Join Superstar of STEM  Dr Indrani Mukherjee as we discuss the importance of the Earth Sciences for our world and describes her passion for helping people to get involved in STEM.

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About Dr Indrani Mukherjee

Indrani explores links between early Earth evolution, the origin of complex life and the formation of precious mineral deposits. She moved to Australia from her home country India in 2014 for her PhD at the University of Tasmania. Post-graduation in 2017, she continued as a postdoctoral researcher in Tasmania alongside branching out into fields of public outreach, geoscience communication and diversity initiatives. As a person of colour, a migrant and as a woman, she is always ready to communicate issues pertaining to intersectionality.

https://www.unsw.edu.au/staff/indrani-mukherjee

About the Superstars of STEM program

Superstars of STEM is a game-changing Australian initiative to smash gender assumptions about who can work in science, technology, engineering and maths. Since it was created by Science & Technology Australia in 2017, it has made a powerful contribution to start to tackle the serious gender inequity of visible diverse role models featured in the media as experts in STEM.  Open to women and non-binary people, the program equips brilliant diverse STEM experts with advanced communication skills and opportunities - in the media, on stage and in schools. The result: we’re growing a critical mass of more diverse celebrity scientists appearing regularly in the Australian media to inspire our next generations of young Australians into STEM study and careers.

https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/ 

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Join Superstar of STEM Sally Hurst as we discuss how she teaches paleobiology at the Australian Museum and describes her passion for helping rural girls to get involved in STEM.

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About Sally Hurst

Growing up on a farm where the closest city was over an hour away made the road to STEM careers and becoming a palaeontologist a little difficult. So, after finding her passion for the past through her work experience at the National Dinosaur Museum in Canberra, Sally moved to Sydney to find a university where she could indeed study dinosaurs.

Sally completed her Bachelors at Macquarie University in Palaeobiology, and Ancient Egyptian Archaeology, and is now completing her Masters of Research in Science. While learning about the past has been a highlight, Sally’s favourite job is being able to get others just as excited about science and palaeontology, this encouraged through her role as a science communicator at the Australian Museum, and as a mentor for young rural girls through various scholarship and coaching programs. Sally would love to become the passionate role model in STEM for other young girls that she never had growing up.

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About the Superstars of STEM program

Superstars of STEM is a game-changing Australian initiative to smash gender assumptions about who can work in science, technology, engineering and maths. Since it was created by Science & Technology Australia in 2017, it has made a powerful contribution to start to tackle the serious gender inequity of visible diverse role models featured in the media as experts in STEM.  Open to women and non-binary people, the program equips brilliant diverse STEM experts with advanced communication skills and opportunities - in the media, on stage and in schools. The result: we’re growing a critical mass of more diverse celebrity scientists appearing regularly in the Australian media to inspire our next generations of young Australians into STEM study and careers.

https://scienceandtechnologyaustralia.org.au/ 

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With interviews with leading science educators and STEM thought leaders, this science education podcast is about highlighting different ways of teaching kids within and beyond the classroom. It's not just about educational practice & pedagogy, it's about inspiring new ideas & challenging conventions of how students can learn about their world!

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Fancy learning science over a pint or two? Perfect! Today we speak with Co-Chief Executive Officers Jin-oh Choi & Maria Roitman from Pint of Science Australia to learn about the public science communication events happening across 15 cities in Australia where you can learn from researchers about their work.

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About Pint of Science Australia

Pint of Science Australia is a national not-for-profit organisation with the goal to increase science appreciation among the Australian people. 
The annual Pint of Science Australia festival is part of the international Pint of Science festival which is running simultaneously in 26 countries: a celebration of science that reaches all across the globe.

The Pint of Science festival not only serves as a way to bridge the gap between scientific research and the Australian public, but also as a medium for researchers to practice science communication, and for volunteers to further develop skills that can facilitate their career progression.

With events taking place in 15 cities across Australia this year, the Pint of Science Australia festival provides a casual and inclusive environment where attendees can interact with our research-active community, ask questions, and deepen their understanding of the latest discoveries and advancements across the broad scope of what we call science. It's a celebration of knowledge, curiosity, and the joy of learning, all fuelled by a pint and shared enthusiasm for the wonders of science.

About Jin-oh Choi

Jin-oh Choi is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Pint of Science Australia, a passionate advocate for science communication and education in Australia, and works to make scientific knowledge and research accessible to the Australian audience.Jin-oh is also a lover of craft beer and believes that by connecting science with something as relatable and approachable as a pint of beer, it allows people to engage with science in a new and exciting way.

About Maria Roitman

Maria Roitman is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Pint of Science Australia, and Senior Advisor, International Research Strategy at the University of Melbourne. As a former researcher who never fully left the research world, Maria believes that science should be accessible to people of all demographics. Maria is passionate about increasing the breadth and depth of opportunities for the Australian research community to share their work with the public in interesting and engaging ways.

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Pancakes! Say that word and students and adults alike can't help but smile. PancakeBot is an amazing tool to teach a love of STEM in its purest form and creator & founder Miguel Valenzuela drops by to describe how this is being used in many schools to teach about food technology and the maker movement.

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About PancakeBot

PancakeBot LLC focuses on the development of PancakeBot, the world's first pancake printer. From its beginnings in the New York Maker Faire to being showcased in the White House, PancakeBot also focuses on the development of curriculum for schools to help spread the word and tell the story of PancakeBot.

https://pancakebot.com/

About Miguel Valenzuela

Miguel is an inventor, artist, California Registered Engineer, and creator of PancakeBot, a pancake printer designed to inspire kids to get into technology, robotics and food manufacturing. In his spare time, he likes to work with 3D modelling, robotics, LEGO and teaching children about animation as well as programming.

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Inspiring students to understand how astronomers really work is a true passion for Dr Sara Webb from Swinburne University of Technology. As one of the Superstars of STEM from Science & Technology Australia, she is a real advocate for widening participation in STEM and also inspiring students to discover astrophysics through her work in the Space Challenge.

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About Dr Sara Webb

Dr. Sara Webb is an astrophysicist dedicated to sharing the wonders of astronomy and astrophysics with a wide audience. Her work includes chasing the counterparts to Fast Radio Bursts, Gravitational Wave Events, studying flaring stars and applying Machine learning to astronomy and cognitive decision support. When not researching she is directing the Space Challenge programs out of Swinburne University of Technology. She is also one of Science & Technology Australia's Superstars of STEM.

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The Australian Science Olympiads have been run for many years, whereby highly motivated students in Australian high schools compete to be selected to be part of the team to represent Australia at the International Science Olympiads. We talk with Aly Weirman, Executive Director of Australian Science Innovations to learn more!

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About the Australian Science Olympiads

The Australian Science Olympiad Exams are challenging but rewarding online exams held once a year in the following disciplines:

• Junior (for Year 7 – 10)
• Physics
• Biology
• Earth and Environmental Science
• Chemistry

All students who wish to be considered for stage two and three of the program must sit the exam. Students may sit more than one exam.

Following the completion of the exams, students may be offered a place in our pathway programs. All programs are invitation-only.

Each of these programs is a chance or students to further extend themselves in their discipline, connect with subject experts, and develop new friendships with like-minded students from across the country.

Further links

https://www.asi.edu.au/asi_program/australian-science-olympiads/

About Alyssa Weirman

Aly Weirman is the Executive Director of Australian Science Innovations, an organisation that has identified, trained and supported Australia’s Science Olympians for over 35 years. Aly has over a decade of experience in business management and development within the public, research, and university sectors. Aly would like to support the development of a science-literate Australia. As a trained geologist Aly brings a love of all things science to her role managing ASI, especially rocks, fossils, cliffs and volcanoes.

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Building capacity in science education is essential for global science literacy. Dr Graham Walker has been heavily involved in this through his work with Science Circus Africa, Science Circus Pacific and through his work via the National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) at the Australian National University.

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About Dr Graham Walker

Dr Graham Walker is a science communication teacher, researcher and practitioner based at the National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS) at the Australian National University, where he convenes Postgraduate Coursework. He works at the interface of science communication and informal STEM learning, capacity building and co-development, emotion and motivation, and communication of social and environmental issues, particularly in informal learning contexts like science centres, science shows and hands-on workshops.

Graham has been involved in science communication capacity building throughout the Asia-Pacific, Africa and the Middle East since 2003. He founded Science Circus Africa which, through dynamic partnerships with African organisations, has trained more than 500 staff and reached 73,000 people in 10 African countries, and more recently the DFAT-supported Science Circus Pacific. He is an avid aficionado of science shows and has performed shows and delivered training globally.

Research interests

• Science communication capacity building, training, international development and cross-cultural codesign - especially in Africa, the Pacific and Asia.
• Science centres and informal science learning methods, e.g. science shows, hands-on workshops, interactive exhibits, making and tinkering, etc.
• Application of informal science learning methods to socioscientific issues such as climate, environment and health.
• Emotion and motivation in science communication and informal science learning

Further links

https://cpas.anu.edu.au/people/dr-graham-walker

ANU Master of Science Communication

https://science.anu.edu.au/study/masters/master-science-communication

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Helping students reach their potential is at the heart of teaching. We speak with Debra Hettleman, CEO of Building STEPS to find out how her organisation has been working with 15 high schools in Baltimore to help under-represented students become science and technology professionals.

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About Building STEPS

Developed by a science consultant to help under-represented students become science and technology professionals, Building STEPS increases the number of students who earn a college degree and enter STEM and healthcare careers. Launched in Baltimore in 2000, and partnering with our city’s more challenged, under-resourced public high schools, Building STEPS unlocks potential and propels high achieving, highly motivated students to college and career success.

To learn more, visit https://www.buildingsteps.org/about-us/our-mission/

About Debra Hettleman

Debra launched Building STEPS with the purpose of creating a college pathway for underrepresented students to become STEM professionals. Today, she oversees all aspects of this Baltimore not for profit from developing and maintaining corporate and institutional partners to advising the Board on creating and implementing growth strategies.

Over 23 years, Debra has grown Building STEPS from three school partnerships serving 16 students to fifteen high school partnerships serving nearly 150 high school students and 200 college students annually. More than 80% of Building STEPS students earn college degrees. Creating networking and professional development programs, Building STEPS Young Professional Council, made up of all Building STEPS Alumni, advances community engagement and opportunities for peer-to-peer connections. Debra is a graduate of the Greater Baltimore Committee’s The Leadership, has been honored by the Baltimore Business Journal as Maryland’s Top 100 Women and is recognized by Baltimore Magazine as a Baltimore Game Changer. Outside of work, Debra can be found hiking the trails or kayaking the waters of Maryland’s parks.

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Opportunity for students aged 15 to 18 to apply to go to space camp! The American Chamber of Commerce in Australia (AmCham) is partnering with Kallman Worldwide and The Astronaut Al Worden Endeavour Scholarship to give four young Australians the opportunity of a lifetime to attend a week-long program at the premier U.S. space education centre – Space Camp – in Huntsville, Alabama. We talk with Josh Edwards, Head of Special Projects at AMCHAM to learn more.

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The Endeavour Scholarship

Students aged 15 to 18 can apply for a full scholarship to attend a week-long program at the premier U.S. space education centre – Space Camp – in Huntsville, Alabama from July 2-7, 2023. Four Australian students aged 15-18 will each receive a full scholarship to be part of Mission Team #10 – TEAM AUSTRALIA – joining students from around the world, fostering understanding and cooperation in the global aerospace community and taking part in hands-on astronaut training. Supported by the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia (AmCham) in partnership with Kallman Worldwide and The Astronaut Al Worden Endeavour Scholarship.

To learn more, visit https://www.amcham.com.au/

About Josh Edwards

Josh Edwards is the Head of Special Projects at the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia (AmCham), leading AmCham's international and domestic trade missions. Josh previously worked in the Australian Government as a media and policy officer for a federal Member of Parliament, leading communications, Parliamentary duties, strategy, and policy positioning. Josh holds a Master of National Security Policy from the Australian National University, and a Bachelor of Arts (Spanish and Latin American Studies, Politics and International Relations) from the University of Melbourne. He is also a graduate of the US Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program.

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From Faraday to Volta, there are plenty of amazing stories when it comes to the history of physics. So how do you teach it best to grab the intention of learners? We speak with Kathy Joseph, host of the YouTube channel Kathy Love Physics and author of The Lightning Tamers: True Stories of the Dreamers and Schemers WhoHarnessed Electricity and Transformed Our World to learn more.

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About Kathy Joseph

Kathy Joseph splits her time between writing her next book, making documentary videos based on her books for her YouTube channel, Kathy Loves Physics, and giving talks about the history of science. Kathy holds multiple advanced degrees in physics and engineering and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Learn more at www.KathyLovesPhysics.com

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