Activities and resources

There are a wide range of science education and outreach activities run in Queensland.

Review the list of STEM learning opportunities covering Queensland opportunities for students of all ages, as well as resources for parents and teachers. Queensland students are able to access a diverse network of STEM providers and learning opportunities:

Search the STARportal - the centralised national portal for STEM activities from around the country.

You can also check out the citizen science school teacher resources to see how to incorporate citizen science in the classroom, participate in a bioblitz or find Queensland citizen science projects or other resources.

The Office of the Queensland Chief Scientist has designed three Awesome activity books for Years 3–6 school students that feature short profiles of scientists and fun activities selected by these scientists including STEM-based word puzzles, experiments, dot-to-dot and colouring-in. Students can select from editions published in 2022 (PDF, 6.6MB) , 2020 (PDF, 9.4MB) and 2017 (PDF, 19.3MB) .