Our STEAMpunk Girls pilot, which concluded in August 2017, saw 64 female high school students from across Sydney develop projects responding to problems in their community including addressing gender inequality in high school through a themed podcast, a robotic smart bin to clean up schools, and promoting environmental interaction through outdoor learning.
Check out the problem areas they explored and solutions they devised through STEAM learning methods and entrepreneurial thinking:
Bankstown Girls High School
- Increasing cultural awareness in Bankstown, through a creative classroom setup
- Creating low budget, nutritious food for people affected by crisis, through a high-energy food bar and distribution model
- Promoting eco-friendly alternative fur products
- Raising awareness of child poverty in developed countries
Loreto Kirribilli
- Reducing bath water wastage with a smart rubber duck device
- Reducing food waste through school food banks and a redistribution scheme
- Reducing confusion over rubbish and recycling through an educational app
- Reducing family food waste through a smart shopping list
Killarney Heights High School
- Promoting environmental interaction through outdoor learning spaces
- Addressing gender inequality in high school through a themed podcast
- Improving hygiene on public transport through hand sanitiser placement
Liverpool Girls High School
- Improving the living standards of impoverished individuals in Liverpool
- Reducing the amount of school water waste through an education program
- Reducing newspaper waste through a drone delivery model
- Creating a cleaner school environment through a robotic smart bin