Kids STEM Festival 2020
KIDS STEM FestivaL: Engaging, Exciting, Interesting, Learning.
It runs from December 7 to December 18 2020
The festival provides schools with a series of presentations from Geelong region primary schools, external presenters and staff from Deakin University.
Resources from Geelong Schools
Pyramid Cup Challenge
What is the pyramid cup challenge? Watch the students at Hamlyn Banks PS challenge you to make a pyramid out of plastic cups. Suitable for students Grades 2-6
Making a marble run
The students at Ocean Grove PS show us the marble runs they made. Suitable for students in all primary grades.
Resources from Deakin University School of Education
The Earth’s rotation
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. Presented by Chis Speldewinde for students in Grades 4 to 6
Land Yacht
Land yachts are an energy efficient way to enjoy sailing without needing to get wet. Your task is to design and build a model land yacht to travel in a straight line across the width of the classroom or even outside. They involve two systems: one to do with using wind power (propulsion) and the second the wheel and steering system. Presented by Wendy Jobling for students in all Primary levels.
Planet rover
A new planetary system has been discovered! This presentation involves children in a design activity to build a Planet Rover. Although the video is only 6 minutes, the activity can take up to an hour. Suitable for all age groups but with strong teacher scaffolding for F-2. Recycled materials needed for construction.
Investigations: Testing Lemonade
See how one student used fair testing to make yummy lemonade. Teachers can use this to support student investigations using fair testing.
Presented by Linda Hobbs for students in Grades 3 to 5
Mountain Pygmy Possums need food
The mountain pygmy possum has an important food source but its food source has been impacted my humans. How can you get the food to the possums?
Presented by Jorja McKinnon for students in Grades 2 to 6.
Introduction to Computational thinking
A quick introduction to Computational Thinking by Dr George Aranda. He outlines the concepts central to this type of thinking with some relevant examples. This is directed towards teachers.
What is Unplugged Programming?
In this 20 minute video, Dr George Aranda discusses why we might use Unplugged Programming strategies when teaching computational thinking. This is directed towards teachers.
Unplugged Programming Activities
Dr George Aranda outlines a number of different unplugged programming teachers can do with their students. This is directed towards teachers.
Force and Toys
How do forces impact on different toys? Kate Chealuck will take you on a journey and challenge you with a design brief that gets you to make a moving toy and think about the forces that intetract on that toy. For students in Grades 3 to 6.
Resources from other providers
The resources provided here have been kindly developed by external providers or partners from other areas within Deakin University. we thank them for their support and dedication to this project.
Being entrepreneurial
Jenny Perks and Heather Kelly from Upstart talk about being entrepreneurial and how that compliments STEM learning.
Virtual Reality(VR) and Augmented Reality(AR)
Take a journey through the different devices that support us enter into the virtual and augmented worlds. Presented by Thuong Hoang from Deakin University’s School of Information Tehcnology
Light, Sound and Robots
Sam Kingsley from The Brainary takes us on a journey through light, sound and robots and how they interact with each other.
Nano technology
Dr Dan Liu shows you all about the teeny, tiny world of nanotechnology. This is aimed at Grade 5 and 6 students.
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