STELR Career Profiles in STEM – Wind Energy Engineer
27 Aug 2020

STELR Career Profiles in STEM – Wind Energy Engineer

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These videos explore the work of Senior Mechanical Wind Energy Engineer, Rosemary Barnes and provide a step-by-step tutorial for students to design their own turbine blades using CAD. Wind energy is one of Australia's main sources of renewable energy with … Continued
Best of: Renewable Energy
5 Jun 2020

Best of: Renewable Energy

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Our best of series, published regularly, collates our favourite and most popular resources for a particular topic. This week: Renewable energy for year 7 students studying Earth and Space Science. Australian Curriculum Code: ACSSU116 Year 7: "Some of Earth’s resources … Continued
STELR Wind Turbine Investigations
29 May 2020

STELR Wind Turbine Investigations

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This series of videos show investigations using STELR wind energy packs to build the most efficient wind turbines. If you want to transform the energy in wind into electricity, you want machines that do this as efficiently as possible – … Continued
Chief Scientist: We need to transform our world into a sustainable ‘electric planet’
3 Mar 2020

Chief Scientist: We need to transform our world into a sustainable ‘electric planet’

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“Make no mistake, this will be the biggest engineering challenge ever undertaken.” This article is suited to students in years 7-10 studying Chemical, Earth and Space or Physical Sciences. It links the importance of school curriculum knowledge with current and … Continued
D.I.Y. Science – Morse Code
3 Jul 2018

D.I.Y. Science – Morse Code

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The D.I.Y. Science series contains some of our favourite experiments for kids to try at home. They are designed to help primary school teachers and carers inspire a child’s curiosity in science. It's time to get hands-on. This episode shows … Continued