STEM in the new VCE Science Study Designs

Presented at the STAV and Quantum Victoria ICT-STEM Conference on August 28, 2015.

• STEM in the new VCE Science Study Designs – Presentation Slides PDF

• Links referred to in the presentation
  • Revised VCE Science Study Designs
  • Audri’s Rube Goldberg Machine
  • WSSC Rube Goldberg Machines in Year 10 Advanced Science
  • Melbourne University Amazing Spaghetti Machine Competition
  • Math Rebels Invade Estonia With Computerized Education
  • Finland schools: Subjects scrapped and replaced with ‘topics’ – perhaps an over dramatisation of the changes
  • Computerbasedmath.org
  • Wolfram Alpha
  • Wolfram Mathematica
  • Quantum Victoria
  • Mad Maker
  • Leap into Engineering

• Related links of interest
  • STEM for all: Building the capability of all young Australians in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths – Grattan Institute Panel
  • How chief scientist Ian Chubb is hell-bent on changing Australia’s future – Australian Financial Review Article
  • Women in Science Australia – blog
  • Community Attitudes Towards Science and Technology – CSIRO report
  • Rube Goldberg Machine AP Physics 2013 – an awesome example
  • Conrad Wolfram TED Talk – stop teaching calculating, start teaching math