Movie Magic

STEMIE Movie Magic (All Tasks) 2026Download Workbook

Students investigate the STEM skills in the movie industry.

Each school develops a 3D printed company logo, dynamic spreadsheet model to demonstrate flexibility within movie budgets, engineering and prototyping a camera rigging device to navigate a set track within a specified time limit and creating an Arduino coded display for the launch of their fictional film company at the Regional Showcase.

Adelaide University is inviting your students to take part in a STEM Innovation Experience. This involves students participating in a series of STEM-based tasks based around a central theme and showcasing their learning.

STEMIE Movie Magic Logo with associated film industry items joined by coloured lines

Activities commence each year for Year 9,10 and/or 11 students from secondary schools in Metropolitan Adelaide, Whyalla, Mount Gambier, Victorian, Queensland, Western Australia, New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory regions. We had over 500 students from schools across South Australia, Queensland and Victoria, involved in STEMIE and hope to see this number grow as we introduce more interstate teams. Schools can engage one or more classes, or a targeted group of students. Schools will need to select up to six (6) students as their representatives at their Regional Showcase event. 

The STEM Innovation Experience has three major components

  1. The Learning Phase – Students will engage in STEM-focused problems to solve at school based around a central theme. They will design science experiments, create mathematical models using spreadsheets and use the engineering design process and Arduino coding to build prototypes.
  2. Regional Showcase – Student representatives will showcase the learning from the tasks through an online judging event.
  3. STEMIE Excursion – Winning schools from each Regional Showcase will be invited to send a team to the STEMIE Excursion. This is a full day excursion at an Adelaide University campus to experience hands-on STEM activities and network with other like-minded students.

This AU STEMIE site is a central place where students and teachers can access resources, assessment information and updates throughout the Experience. 

Schools that have returned a signed acceptance letter will receive sponsorship in the form of some seed equipment from Adelaide University.

If there are questions about STEMIE feel free to email Anita.Trenwith@adelaide.edu.au.