STEM Quest is a collection of online resources that have been developed to guide and support early years educators design STEM learning.

STEM Quest supports the improvement of STEM teaching and learning for all young children, offering media rich resources intentionally designed for collaborative viewing.

STEM Quest invites you to view, consider and learn from academics, teachers and leaders involved in co-designed STEM research projects here in South Australia.

We acknowledge and thank the SA educators and academics who have been willing to share their STEM research, and associated learning.

The introductory video provides an overview of the collection and explains the structure and content of the resources and courses available on STEM Quest.

Department for Education staff will need register and access each STEM Quest course via Plink. Non-departmental participants will login directly to this Moodle.

STEM Quest, a video introduction

STEM Papers 

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The STEM Play paper shares the research findings from Department early childhood sites across the state. 

The paper:

  • Describes: The importance of the environment to support STEM play-based pedagogies.
  • Highlights: The role of the educator in designing STEM learning.
  • Invites: Educators to critically reflect on the way they document STEM learning.
     
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The Department's STEM Strategy includes the performance measures to be achieved by 2020.

The strategy:

  • Outlines: The purpose and strategic developments for STEM education
  • Highlights: The challenges and objectives for providing high quality STEM learning for all children and students
  • Invites: Educators to embrace the three key areas of action for STEM teaching and learning 

STEM in the Early Years: Growing a generation of STEM capable learners

    Cours

    STEM Planning: Supporting learning design

    • Facilitator: Early Years Learners

    STEM in Action: Module 1 - Beyond the gate

    • Facilitator: Early Years Learners

    STEM in Action: Module 2 - Collaborative critical reflection

    STEM in Action: Module 3 - Rethinking group time

    • Facilitator: Danni Agostino

    STEM in Action: Module 4 - Developing responsive relationships

    STEM in Action: Module 5 - Developing meaningful curriculum

    STEM in Action Module 6: Indoor learning environments


    STEM Provocations: Movie 1 - 'Cos birds can fly

    • Facilitator: Early Years Learners

    STEM Provocations: Movie 2 - Listening to children


    STEM Collaborative Partnerships: Learning with the community - Gardens of Wonder

    • Facilitator: Early Years Learners

    STEM Investigations: Exploring technology - Robots Alive

    • Facilitator: Early Years Learners

    STEM Investigations: children representing their learning - multimodal representations


    STEM Continuity: STEM Bridge research

    STEM Continuity: STEM Bridge case study 1 - Bridging the learning inside and out

    • Facilitator: Early Years Learners

    STEM Continuity: STEM Bridge case study 2 - A bridge to wellbeing

    • Facilitator: Early Years Learners

    STEM Continuity: STEM Bridge case study 3 - Environments for ongoing learning

    STEM Continuity: STEM Bridge case study 4 - Developing children's sense of belonging

    STEM Continuity: STEM Bridge case study 5 - Supporting child-led inquiries

    STEM Bridge Case Study 6: Listening to children