OpenSTEM Pty Ltd in Arana Hills, Queensland | Education
OpenSTEM Pty Ltd
Locality: Arana Hills, Queensland
Phone: +61 7 3554 0052
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25.01.2022 The "Pentominoes" Diced Maths activity for one or more students explores pentominoes (2D shapes) and transformations (rotation and reflection). Aligned with curriculum topics for Year 5 and 6 level maths. https://openstem.com.au///diced-maths-activity-pentominoes
24.01.2022 Global warming and sea level rise sometimes seems like a lot of hype bandied about by the media and politicians. However, it has a different level of importance for scientists in a range of disciplines around the world. The Australian Curriculum emphasises that students should study sustainability and environment issues in HASS and Science subjects, from lower primary school up. This is not just because its fashionable at the moment, but rather because even casual reading of the science tells us that these are going to be some of the most critical issues faced by our children in years to come. [ 841 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//rising-sea-levels-and-our-childre
20.01.2022 Did you realise that QWERTY and typewriters were from that long ago? I certainly didn't. I did grow up in the late era of the typewriter (70s/80s), and I first learnt how to type on a mechanical typewriter. It was a model with a dual-coloured ribbon (black/red) which I used to good effect for a variety of things. I still own a "capture the flag" type card game called the Oasis game which I manufactured myself: I typed up the text for each of the cards (in the two different colours, as appropriate), cut them, and put contact on (no laminator). [ 111 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2018/06/23/qwerty-150-years-old
20.01.2022 The island nation is changing its educational focus to encourage school children to develop the life skills they will need when they enter the world of work. https://openstem.com.au//children-in-singapore-will-no-lon
19.01.2022 Here at OpenSTEM we have a saying "we have a resource on that" and we have yet to be caught out on that one! It is a festive time of year and if youre looking for resources reflecting that theme, then here are some suggestions: Celebrations in Australia - a resource covering the occasions we celebrate here in Australia Celebrations Around the World [ 307 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2017/12/15/celebration-time
19.01.2022 For many of us, the colder weather has started to arrive and mid-year assessment is in full swing. Teachers are under the pump to produce mid-year reports and grades. The OpenSTEM Understanding Our World program aims to take the pressure off teachers by providing for continuous assessment throughout the term. Not only are teachers continually kept appraised of students progress towards meeting the learning goals for the term, they can also provide timeous feedback to students, allowing them to reach those goals more effectively. [ 458 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2018/06/15/assessment-time
19.01.2022 Well, most of our schools are back, or about to start the new year. Did you know that there are schools using OpenSTEM materials in every state and territory of Australia? Our wide range of resources, especially those on Australian history, give detailed information about the history of all our states and territories. We pride ourselves on having a resource on every topic in the Australian HASS and Science curriculum for primary school, so if you find something that you think is missing, please let us know and if its not there already, it soon will be! [ 238 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2018/02/02/welcome-back
18.01.2022 It can be fun! The OpenSTEM materials are ideally suited to online teaching. In these times of new challenges and requirements, there are a lot of technological possibilities. Schools and teachers are increasingly being asked to deliver material online to students. Our materials can assist with that process, especially for Humanities and Science subjects from Prep/Kindy/Foundation to Year 6. We also have some resources for [ 826 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2020/03/22/online-teaching
17.01.2022 In 2008 a new group of human ancestors - the Denisovans, were defined on the basis of a single finger knuckle (phalanx) bone discovered in Denisova cave in the Altai mountains of Siberia. A molar tooth, found at Denisova cave earlier (in 2000) was determined to be of the same group. Since then extensive work in the region has identified that at the time (about 40,000 years ago), modern humans (ancestors of all people alive today), [ 735 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2018/09/27/our-interwoven-ancestry
16.01.2022 Australia has been doing exceptionally well at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, held at the Gold Coast, Queensland. We can be very proud of our athletes, not only for their sporting prowess, but also because of their friendly demeanour and wonderful examples of the spirit of sportsmanship. Im sure we all felt proud when the Australian team waited 4 minutes on the track for the last runner, representing Lesotho, to finish the 10,000 m, after all the other athletes had left the track. [ 710 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//australia-and-the-commonwealth-ga
15.01.2022 The end of the school year is fast approaching with the third term either over or about to end and the start of the fourth term looming ahead. There never seems to be enough time in the last term with making sure students have met all their learning outcomes for the year and with final reports to be prepared. The OpenSTEM [ 559 more words ] https://openstem.com.au///28/helping-migrants-to-australia
15.01.2022 "people have forgotten how to make things, ..."
14.01.2022 This week our youngest students are starting work on their Class Play, slightly older students are choosing a family group from around the world for a role play activity and our oldest students are holding a Class Election! What an activity-filled week! Foundation/Prep/Kindy to Year 3 Our youngest students in standalone Foundation/Prep/Kindy classes (Unit F.4) and those in integrated classes with Year 1 students ( [ 514 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//10/this-week-in-hass-term-4-week-6
13.01.2022 Did you realise that QWERTY and typewriters were from that long ago? I certainly didnt. I did grow up in the late era of the typewriter (70s/80s), and I first learnt how to type on a mechanical typewriter. It was a model with a dual-coloured ribbon (black/red) which I used to good effect for a variety of things. I still own a "capture the flag" type card game called the Oasis game which I manufactured myself: I typed up the text for each of the cards (in the two different colours, as appropriate), cut them, and put contact on (no laminator). [ 111 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2018/06/23/qwerty-150-years-old
13.01.2022 Recently Amelia Earhart has been in the news once more, with publication of a paper by an American forensic anthropologist, Richard Jantz. Jantz has done an analysis of the measurements made of bones found in 1940 on the island of Nikumaroro Island in Kiribati. Unfortunately, the bones no longer survive, but they were analysed in 1941 by a doctor, D.W. Hoodless, from the Central Medical School in Fiji. [ 639 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2018//09/amelia-earhart-in-the-news
12.01.2022 The end of August and beginning of September is traditionally linked to the beginning of Spring in Australia, although the change in seasons is experienced in different ways in different parts of the country and was marked in locally appropriate ways by Aboriginal people. As a uniquely Australian celebration of Spring, National Wattle Day, celebrated on 1 September since 1910, celebrates the flowering of these uniquely Australian trees, as well as Australian identity. [ 413 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//31/this-week-in-australian-histor
12.01.2022 Stephen Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo Galileis death (8 March 1942), and died on the anniversary of Albert Einsteins birth (14 March). Having both reached the age of 76, Hawking actually lived a few months longer than Einstein, in spite of his health problems. By the way, what do you call it when a set of unrelated facts match up like that? [ 248 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2018/03/16/vale-stephen-hawking
11.01.2022 Are you considering implementing our integrated HASS+Science program, but getting a tad confused by the pricing? Our subscription model didnt not provide a So nowstraightforward calculation for a whole school or year-level. However, it generally works out to $4.40 (inc.GST) per student. So now were providing this as an option directly: implement our integrated HASS+Science program school-wide from just $4.40 per student. [ 98 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//school-wide-understanding-our-wor
11.01.2022 Canberra has undergone huge changes - from an area favoured for hunting and resource acquisition by Aboriginal people, to settler sheep paddocks to the nations capital city and seat of Federal Parliament. This local history resource tracks those changes with reference to specific events and places, many of which can still be seen today. It is is aimed at helping students to understand how places, technology and peoples lives have changed through time. [ 45 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//resource-canberra-through-the-yea
11.01.2022 You can still submit to speak and participate at the Open Education miniconf in Sydney on January 23rd! https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/open-education/
10.01.2022 YJ YuLong V2 magnetic, stickerless cube. 57mm standard size. This cube is a very modern version of the famous Rubiks Cube, stickerless (the plastic parts themselves are coloured) for improved durability. Magnetic cubes are the latest thing in cubing, the magnets help the cube mechanics get naturally back to the correct position. It doesnt make beginners faster, but it doesnt hurt. [ 30 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//maths-p/magnetic-speed-cube-3x3x3
09.01.2022 Bundle containing all components of HASS/Science Year 3 unit 3.3C Teacher handbook with complete lesson plans, curriculum mapping and assessment guide, student workbook and model answers, plus all the resource PDFs for HASS + Science: Understanding Our World Year 3, Unit 3.3C: "Canberra Through Time" Minimum time allocation of one hour per week. Extensions are provided for up to 2.5 hours a week. [ 338 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//hass-3-3c-bundle-canberra-through
09.01.2022 The modern Olympic games were started by Frenchman Henri de Baillot-Latour to promote international understanding. The first games of the modern era were held in 1896 in Athens, Greece. Australia has competed in all the Olympic games of the modern era, although our participation in the first one was almost by chance. Of course, the Olympics predated Federation by 5 years, so there was officially no "Australia" as a unified country - rather a collection of separate colonies of Britain. [ 746 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2018/02/16/australia-at-the-olympics
08.01.2022 Halfway through the last term of the year already! This week our youngest students consider museums as a place to learn about the past. Slightly older students are learning about the states and territories of Australia, as well as their representative birds and animals. Older students are in throes of their class election campaign, preparing for Voting Day next week! [ 398 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//04/this-week-in-hass-term-4-week-5
08.01.2022 May is the birth month of Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, better known as "Nellie Bly". Here at OpenSTEM, we have a great fondness for Nellie Bly - an intrepid 19th century journalist and explorer, who emulated Jules Vernes fictional character, Phileas Fogg, in racing around the world in less than 80 days in 1889/1890. Not only was she a bold individual with a keen eye for detail and a gifted wordsmith who could capture an audience with her tales of her exploits, but she was also a thoroughly investigative journalist with a sharp interest in social justice. [ 429 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//nellie-bly-investigative-journali
08.01.2022 Always a good idea... There is a huge amount of hype around at the moment and everyone feels compelled to post updates on their responses to the pandemic. Here at OpenSTEM youll be relieved to know that we have always washed our hands regularly and properly and believe that sound hygiene is a good idea all the time, whether social media tells us to or not. [ 2,008 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2020/03/21/covid-19-of-course
08.01.2022 Well, were almost at the end of the year!! Its a time when students and teachers alike start to look forward to the long, summer break. Generally a time for celebrations and looking back over the highlights of the year - which is reflected in the activities for the final lessons of the Understanding Our World HASS Units. All of the Understanding Our World HASS Units run over 9 weeks, to make sure that everyone has a chance to breathe and catch up on the inevitable weeks when other activities cut short lesson times. [ 537 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//01/this-week-in-hass-term-4-week-9
07.01.2022 It is the time of year when the thoughts of teachers of students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 turn (not so) lightly to NAPLAN. Im sure many of you are aware of the controversial review of NAPLAN by Les Perelman, a retired professor from MIT in the United States. Perelman conducted a similar review in 2005 in the US, which was influential in leading to a change in the American Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SATs). [ 516 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2018/04/20/naplan-and-vocabulary
07.01.2022 Heres our batch of brand new Mirobot v3 kits on their arrival in Australia, dozens stacked. Since the v3 have a neat acrylic frame, I think Ill do a proper "unboxing" and first build video of one soon, so you can see for yourself what this is about. Many classes of year 5 and 6 students around Brisbane and their teachers have done our [ 142 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//new-mirobot-v3-arrival-in-austral
06.01.2022 This week our younger students are preparing for their play/ role-playing presentation, whilst older students are practising a full preferential count to determine the outcome of their Class Election. Foundation/Prep/Kindy to Year 3 Our youngest students in Foundation/Prep/Kindy (Unit F.4) and integrated classes with Year 1 (Unit F-1.4) are working on the costumes, props and practising getting into character for their [ 372 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//17/this-week-in-hass-term-4-week-7
06.01.2022 Gonski is in the news again with the release of the Gonski 2.0 report. This is most likely to impact on schools and teachers in a range of ways from funding to curriculum. Here at OpenSTEM we can help you to be ahead of the game by using our materials, which are already Gonski-ready! The latest review of "Educational Excellence in Australian Schools [ 488 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2018/04/30/be-gonski-ready
06.01.2022 Well, the end of term is in sight! End of year reporting is in full swing and the Understanding Our World activities are designed to keep students engaged whilst minimising requirements for teachers, especially over these critical weeks. The current activities for all year levels are tailored to require minimal teaching, allowing teacher aides and other helpers to assist students while teachers can be free to concentrate on reporting and other requirements. [ 515 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//24/this-week-in-hass-term-4-week-8
05.01.2022 Australia experienced several gold rushes during the 19th century. The most significant was in Victoria, changing the demographic and economic climate of the entire country, however, other states also experienced their own share of the excitement, which provided a much needed lift to the fortunes of colonies struggling to find identities after the end of the convict transportation era. This resource examines the gold rushes of the 19th century in different states of Australia and considers how these impacted on society in general, as well as the demography and economics of the continent. The resource aligns with Australian Curriculum History, Civics and Citizenship, Economics and Business and HASS for years 5 and 6. https://openstem.com.au//pd/resource-australian-goldrushes
05.01.2022 It is the time of year when Australia often experiences extreme weather events. February is renowned as the hottest month and, in some parts of the country, also the wettest month. It often brings cyclones to our coasts and storms, which conversely enough, may trigger fires as lightening strikes the hot, dry bush. Aboriginal people carefully managed the Australian environment [ 413 more words ] https://openstem.com.au/2018/02/26/at-mercy-of-the-weather
04.01.2022 Its finally holidays in Queensland! Yay! Congratulations to everyone for a wonderful year and lots of hard work! Hope you all enjoy a well-earned rest! Most other states and territories have only a week to go, but the holiday spirit is in the air.- Should you be looking for help with resources, rest assured that the team at OpenSTEM are not yet on holiday, so feel free to contact us if you have any questions. https://openstem.com.au/2017/12/08/happy-holidays-queensland
04.01.2022 Australia Day and its commemoration on 26 January, has long been a controversial topic. This year has seen calls once again for the date to be changed. Similar calls have been made for a long time. As early as 1938, Aboriginal civil rights leaders declared a "Day of Mourning" to highlight issues in the Aboriginal community, particularly around celebration of the sesqui-centenary of the date that the First Fleet arrived to take possession of Australia. [ 530 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//australia-day-in-the-early-20th-c
04.01.2022 Bundle containing all components of HASS/Science Year 3 unit 3.3P Teacher handbook with complete lesson plans, curriculum mapping and assessment guide, student workbook and model answers, plus all the resource PDFs for HASS + Science: Understanding Our World Year 3, Unit 3.3P: "Perth Through Time" Minimum time allocation of one hour per week. Extensions are provided for up to 2.5 hours a week. [ 336 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//hass-3-3p-bundle-perth-through-ti
03.01.2022 Today we introduce a new category for OpenSTEM Blog articles: "This Week in Australian History". So many important dates in Australian history seem to become forgotten over time that there seems to be a need to highlight some of these from time to time. For teachers of students from Foundation/Prep/Kindy to Year 6 looking for material to engage students around Australian history we recommend the OpenSTEM [ 706 more words ] https://openstem.com.au//08/this-week-in-australian-history
02.01.2022 With the upcoming federal election, many teachers want to do some related activities in class - and we have the materials ready for you! To make selecting suitable resources a bit easier, we have an Election Activity Bundle containing everything you need, available for just $9.90. Did you know that the secret ballot is an Australian invention? Well Tasmanian actually. [ 123 more words ] https://openstem.com.au///01/election-activity-bundle-2019
