Curtin STEM Outreach

27/08/2026

What does a career in STEM look like?
Hear from two inspiring First Nations STEM leaders at Deadly Science's upcoming online webinar for students in Years 5-12! 🌱🩻 ⬇️

Reminder: What does a career in STEM look like? 🔬

There’s still time to register for our free webinar on Wednesday, 2 September, where we’ll hear from two inspiring First Nations STEM leaders about their journeys, their work and the many ways STEM can create positive change.

Tiahni Adamson (Kaurareg) | Science communicator and National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Engagement Manager at Bush Heritage Australia, working to protect Country through conservation and science.

Dr Guy Cameron | Ngemba Wailwan scientist and doctor using research and medicine to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Together, they’ll explore how STEM can help care for Country, improve health outcomes and solve real-world challenges while showing the next generation of First Nations learners what’s possible.

📅 Wednesday, 2 September 2026
🕚 11:00am AEST
💻 Free online via Zoom
🎓 Recommended for Years 5–12

Can’t make it live? Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording afterwards.

🔗 Register now: https://deadlyscience2.my.site.com/Publicforms/sessioneoi?offerId=a27Ob000001fqtJIAQ

26/08/2026

Last Friday we welcomed Year 7 & 8 First Nations & their teachers to campus for a full day of STEM fun 🔬🐟👩‍💻🌌

In collaboration with the Centre for Aboriginal Studies, Boordakan-Ak Djianginy (Looking to the Future Day) highlighted the exciting possibilities of STEM & the opportunities that lie ahead for these students.

Through hands-on activities & an interactive expo, students explored geology, space science, coding, medicine, engineering, biology, physics & more!

A huge thank you to our presenters, mentors, expo exhibitors & schools who joined us to make the day such a success 👏

🔗Learn more about upcoming events & programs: curtin.edu.au/engage/stem-outreach/

Curtin University Fisheries WA Curtin Earth and Planetary Sciences Curtin Molecular and Life Sciences Curtin Engineers Without Borders

19/08/2026

From pulse-racing robotics action at the WA Robotics Playoffs to imaginative prototyping at primary schools across Perth, we've already had plenty of fun this National Science Week!

There are still plenty of opportunities to celebrate science across the week (& month) - check out:
🌠 Science After Dark at the Museum of the Goldfields - 20 Aug
🦕 Fossil Bites Science Talk - 20 Aug
🔭 SKAO Table-top Radio Telescope exploration - 22 Aug
🔬 The Biggest Science Lab Ever - 23 Aug

Find these events & more near you: https://www.scienceweek.net.au/
Read more about the WA Robotics Playoffs: https://www.wa.gov.au/government/announcements/national-science-week-2026-stem-career-opportunities-rebuilt-wa-robotics-playoffs-and-innovation-challenge

14/08/2026

A fantastic opportunity for WA College of Ag students to explore agricultural science and research here on campus 🎋🌱

10/08/2026

Meet us at the museum on 23 August to explore a new planet with your own rover as part of the Biggest Science Lab ever!

🚀 Roadside assistance is hard to come by when you're exploring Mars, so choosing the right rover code is important.

We are celebrating National Science Week with our Biggest Science Lab Ever! Joining us is Curtin STEM Outreach, who will be handing mission control over to you.

Analyse three pieces of rover code and decide which program will collect rock samples and which will navigate a set path across the planet's surface.

Drop in on Sunday 23 August as we take over Level 3 with tonnes of hands-on science experiences designed to test your ideas and challenge your thinking!

📷 Marloes Berger, Lucy Photography

29/07/2026

Calling teachers of Year 7 & 8 First Nations students!
We're partnering with the Centre for Aboriginal Studies to bring your students exciting STEM this National Science Week.

During an immersive on campus-experience, they'll get hands-on with science, meet exciting researchers & STEM professionals & learn about the amazing jobs & opportunities possible in their future.

All the details:
📆 Friday, 21 August
🕘 9:15am-2:15pm
📍Curtin University, Bentley
💰FREE

Register your group before 14 August: bit.ly/Boordakan-Ak

28/07/2026

🚀 Rockets. Science. Teamwork. Community.

Our first-ever regional BinarX School Holiday Program has wrapped up in Kalgoorlie, and what a week it was!

Twenty Year 5–6 students spent six days building electronics, designing experiments, constructing rockets, analysing flight data and learning what it's really like to work on a STEM project.
The week finished with a community rocket launch at Kalgoorlie International Speedway, where students launched rockets carrying experiments they had designed themselves. With almost 200 people turning out to support them, it was a pretty special way to end the program.

A huge thank you to our students, families, Curtin University Kalgoorlie, WA School of Mines, Kalgoorlie International Speedway, Resources Technology and Critical Minerals Trailblazer, and the Fogarty Foundation for helping make the program possible. ❤️
Want to see more photos from the week, read the full story and register your interest for future programs?

👉 Head to the blog post: https://www.binarspace.com/rockets-science-and-community-binarx-lands-in-kalgoorlie/

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23/06/2026

It's International Women in Engineering Day (INWED)! 👩‍🔧👩‍💻

This year’s events will spotlight the women applying creativity, insight & courage to solve complex challenges & drive inclusive progress across industries & communities.

In many of our programs, we're lucky to collaborate with incredible women working to inspire the next of generation of girls to discover a future in engineering 🚀👩‍🎓


Learn more about our Girls+ in STEM programs & upcoming events: curtin.edu.au/engage/girls-eng

17/06/2026

The BinarX Holiday Program is coming to Kalgoorlie!
FInd out more 👇

21/05/2026

Are you keen on a future in aerospace technology, aviation or engineering?

Year 10 students can now apply for hands-on STEM work experience with BAE Systems this June!

Located at the RAAF Base Pearce, you can look forward to:
👩‍💻 Building real STEM skills in Computer‑Aided Drawing, 3D printing, electrical circuit design & programming
⚙ Working inside the BAE Systems Hangar on a mini aerospace‑component design project to take home
🛬 Exploring the Hawk 127 maintenance facility, life support building & flightline
👩‍✈️Meeting flight crew & witness fast‑jet taxi, takeoff & landing
🥪Lunch & snacks provided daily

The important details:
📅 Monday 1 to Thursday 4 June
🕘 9am - 4pm daily
📍RAFF Base Pearce Bullsbrook
➡Apply here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=yOkkF5s_P0qvCo7Hmwl62XAkgKinsyxIsTjSLvl4D0ZUQ1VLVTBNM0wyUTRBMVpQREtLMFdQMkRUMyQlQCN0PWcu&route=shorturl