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

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 invites students in Year 7 to Year 10 near Sydney Metro’s City & Southwest, West and Western Sydney Airport railway alignments to work together to come up with an innovative solution to an authentic Sydney Metro challenge or opportunity.

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 inquiry-based unit of work was created, trialled and peer reviewed as part of a professional learning program in inquiry-based learning for school teachers. The professional learning courses were part of a pilot partnership between the NSW Government’s Sydney Metro transport agency and Western Sydney University. 

Topics covered:
Geography, History, Science; GE1-2; HT1-3; ST1-7MW-T; 

This inquiry-based unit of work was created, trialled and peer reviewed as part of a professional learning program in inquiry-based learning for school teachers. The professional learning courses were part of a pilot partnership between the NSW Government’s Sydney Metro transport agency and Western Sydney University. 

Topics covered:
Geography, History, Science; GE3-2; GE2-3; GE3-4; HT3-1; HT3-5; ST3-2DP-T; ST3-3DP-T; 

This inquiry-based unit of work was created, trialled and peer reviewed as part of a professional learning program in inquiry-based learning for school teachers. The professional learning courses were part of a pilot partnership between the NSW Government’s Sydney Metro transport agency and Western Sydney University. 

Topics covered:

Mathematics, Science, and Technology, Geography; MAO-WM-01; MA2-GM-02; MA2-GM-03; MA2-GM-01; ST2-1 WS-S; ST2-2DP-T; ST2-3DP-T; ST2-1 1DI-T; GE2-1; GE2-2; GE2-3;

Mathematics, Science and Technology, Geography; MAO-WM-01; MA3-GM-02; MA3-3DS-01; MA3-GM-03; ST3-2DP-T; ST3-3DP-T; ST3-1 1DI-T; GE3-1; GE3-2; GE3-3;

Mathematics,  Design and Technology, Geography; MAO-WM-01; MA4-DAT_C01; MA4-ANG-C-01; DT4-1; DT4-2; DT4-6; DT4-7; GE4-1; GE4-2; GE4-3; GE4-4; GE4-5;

This inquiry-based unit of work was created, trialled and peer reviewed as part of a professional learning program in inquiry-based learning for school teachers. The professional learning courses were part of a pilot partnership between the NSW Government’s Sydney Metro transport agency and Western Sydney University. 

Topics covered: 
English, Geography, Science and Technology, Creative Arts; EN3-1A; EN3-2A; EN3-3A; EN3-5B; EN3-6B; EN3-7C; EN3-9E; GE3-1; GE3-2; GE3-3; ST3-2DP-T; VAS3.1; VAS3.2; VAS3.4; DRAS3.2; DRAS3.3;
 

This inquiry-based unit of work was created, trialled and peer reviewed as part of a professional learning program in inquiry-based learning for school teachers. The professional learning courses were part of a pilot partnership between the NSW Government’s Sydney Metro transport agency and Western Sydney University. 

Topics covered: 

Mathematics; MA0-WM-01; MA5-LIN-C-02;
 

This inquiry-based unit of work was created, trialled and peer reviewed as part of a professional learning program in inquiry-based learning for school teachers. The professional learning courses were part of a pilot partnership between the NSW Government’s Sydney Metro transport agency and Western Sydney University. 

Topics covered:
English, Geography, History, Science and Technology; EN2-6B; EN2-1A; EN2-2A; GE2-2; GE2-3; ACHGK019; HT2-2; HT2-5; HT3-1; ST2-1QS-S; ST2-2DP-T;