Careers with Engineering: STEM Teacher notes
Use the STEM + X activities grid to provide a variety of student activities across a wide range of ‘X’ categories, while developing different skill-sets required for flexible career options. This issue, the focus is on: Engineering + Geotechnical skills, Bio medicine, Coding, hacking, Design, Environment, Crypto currency, The future and Mechatronics.
Additional details
Year band(s) | 7-8, 9-10 |
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Format | Document |
Keywords | Careers, Refraction Media, STEM, Geotechnical skills, Bio medicine, Coding, hacking, Design, Environment, Crypto currency, The future and Mechatronics, Career profiles, Magazine, Teacher notes |
Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | STEM |
Organisation | Refraction Media. |
Copyright | 2017 Refraction Media, all rights reserved. May be subject to Copyright Act statutory licence. |
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