• When

    Group A: 4 & 11 August 2026

    Group B: 6 & 13 August 2026

  • Location

    Online - Virtual

  • Time

    3 hours

  • Audience

    Educators

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About

In this FREE virtual workshop, you will:

  • ​Get hands-on with electrical engineering and activities from the ‘Lights, Buzzer, Action: Designing Alarm Circuits’ unit of work.

  • 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.  

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.
  • For more information, please contact the team at: teachers@questacon.edu.au

Session times

Group A

3:30 - 5:00pm AEST 

  • Part 1: Tuesday, 4 August
  • Part 2: Tuesday, 11 August

Group B 

5:30 - 7:00pm AEST

  • Part 1: Thursday, 6 August
  • Part 2: Thursday, 13 August

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.
Engineering is Elementary is developed by the Museum of Science, Boston, and adapted for Australian educators by Questacon supported by Diamond Partner, Department of Defence.