Book Week MakerFaire
What a wonderful week!
This year in our Junior Library we created a MakerFaire where parents and students could visit and 'Make'! During the weeks...
3D Printing in STEMies Club
3D printing refers to the additive manufacturing process that builds a physical object from a three-dimensional digital model created by computer-aided design software(CAD). STEMies...
Awesome Automatons!
TechMate Evening Term 2 challenged our participants to design and make an automaton. The girls, along with their significant male, planned, sorted materials and...
Books to Inspire Coding & Robotics
I have been running a Coding and Robotics Club at school for a couple of years now. I started with coding and last year...
Why Making to Learn?
Making is an essential part of being human. Humans have always made and created to survive and evolve. So why has education not continued...
Engineering with Winches and Pulleys
Engineering is about finding out how things are built, how they work and why. Hands-on engineering activities empower young children to see themselves as...
‘Making’ Documentaries in History.
During Term 1 Year 6 girls studied the push for Australia’s Federation (Year 6 HASS Australian Curriculum). This term the girls looked at the impact government legislation...
Inspiring Young Students to Create with Technology.
This post is in preparation for a session I’m running at this year’s National Education Summit in Brisbane, 15 & 16 May. It is...
TechMates Become Rube Goldberg!
TechMate evenings are for girls from Grade 4 – Grade 6 to invite a significant male in their lives to join them for an...
Fun with NeoPixels!
I was fortunate to attend a workshop on using Neopixels with conductive thread. My wonderful colleague, friend and ‘Makerspace’ guru, Anne Weaver, told me...