Flood! Fire! Famine!
Flood! Fire! Famine! – Students completed STEM based tasks around the management of natural disasters. Their challenges included investigating the science behind bushfire management, using Arduino coding to develop a flood mitigation device, engineering a famine busting chicken egg collection device, and exploring mathematical modelling of livestock and crop yields through the use of dynamic spreadsheets.
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.
- This UniSA STEMIE Moodle 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 The University of South Australia.
If there are questions about STEMIE feel free to email STEMIE@UniSA.edu.au
Revolutionary Resources Theme
Science Links:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-10-12/renewable-energy-baseload-power/9033336
Technology Links:
UniSA’s winning robotics team – Australian champions
Engineering Task Links:
https://www.australianmining.com.au/news/bhps-next-chapter-to-come-from-automation
Maths Links:
The complete document covers all aspects of STEMIE Flood! Fire! Famine!. The document is also available in the task sections as listed below.