How a 43-year-old children's book inspired this innovative STEM challenge

Sarah Duggan

By Sarah Duggan
Published January 14, 2020

It started with a letter from a lighthouse keeper's wife, and ended with an epic drone mission.

As a STEM School of Excellence, Baringa State PS integrates STEM teaching across subjects.

Nobody could deny the scope of the STEM challenge put to Year 3s at Baringa State Primary School was a ...

This story appeared in the December 2019 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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