STEMworks

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A partnership with Catholic Education

STEMworks is a partnership between Museums Victoria and the Victorian Catholic Education Authority. As part of this partnership, we have delivered student and teacher co-learning Design Sprints, STEM Professional Learning workshops and offered in-depth STEM learning support through our Partner School program.

Design Sprints at Scienceworks

Scienceworks invites Catholic school students and teachers to join us for a funded STEM workshop to tackle real world problems. Design Sprints are a day-long, fast-paced STEM design challenges for primary and secondary school students. Students and teachers will meet STEM and design experts, explore Scienceworks, delve into contemporary issues related to the curriculum and utilise their creativity to solve authentic problems.

Teachers are offered professional learning workshops before and after the onsite Design Sprint to dig deeper into STEM Design Thinking and how to make the most of the STEM Design Sprints for students.
Design Sprints offer a rich, cross-curricular experience. 

Some of the many areas of the Victorian Curriculum addressed in a Design Sprint experience include:

Science

Science understanding
Science as a human endeavour

Design and Technologies

Technologies and Society
Creating Designed Solutions

Critical and Creative Thinking

Questions and Possibilities
Personal and Social Capability

Social Awareness and Management

Collaboration

Book

To book in to attend a Design Sprint, send the following details to: [email protected]

Date:
Name of program:
Your full name:
Your mobile number:
School:
Year level:
Total number of students:
Total number of adults:

If you have any questions about the programs, please email: [email protected]. This inbox is monitored Monday to Wednesday.

Two people work together to build a model. One wears pastel colours and the other is in navy blue. They are using fake grass and plastic containers. Behind them the room is filled with people using a range of materials to also build models. — Watch your students build designed solutions to complex problems at a Design Sprint

Upcoming events

Space Design: Humans on the Moon (online)

10am to 11:30am Tuesday 18th June 2024
Years: 3 to 8
Where: Online via Microsoft Teams

Humanity has turned its attention towards creating a Moon Base. This will be a place of research and a launching point for venturing even further from Earth. In this Design Sprint, students consider the physical environment of the moonscape, the resource limitations, and the psychological and sensory difficulties humans will face. They then draw on this knowledge to create designed solutions that overcome the challenges of space travel and construct and share Moonbase prototypes.

This event is run online and students can attend virtually from classrooms via Microsoft Teams. Attendants will be provided with a range of digital resources to help guide your class through the Design Sprint after the initial live session. Teachers will have the opportunity to attend pre and post event Professional Learning sessions that are delivered online in the week prior to and post the Design Sprint event.

Term 3: Theme TBC (onsite)

10am to 3pm Tuesday 27th August 2024
Year levels: 3 to 8
Where: On site at Scienceworks (based in the Spotswood Pumping station)

Term 4: Theme TBC (onsite)

10am to 3pm Tuesday 26th November 2024
Year levels: 3 to 8
Where: On site at Scienceworks (based in the Spotswood Pumping station)