CSER Team kicks off 2025 attending exciting events across Australia!
We have been fortunate to start off 2025 by attending and presenting at several state STEM and Maths events across Australia, including the Girls in Tech event at St Peter's Girls' School in SA, Questacon STEM Futures held at Port Augusta and Adelaide Zoo and the Queensland Association of Mathematics Teachers (QAMT) and Science Teachers Association of Queensland (STAQ) Early Years and Primary Teachers conference.
The inspirational Girls in Tech 2025 event was attended by more than 200 Year 5 & 6 girls from SA schools. The students had the opportunity to engage in tech workshops and tour the Innovation Hub to meet STEM organisations from across the state. Our CSER stand in the Innovation Hub at St Peter's Girls' School attracted lots of interest from the students with many great tech questions being asked and much fun learning how to code and program our robots and use augmented and virtual reality! We were also able to share our Maths and Digital Technology resources with many teachers attending the event with their students.
Last week, Dr Caty Morris, a member of our CSER Maths in Schools team, participated in the Effective STEM Leadership Panel at Questacon STEM Futures in Port Augusta in regional SA. This program aims to build connections between schools, STEM providers, and local industries, empowering teachers to inspire and enhance STEM learning and engagement for students. Questacon also hosted their STEM Futures event this week at Adelaide Zoo and Associate Professor Nick Falkner participated in the Effective STEM Leadership Panel and the CSER Team shared National Lending Library resources and our Maths and Digital Technologies online courses with many SA teachers attending the event.
Last weekend, Sue Carter from the CSER Maths in Schools team, presented a session at the QAMT and STAQ Early Years and Primary Teachers conference using picture books to introduce and develop mathematical concepts in the primary classroom. In the session, Sue demonstrated how children's literature provides a unique and meaningful way to engage students, connect with real life experiences, develop and stretch children's imagination, foster critical and creative thinking, and promote opportunities for problem solving. In Sue's second session, she inspired teachers to use a 'maths lens' to show how we are surrounded by mathematics in our everyday lives, demonstrating ways to view the world through ‘maths eyes’ and provide opportunities to see – and actively look for – maths in the real world.
The team looks forward to attending other conferences and events across Australia over the coming months. Follow our CSER social media pages for information about future events and webinars.
