St Michael’s Collegiate School
Introduction
St Michael's Collegiate School is a F-12 girls school located in Hobart, Tasmania on the Traditional Lands of the Muwinina Peoples. The focus for their STEM Connections project was to engage girls in STEM lessons, they accomplished this by having students develop a smartphone app for new students at the school.
School sector: Catholic systemic
School type: Girls
Year range: F-12
Total enrolments: 648
Location: Regional
Teachers Glenn Carmichael, Andrew Jones and Lance Coad at St Michael’s Collegiate School were interviewed five years after the STEM Connections project. They discuss the sustainability of the project since it started and the impact the project has had on students and staff.