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STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)

photo of class infront of smartboard
Image: Each classroom has a Smartboard installed.

Scone Public School have staff who specialise in the teaching of STEM. We have a varitey of resources to engage children in a range of activities that encourage the engineering design process. 

Student using an iPad to program a Sphero to go through a maze.
Image: Student using an iPad to program a sphero to go through a maze.
Students investigating what happens when coloured dye mixes with milk.
Image: Students investigating what happens when coloured dye mixes with milk.

Scone Public School challenge and equip students with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills to solve authentic problems for the complex world around them.

students participating in STEM activities
Image: Students at Scone Public School have access to a range of activities, both within the school and out in the community, that encourage them to use their problem solving skills.
Students working together to make a city for a Bee-Bot

Students love learning about technology from their older peers. 

This Kindergarten class were learning about position and the Year 5 class were learning about 3D shapes. They combined their learning to design and create a city for a Bee-Bot to explore. 

This group of students had to work together to design and create a parachute that would safely transport an egg from a high distance to the ground.
Image: This group of students had to work together to design something that would prevent an egg from breaking after being dropped from a standard height.
students playing on a smart table
Image: We are fortunate enough to have 7 smart tables in our school. These assist the students with leanring a number of important curriculum requirments.
Whole class working on their laptops.

Scone Public School has multiple class sets of laptops and iPads to ensure each child has access to online learning as well as computer and technology skills. 

collage of students working on iPads in groups

collage of students participating in a varitey of STEM challenges.

Students have access to various STEM Challenge Days throughout the year. Students get to work with their peers to complete various challenges. 

Some of the challenges have included:

-Prevent on egg from breaking after being dropped from a height of 3 metres.

- Design an apparatus to lift a marble 30cm from the ground.

- Design a contraption to move marbles along a zip line. One group moved 1.24kg in one minute!

- Design a marble run that would allow the marble to move for as long as possible.

- Design a shelter for a farm animal. Each group were also required to design a paddock their animal would enjoy with a fence.

-Redesign the Three Little Pig’s houses using plastic straws (straw house), paddle pop sticks (stick house) and Duplo (brick house). We tested the designs against a hair dryer (our Big Bad Wolf).

- Build the Gingerbread Man a bridge to cross the river using spaghetti and masking tape.

collage of students participating in a varitey of STEM challenges.

For more information about STEM please contact our school. You can also find more infomration here on the Department website. 

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