STEM TOURS

SUBJECT ACTIVITIES FOR STEM TOURS

Our itineraries allow your group to take in iconic sights, combined with as many experiments, Q & A sessions with experts in their fields, classes, simulations, workshops, themed guided tours and other curriculum-linked, experiential learning activities as you wish. We ensure that academic and practical endeavours are age and experience appropriate. Our knowledge of the curriculum (state, national and International Baccalaureate, along with any other curriculum you may teach) and our consultative process, ensures that we understand the learning outcomes required.

Example experiential learning activities:

The Sciences

• Space missions, Kennedy Space Centre, Space Camp plus a physics of flight workshop are just some of the activities available in Space Science and Technology. There are many more activities including the opportunity to dine with an astronaut and space mission simulations!
• Learn about a potential career as a chemist as you observe chemists working on the development of new radiopharmaceuticals and the analysis of the chemical and physical compositions of materials. You will have the chance to have a Q & A session with them afterwards
• Discover the biomechanics of rock climbing
• Delve into the science of mutation and genetic diseases in this hands-on workshop/experiment
• Learn about the ecology and history of this nationally significant bay by participating in hands-on discovery stations on board an educational vessel. The stations include plankton, marine life, watersheds and ocean acidification
• Visit iconic locations such as CERN and beyond

Technology/ICT

• Get up close with nano-sized particles. Compare nano-material to their macro counterparts and learn why nanotechnology has become such an important and unique field of science
• Use your mathematics, science and engineering know-how to design your very own thrill ride, then hop aboard a 4 D robotic simulator to experience the ride you’ve just created!
• Bask in the knowledge of tech savvy Fellows from Harvard and MIT, with whom we can organise almost any tech workshop
• Take a half or full day robotics class

Engineering

• Take a behind the scenes tour of this major city’s famous landmarks and learn about the engineering required to build them.  This is a once in a lifetime experience to get behind-the-scenes of iconic buildings and bridges
• In this workshop, students gain a hands on introduction to the life-saving process of water filtration and learn about how civil and environmental engineering contribute to a more sustainable environment
• Keep your egg passenger alive! Design and build your own model car to produce a weaker crumple zone and stronger passenger cell. Analyse your result using high speed photography and accelerometers

Mathematics

• Based on the world-renowned Elements of Mathematics curriculum, this is the envy of university-level mathematics courses everywhere. Designed for the most talented secondary school students, Logic for Mathematics is an unparalleled course in pure mathematics
• Take one of several Knot Theory workshops
• Develop strategies to master Tic Tac Toe while students encounter the surprises delivered by geometry and topology
• Students learn to write computer programs and then apply their skills in the Virtual Robotics Lab. They’ll use wheels, gears and sensors to design, build and program their own virtual robots!

See our new STEM programs delivered in Australia –

Mission Discovery – We are bringing a NASA Astronaut to you for a 5 day STEM program. Students spend 5 days  working on science experiments with the winning experiment being carried out on board the International Space Station!

Real World Design Thinking Challenge – 5 day program delivered at a university, where students will learn the 5 step Stanford d.school and IDEO Design Thinking methodology through finding a solution to a real-world problem they have identified in their communities.