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This poster lists five stages of the design thinking process to help students solve problems creatively. Against the key stages of empathise, define, ideate, prototype and test are some easy to implement tips for secondary students on how to undertake each phase most effectively. This poster is designed to be printed and hung on classroom walls for inspiration for schools undertaking the Metro Minds STEAM Challenge.

Metro Minds STEAM Challenge - Years 7 to 10, your Metro Minds journey starts here.

Metro Minds STEAM Challenge invites students from Sydney’s city and south west area to come up with an innovative solution to an authentic Sydney Metro challenge or opportunity using the design-thinking process. The Project Guide and Design Folio complements the Metro Minds STEAM Challenge Unit.

Topics covered: Design and Technology

Design and Technology; DT4-1; DT4-3; DT4-7; DT5-1; DT5-3; DT5-4; DT5-6; TE4-1DP; TE4-2DP; TE4-10TS

This book and related online materials are curriculum resources for primary teachers and students produced by Sydney Metro Northwest in consultation with practising teachers and curriculum specialists. 

Ready to teach, syllabus-based lessons for K-6.

This book and related online materials are curriculum resources for secondary teachers and students produced by Sydney Metro Northwest in consultation with practising teachers and curriculum specialists. 

Ready to teach, syllabus-based lessons for 7–10.

Survey activity sheet to support "How to plan community development: doing a population survey" lesson.

Geography K-10; GE5-1; GE5-7

In this sequence of lessons for stage 5, students learn about community consultation and how they might participate in this process in an informed manner. They select and research an aspect of the Sydney Metro Northwest project, prepare a presentation, and deliver it to the class as if they were a member of the project team presenting to a community group.

Geography K–10 promotes values, attitudes and social skills that are essential to students’ success in and beyond their schooling. These include making responsible and informed decisions, and participating in society as active and informed citizens.

Topics covered: A railway for Sydney's North West region, Geography
Geography K-10; GE5-2; GE5-4; GE5-7; GE5-8

These lessons provide Stage 5 students with the opportunity to explore the basic ideas of geotechnics and some of the geological issues that need to be solved when building a tunnel.

Topics covered : Planning, designing and building a railway and Geography. 
Geography K-10; GE5-2; GE5-7; GE5-8

Students investigate changes occurring in the Northwest and South West Sydney Growth Centres. They understand why Sydney Metro Northwest is important to meet the needs of a growing population. This stage 5 lesson follows the lesson on building population pyramids and selecting and applying appropriate geographical tools to aid in the understanding of population change.

Topics covered:  Planning, designing and building a railway and Geography.
Geography K-10; GE5-2; GE5-3; GE5-7; GE5-8

In seeking answers to interesting calculations, stage 5 students begin to understand how engineers apply mathematical knowledge to solving ‘real-world’ problems. When discussing Sydney Metro Northwest’s tunnels, for example, many people might ask the following questions: How much rock material has to be excavated to make the rail tunnels? How heavy is all that rock? Students will enjoy finding answers to these questions and sharing them with peers.

Topics covered: Planning, designing and building a railway and Mathematics.
Mathematics K-10; MA5.2-2WM