Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy

Hands up if you like physics! ✋

There are 85 pairs of hands raised in response to that question Good Shepherd Catholic College - Mount Isa, judging by the Year 7 students' enthusiastic response to our 'Pulleys for Productivity' workshop yesterday.

The mechanics of pulley systems and how it is used in mining operations was explained to the students by Glencore MIM's Ed (mining engineer); Shaun (mechanical engineer) and Luke (graduate engineer). The students also got plenty of help with their physics experiments from their school QMEA Student Ambassadors, Henry and Xanda.

It was a day full of physics and fun. 😄⚛️
Queensland Resources Council
Skills for Queensland
Mining Queensland

Coding⌨️, creativity💡 and collaboration👥 at Capella and Clermont!

Siobhan and Rory from Glencore Coal Australia joined us at Capella State High School, helping Year 7 students with our coding workshop and giving them insight into how technology is being used in their operations.

This learning experience was consolidated with a Beakers. Bots. Build. workshop the next day, with students from Clermont State High School joining in for a full day of STEM experiments and finding out more about the exploration and production of coal in the region.

Science✔️ Technology✔️Resources✔️ Fun✔️
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Mining Queensland

❓Question: What do you get when you add 25 students + 2 industry reps + 1 QMEA educator + a bucketload of STEM equipment?
✔️Answer: A day filled with science learnings and discovering careers in resources!

Year 10 students at Sarina State School found this out at our recent STEM Unearthed workshop delivered in partnership with BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) who had two of their team, Greg and Jacinta, on hand to help guide the students and share their career stories.
BHP Queensland

Teamwork, challenges and career inspo all in one day! 🚀🤝

Year 10 students at Miles State High School explored future pathways at a recent hands-on Careers4Me workshop delivered with the support of Origin Energy.

With team-building activities, problem-solving challenges and individual career profiling, students got a real taste of where their skills and interests could take them once they've graduated from school. It was a BIG day of discussion, ideas and career planning.

Huge thanks to the Origin team for sharing their stories and sparking ideas for the future! ⭐🔍


Queensland Resources Council
Skills for Queensland

The recent Campus Connect day at CQU Gladstone was a great hit with the students and presenters from APLNG ConocoPhillips Year 10 students from schools around the district got a great insight into the CQU campus and the types of STEM careers they can follow if they wanted to join the local energy operations.

The day gave the students a valuable view to the future and the skills, qualifications and roles relevant to the energy sector.
Queensland Resources Council
Gladstone State High School
Toolooa State High School
Chanel College
Calliope State High School

It's been a BIG 2️⃣ days of STEM at Redeemer Lutheran College, Biloela.
🔧Tuesday: Years 7 and 8 students got hands-on with hydraulics, creating model hydraulic arms.
⚗️Wednesday: Year 10 students explored how STEM is shaping the modern resources sector with team members from Batchfire Resources.

The partnership with Batchfire is giving Biloela students the chance to connect classroom learning with future careers they can pursue in their hometown, including emerging roles like data analytics, mapping and programming in addition to traditional STEM roles.



Queensland Resources Council
Skills for Queensland
Mining Queensland