Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation runs Science Bootcamps to motivate secondary students to pursue studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, a need critical to many industrialized nations. We completely developed two activities that will be offered in 2016 Bootcamps: constructing a phone speaker and using magnets to clean oil spills. We based these activities and a guide for future development upon interviews with experts, focus groups with educators, and surveys of participants in previous Bootcamps.

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Creator

• Karapanagos, Georgios
• Gatehouse, Adam James
• Portugal, Matthew Shaun
• Connolly, Rachel Marie

Subject

• Community
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121315-213722

Keyword

• Education, Secondary
• Application software--Development
• Science--Study and teaching
• Community engagement

Advisor

• Szkutak, Joan B.
• Davis, Paul W.
• Szkutak, David Edward

Year

• 2015

Center

• Melbourne, Australia Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
• Pillay-Krishna, Chris
• Siebentritt, Carly

Date created

• 2015-12-13

Location

• Melbourne

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2020-12-31