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November 21, 2022

Groundbreaking studies of Earth’s churning oceans recognised at Australia’s most prestigious science prizes this year

Signe Dean, The Conversation

The 2022 Prime Minister’s Science Prizes have been awarded for outstanding achievements in scientific research, innovation and teaching.

There are lots of hands-on learning opportunities popping up in schools and institutes all over the country, generally called “maker spaces”. Fabrice Florin/flickr

June 10, 2018

Explainer: what’s the difference between STEM and STEAM?

Bronwen Wade-Leeuwen, Macquarie University; Jessica Vovers, The University of Melbourne, and Melissa Silk, University of Technology Sydney

The A in STEAM stands for arts, and it has important influences in science, technology, engineering and maths.

Every state and territory other than NSW is teaching digital technologies as a subject in 2018. Shutterstock

February 2, 2018

We have a national STEM strategy, but what we need is a successful one

Nicky Ringland, University of Sydney and Bruce Fuda, University of Sydney

Australia now has a national approach to STEM teaching and initiatives, but to make it successful, we need to support teachers and schools to implement it.

Michael Shannon and Michael Stuhlbarg in the film “The Shape of Water.” (Kerry Hayes /Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation All Rights Reserved)

September 14, 2017

TIFF 2017: Movie magic from math and science

Anthony Bonato, Toronto Metropolitan University

This year’s Toronto International Film Festival is a further example of how science, technology, engineering and math illuminate movies – and, in the process, our minds.

In school makerspaces, students problem-solve with traditional craft materials alongside. digital technologies such as 3D printing, virtual reality, programmable robots and video work.

August 28, 2017

How to help kids innovate from an early age

Janette Hughes, Ontario Tech University

Creative makerspaces in Ontario schools weave passion with digital technologies to teach 21st century skills.

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