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focused on space science, exploration and leadership activities.
Cuberider7 is another hands-on STEM program, which allows students to design and program their own experiments with NASA- approved hardware, before sending them up to the International Space Station. While the HASSE Space School International Study program8 is aimed to spur creativity by giving high school students a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to visit NASA and gain an insight into the workings of the agency.
“South Australian schools, industry and government
need to work cohesively to ensure STEM subjects are a priority in the school curriculum, while building a culture of entrepreneurship and igniting a curiosity for space at an early age.”
Year 10 students from public and private schools in South Australia can also participate in the three-day South Australian Space School9 extracurricular education program, which has been held annually since 1997.
The program, operated by a team of secondary STEM teachers, aims to provide a stimulating learning experience through real- world activities.
Giving South Australia’s brightest young minds the chance to experiment in space, local company Neumann Space10 has helped to launch the SA Schools Space Mission11, which will give three public schools the opportunity to send their experiments to space later this year. Seven schools have been shortlisted for the mission, Australian Science and Mathematics School, Le Fevre High School, Mawson Lakes School, Norwood Morialta High School, The Heights School, The Pines School and Two Wells Primary School. The shortlisted schools will receive industry speci c professional learning and equipment through Neumann Space to build their prototypes before the nal three are selected to send their experiments into space.
Role of the South Australian Space Industry Centre
The South Australian Space Industry
Centre12 aims to enhance the State’s space economy by supporting entrepreneurship and innovation, while inspiring our brightest young minds to forge careers in space.
Radar dish, Woomera
Photographer: Tony Virgo
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