iSTEM Core Module 1 STEM Fundamentals 1 – The use of STEM in developing solutions to problems

 
Alphabet's Project Wing is delivering hot coffee and food, hardware supplies and pharmaceutical items via drone near Australia’s capital. Some residents say it’s the future, while others want the drones to shut up.

Students Learn About

  • hardware
  • software

Students Learn To

  • describe a range of technologies used to collect, organise and analyse data
  • use a variety of technologies which assist in investigations into engineered solutions
  • utilise various hardware and software technologies to solve a broad range of STEM based problems

In this unit students learn about hardware and software solutions to problems in society. Teachers can take a variety of approaches to meeting the outcomes of this unit.

STEM Learning Activities

Suggested Activity 1: Open P-Tech Cyber Security Online Course

Interested in learning more about what it takes to work in a cutting-edge technology career? Open P-TECH is a great place to start your career exploration and begin building skills that will help you become well-positioned for a fulfilling career!

Cybersecurity tools and techniques help protect all the sensitive information stored and shared online and on computers. In this online course learn how cybersecurity professionals defend against bad actors and other threats, while gaining skills and insights into the world of digital security!

Click the button below to register for the free online Cyber Security course courtesy of our partners at Open P-Tech

Suggested Activity 2: IBM Cyber Security Toolbox

Learn how to exercise healthy habits involving cyber security safety through our collection of videos, stories, and resources available from this website. Have you been up to date on how to protect yourself and your devices? Test your students cybersecurity know-how in there online quiz.

Click the button below to open the Cyber Security Toolbox courtesy of our partners at IBM

Suggested Activity 3: Schools Cyber Security Challenge

Schools Cyber Security Challenge logoThe Schools Cyber Security Challenges are designed to provide high school teachers with resources to support the teaching of cyber security concepts, and to inform students of career opportunities in the field. The Challenges are classroom ready, and aligned with both the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies and the ICT Capability.

 

The Schools Cyber Security Challenges have been developed by the Australian Computing Academy at the University of Sydney, in partnership with AustCyber, ASD/ACSC, ANZ, BT, Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, and Westpac Bank.

Click the button below to find resources to support the Schools Cyber Security Challenges

 

Videos

Alphabet's Project Wing is delivering hot coffee and food, hardware supplies and pharmaceutical items via drone near Australia’s capital. Some residents say it’s the future, while others want the drones to shut up.

Links

ACA Resources Page
Resources created and curated by the ACA for students and teachers!
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Teach Engineering
Big Data, What Are You Saying?
Students act as R&D entrepreneurs, learning ways to research variables affecting the market of their proposed (hypothetical) products. They learn how to obtain numeric data using a variety of Internet tools and resources, sort and analyze the data using Excel and other software, and discover patterns and relationships that influence and guide decisions related to launching their products.
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ABC Education
GPS: technology in your phone
Nowadays, as long as we have a smartphone with network access and a charged battery, we are no longer afraid of getting lost. This is thanks to geolocation and the Global Positioning System (GPS). What is geolocation? How does GPS work and how does it enable a smartphone to always know where it is?
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ABC Education
Biometrics: using your unique features for security
Biometrics is the use of a person's unique physical characteristics for identification. Can you name some examples of biometric verification? What are the pros and cons of this form of identification? Do you think it's more secure than having a security code you have to remember? Why/ why not?
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ABC Education
Spark: a model for predicting fire risks
In recent years, new technologies have helped us respond to natural disasters more quickly by providing up-to-date information as it becomes available. What if we could take this one step further with new technologies that can also predict disasters? Learn how Spark, which uses our existing knowledge of bushfire behaviours coupled with simulation science, can predict how a bushfire might spread before it actually happens.
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ABC Education
Affordable Prosthetics made with 3D Printing
When engineer Matt Bowtell was retrenched from his job, he decided to invest in some 3D printers and started designing affordable prosthetics. His clever designs use no electronics and are made from very cheap materials. Matt has estimated that with 1,000 downloads of his open-source designs, those who use his prosthetics have saved a total of $6.5 million dollars. Watch as he designs a new hand for 6-year-old Lois. What makes these designs so successful?
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ABC Education
Air Cargo Scanners: maintaining our biosecurity
Did you know that air cargo is not subjected to the same kind of scrutiny that we face? In order to redress this security problem, CSIRO scientists have developed an air cargo scanner that is capable of detecting different materials in cargo. What are some of the benefits of a scanner that can detect not just shapes and sizes, but materials of objects?
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ABC Education
Drones as an everyday reality: delivering parcels in urban areas
There's a race on to turn drone deliveries into a commercial reality. What does reporter Zoe Daniel describe as the "holy grail" for drone makers who have this aim? In this clip Matt Sweeney and his team at Flirtey take some investors out to a drone delivery test site in the Nevada Desert. What are they able to achieve with their drone? Can you imagine a future where drone deliveries are an everyday part of life? What will be some of the impacts of this new reality?
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Details

  • Subject STEM, iSTEM 3.5
  • Module STEM Fundamentals 1
  • Stage Stage 5
  • Type Content

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