STEM Festival in Berwick
An opportunity for teachers, students and parents in Melbourne. STELR will be hosting a display at the festival on Friday 17th August. ...
20 June, 2018
News
Top energy researcher honoured
ATSE Fellow, Professor Rose Amal, received one of the top Queen’s Birthday Honours earlier this week. She became a companion in the Order of Australia (AC). Her research at the University of New South Wales involves using sunlight and catalysts to split water, producing hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen is then reacted with carbon dioxide to produce hydrocarbons for fuels....
14 June, 2018
Solar powering public buildings
The ABC has reported that Port Macquarie Base Hospital is installing 2,000 PV panels, in what is claimed to be the largest rooftop solar installation for a healthcare facility in Australia. The system will generate 609 KW of electricity and save the hospital $130,000 per year in operating costs. One of the aims is to pilot the project to determine its effectiveness for...
14 June, 2018
Another Australian first for Prof Martin Green
STELR would like to congratulate ATSE Fellow, Professor Martin Green of UNSW who has won the prestigious Global Energy Prize. Professor Green is often called the ‘father of photovoltaics’ because pf his ongoing pioneering work in that field. He won the prize for his work on reducing the cost of solar panels. He shares the prize, worth over $800,000, with Russian...
12 June, 2018
STELR Student Becomes STELR Teacher
STELR Program Manager, Pennie Stoyles travelled to My Gambier in March to run a teacher professional learning session. One of the attendees was Sarah Edwards who is currently teaching science and maths at Naracoorte High School. Over lunchtime discussions, Sarah mentioned that she used the STELR Renewable Energy kits when she was in year 9 and 10 at Renmark High School. “I...
07 June, 2018
Meet the scientists event at Macquarie University, Sydney
When: 25, 26 and 27 July, 2018 Macquarie University and One Giant Leap Australia are hosting three days of unique science and engineering experiences for high school students and teachers. There are nine concurrent sessions including workshops presentations and lectures. The cost is $10 per students and teachers are free. Bookings: https://events.mq.edu.au/SpaceSTEM2018...
06 June, 2018
5 June – RIVERSTONE, NSW: STELR Renewable Energy Teacher Professional Learning Session
You are invited to attend this hands-on workshop for teachers implementing the STELR Renewable Energy program in their schools and those wanting to try out the equipment and activities....
05 June, 2018
30 May – MELBOURNE: STELR Sustainable Housing Teacher Professional Learning
You are invited to attend this hands-on workshop for teachers implementing the STELR Sustainable Housing program in their schools and those wanting to try out the equipment and activities...
30 May, 2018
29 May – MELBOURNE: STELR Renewable Energy Teacher Professional Learning Session
You are invited to attend this hands-on workshop for teachers implementing the STELR Renewable Energy program in their schools and those wanting to try out the equipment and activities....
29 May, 2018
Australian Student Wins Top Prize
Congratulations to Oliver Nicholls who was awarded first place at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania earlier this month. Oliver is from STELR school, Barker College in Hornsby, NSW and he designed a drone-like, robotic window cleaner for commercial buildings. The fair is the largest pre-university science competition in the world. Oliver received the Gordon E. Moore Award...
21 May, 2018