STEAM/STEM Educational Resources
Over recent years, the importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) has been heavily promoted and discussed within fields of education. This has been within the context of ensuring that the next generation of students are provided with relevant knowledge and skills for the 21st century.
What was missing however, was an acknowledgement of the vital importance of artistic and creative thinking. The ability to think outside the box to develop artistic and creative solutions.
Many figures involved in science and technological advancement valued and applied the contribution of artistic skill into their work. The relevance of art is integral to success in all of the original STEM areas, and so STEAM education is now moving to the forefront.
Cool Australia is proud to produce STEM and STEAM resources for your classroom as well as a range of related online professional development courses.
This 2 hour course will help you explore developments in social views on consent and understand how consent education is changing and moving into the earlier years of schooling. You’ll learn:
- What consent is and why it is important
- The issues that stem from not properly understanding or valuing consent
- Why children need to learn about consent at a young age
- How to teach consent to primary-aged children.
- Trends in consent education.
This course is available for $49.95 and accredited in all states (except NSW). Get started here.
STEAM/STEM Education Resource Units
STEM Challenges
Early Learning
These lessons tap into the inquisitive nature of youngsters and introduce the core tenets of critical thinking by asking the little ones to make observations about what they can see and make predictions based on natural phenomena.
STEM Challenges
Primary
The STEM and STEAM lessons in this unit cover every part of the scientific process—from observing natural phenomena and making predictions, to conceptualising, designing and testing their theories.
Citizen Science
Years 7 to 12
An initiative that seeks to educate people from across Australia on climate change & empower them to contribute to solutions. Users collect phenological data on a range of species and in doing so, help shape the country’s scientific response to climate change.
Learning Robotics
Years 5 & 6
This is a Design Thinking unit focusing on robotics. Students learn about the history and use of robots and robotics, explore a robotic device, and develop their understanding of how to manipulate it by experimenting with associated software.
Real-Life CSI
Primary
What do real-life forensic investigations look like? In these lessons, designed for middle-secondary school classes, students will explore the science behind the TV shows to answer this very question.
STEAM Made Simple
Primary
These lessons cover a wide variety of engaging approaches to integrating STEAM into the classroom: from exploring organic gardening and designing their own garden, to learning the basics of computer programming and coding!
STEAM Made Simple
Secondary
This STEAM unit demonstrates how science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics are interrelated and requires students to draw on and develop skills from all areas to complete their projects.
Backyard Bush Blitz
Years 5 to 9
These units use the species discovered through the Bush Blitz program to inspire and engage students. The lessons are designed to meet the principles of place-based learning.
STEM and STEAM Online Accredited Professional Development Courses
To see all of the STEM courses that are available please click here.
This course will help you understand the essential foundations of STEM teaching and learning and provide opportunities to help build knowledge, skills and confidence to take on STEM in your early learning environment.
This course will help you understand the essential foundations of STEM teaching and learning and provide opportunities to help build knowledge, skills and confidence to take on STEM in your classroom.
This course will help you understand the essential foundations of STEM teaching and learning and provide opportunities to help build knowledge, skills and confidence to take on STEM in your classroom.
Find out how Project-based Learning (PBL) can be used to integrate STEM into your classroom, and how you can guide students to develop meaningful solutions to real world problems.
This course will help you understand how STEM education can be used to address the intended outcomes of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Using videos from Blue: the Film, you will explore a framework for using the Arts to teach STEAM. Blue explores the state of the ocean, helps us think about its important role on Earth and encourages us to become ocean guardians.
Scroll down to view a selection of STEM and STEAM resources.
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