem.org.uk/
• https://starportal.edu.au/
• Solution Fluency - https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/21st-century-fluencies/solution-fluency
• SOLE toolkit - https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/school-in-the.../SOLE_Toolkit_Web_2.6.pdf
• UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development - https://www.globalgoals.org/
• Global Goals - World's Largest Lesson - http://worldslargestlesson.globalgoals.org/animated-films/

Year 7 & 8

• How Sharks Swim - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/oceans/lessons/how-sharks-swim/
• Hacking STEM Lessons & Hands-On Activities - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/education-workshop/default.aspx
• STEM with MicroBit - https://makecode.microbit.org/courses/
• Networking with MicroBit - https://microbit.nominetresearch.uk/networking-book/

STEM Booklist