About
In this free workshop you will:
- Get hands-on with chemical engineering and activities from the ‘A Work in Process: Improving the Playdough Process’ unit.
- Develop effective strategies to teach STEM content, and skills, to meet the learning needs of your students.
- Gain the confidence to teach STEM in your classroom through the engineering design process.
After the workshop, we’ll send you a resource kit and unit of work so you can run Engineering is Elementary in your classroom. You’ll also be connected to a national community of practice for ongoing collaboration and support.
Places are limited.
Things to know
- This workshop is a two-part series, to complete the workshop make sure you attend both session 1 and session 2. Each of the sessions are 1.5 hours.
- You can sign-up to one of the two available groups – see session times below.
- Engineering is Elementary units are designed for primary educators; however, they can be adapted for secondary school or other settings.
- Workshops are listed in AEST time zone. Please check what time zone you are in and adjust accordingly.
- Workshops will be delivered via Microsoft Teams.
- Workshops are free but applications are essential as places are limited!
- If these dates don’t suit you, you can express your interest in future opportunities via the application form.
Sessions
Group A
3:30pm – 5:00pm AEST
- Part 1: Tuesday, 27 May
- Part 2: Tuesday, 3 June
Group B
5:30pm – 7:30pm AEST
- Part 1: Thursday, 29 May
- Part 2: Thursday, 5 June

About the program
Questacon Engineering is Elementary is a program that builds your confidence and capacity to teach engaging and meaningful STEM in the classroom.