After-school and holiday STEM workshops
SLAM started life designing and delivering after-school and holiday STEM workshops in the Newcastle area for children aged 10 to 15.
We took the prevailing coding and robotic workshops, and expanded them to include more broadly-based STEM activities such as stomp rockets, MakeyMakey, and flying model aeroplanes.
Whole-of-school professional learning
SLAM has developed and delivered an innovative Next Level Professional Programme that provides dedicated face-to-face and online support to all of a Primary School’s staff over a 12 month period. It provides
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25 hours of F2F hours for each lead teacher
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12 hours of F2F hours for participant teachers
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opportunity for continued online learning
Outdoor STEM day
Supporting the Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (NSW) NSW STEM camps for indigenous children in years 5-11.
SLAM organised two outdoor STEM activity days at the Glenrock Scout Camp and Redhead Beach for 60-80 children. They were divided into four groups and cycled through four activities:
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Two involving bush science using quadrats, transects and a very new primary education inquiry tool called the Kookaberry
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One a demonstration of commercial drones by Uavair
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One creating 360 degree videos using equipment from the Department's T4L facility at Redfern
Newcastle Makers Festival
Supporting the Australian Industry Group's Greater Hunter Makers & Technology Festival September, 2018
SLAM organised various indoor and outdoor STEM activities for this well attended event
Newcastle SMART schools workshops
SLAM has delivered a number of STEM sessions in support of UoN's SMART school workshop holiday programme
Lake Macquarie City Council STEM workshops
SLAM has worked with the Lake Macquarie City Council to deliver a number of STEM programmes in their libraries
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Website design
SLAM designed the Kookaberry website for the AustSTEM Foundation