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Deakin University proposes to run a series of events in the Geelong region aimed at improving student learning and engagement with STEM and entrepreneurship. This includes teacher workshops to develop local primary school teachers knowledge and understanding of STEM and entrepreneurship and to support their development of intervention strategies. A regional Maker Faire will also be hosted at the Geelong Tech School for local primary school students to participate in STEM activities. Lastly, the university will convene a STEM Education conference for teachers to showcase their STEM programs.

The planned makerspace will include a mobile work bench that can be utilised to store equipment as well as a place for students to collaborate, build, design, explore and solve problem based activities. The workbench and LEGO Mindstorm EV3 kits will be purchased with the funds. Equipment will be housed within an existing dedicated technology room with the ability to be mobilised to various learning spaces around the school site. It is anticipated that the makerspace will be used by late stage 2 and stage 3 students as part of the teaching learning program, particularly in science and mathematics, following their initial familiarisation with the resources.

The school is developing a Maker Space, which will be used by the students to engage in STEM subjects and inspire them to have a understanding of, and fascination with science, innovation and design technologies.

The Notre Dame Thinkers and Tinkers space will be located in the Notre Dame School Library for students from years 2-6.

Kanwal Public School promotes creative thinking, experimentation and collaboration. Our maker space will be used in dedicated STEM lessons for all classes K-6, and also at lunchtimes as a space where students can come to work on special interest STEM projects, coding, designing and building.

Clifton Hills Primary School is entering 10 students into the FIRST Lego League tournament.

Genesis Christian College is sending a student to the 2018 National Youth Science Forum.

Rotary Club of Port Macquarie - Inspiring young leaders in science at the 2018 National Youth Science Forum.

Rotary Club of Portland Bay is sending a student to National Youth Science Forum in Brisbane in January, 2018.

The aim of this project is to equip the school's students and teachers with the skills and understandings for the digital age. The teachers are striving to inspire all students, boys and girls, in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. By encouraging students to be creative and innovative through communicating and collaborating, we are enabling them to be problem solvers and logical thinkers. The school embraces flexible and adaptive learning environments at our school and creating a permanent Maker Space in the Library would cater for the various ways for the students to learn. Students will be given an opportunity to think in depth about the world around them and develop their creative intelligence.

The AAO supports student fellowships annually, in both Dec-Feb and May-Sept periods, typically appointing two to three student fellows within instrumentation and instrument science, for research projects of 10-13 weeks duration.

The addition of Winmalee High's MakerSpace to the school library will enable interested students to develop teamwork and organisational skills as they attempt to solve practical and real-world challenges using technical, design and ICT skills. The space will initially be used as a lunchtime activity area with a focus on Stage 4 students. Input from students will help us to develop project kits suitable for use by teachers across a range of KLAs, encouraging the inclusion of problem-based learning and STEM in student learning experiences.

Joondalup Primary School students attend a Scitec Excursion in Perth WA.

Rotary Club of Chatswood Sunrise is sending a student to the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) Year 12 program in January 2018

Prince Alfred College Team compete at the National finals of the Land Rover 4x4 in schools Challenge.

The Churchlands SHS STEM Makerspace will be designed to fully complement the existing STEM programs and successful after school STEM Club.

The Rotary Club of Canberra Sunrise is sponsoring two students to attend the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) 2018.

Funding will go towards purchasing additional items for a maker space to extend its functionality.

4 Students from Australian Science and Mathematics School will attend the International Science Fair in Illinois, USA.

The AAO supports student fellowships annually, in both Dec-Feb and May-Sept periods, typically appointing two to three student fellows within instrumentation and instrument science, for research projects of 10-13 weeks duration.

Gilgandra High School's maker space will be a permanent space designed for the use of junior STEM classes, Tech Mandatory classes, maker days for the local primary schools (to further embed our transition program) and for the use of students during lunch times. As the maker space will be located in the schools library it will be accessible by all students during their lunch times in order to use play as an opportunity to develop skills in design, technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. As the library is a whole of school centre, the enhancement of this area will facilitate teachers to use the space when required. The space will have maker benches with stools, storage, students workbooks and technological devices. The space will also include a SMART Board and will be used in conjunction with the other areas of the library including the research space and the thinker space. This will allow students to engage in practical, creative and entrepreneurial thinking whilst applying their STEM knowledge.

Emmaus Catholic College is sending two teams of seven students to Knoxville Tennessee USA to represent Australia at the Destination Imagination Global Finals 2018.

The funding will help establish a maker space for STEM subjects.

Citipointe Christian College is sending ten students and two teachers to Flight Camp in Florida 2018.

KR Consultancy Services (Questagame) will run two one-day events at Sunshine Coast Botanic Gardens and at a pre-chosen facility in Sydney to train Year 8 and 9 students from local schools in the skills of scientific observation, photographing biodiversity and technical aspects of real-time film broadcasting. Qualified rangers from the botanic gardens and a world-renowned Australian photographer will guide and train the students to achieve these skills. The participants will then compete for various prizes in a week-long bio-challenge applying their newly acquired skills.