STEM Education

STEM education

Challenge and equip students with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills to solve authentic problems for the complex world around them.

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Early Stage 1 to Stage 3

Stages 4 and 5

STEM education Kindergarten to Year 10

STEM education caters for all students providing scope and direction for their creative thinking and problem-solving.

About STEM education

An introduction to STEM education, its aims and the guiding direction for STEM in NSW.

Early Stage 1 to Stage 3 | STEM

STEM learning experiences involve explicit learning and teaching of syllabus content which is applied in project, problem or inquiry-based learning situations that are authentic a…

Stages 4 to 5 | STEM

Integrated STEM programs are both skills-based and content-rich with a major focus on application in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Industry support

Industry can increase the authenticity of STEM initiatives within schools which leads to greater purpose and engagement for students when working to solve real-world problems.

STEM 2022

STEM 2022: Education for a rapidly changing world, is an online and on demand event for STEM education

STEM curriculum resources

Resources to help lead curriculum implementation across STEM learning areas.

STEM 2023

STEM 2023 is an event that focuses on Mathematics and its role in empowering STEM learning in the classroom.

STEM learning frameworks | K-6

Frameworks to introduce STEM into the classroom

STEM units and activities | K-6

STEM integrated units and activities with cross-curricular outcomes.

Design thinking and project-based learning

The role of design thinking and project-based learning in K-6 STEM education.

iSTEM transition

Transitioning from the school developed board endorsed course to the department approved elective iSTEM course

Find out more about teaching STEM

Additional support

All STEM advisors can be contacted by emailing stem@det.nsw.edu.au

A list of all primary advisers and secondary advisers is in the contact us information below.