STEM Careers

Celebrating the contributions of women to STEM

At Snowy Hydro people are our greatest assets. This unit provides an opportunity to reflect on possible STEM careers. Students can then research women’s contributions to STEM and make a “pitch” to hypothetically name the next Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM).

The STEM careers research project introduces students to the idea of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM), as a career path, while extending their knowledge and learning experience to discover more about possible careers in STEM explored by great Australian women in STEM from Snowy Hydro and beyond.

Get started introducing your students to STEM careers as Dr. Kirsten speaks with five of Snowy Hydro’s inspiring women working in STEM. Learn more about their role at Snowy and gain valuable insights into their motivations and inspirations before starting a STEM career reflection.

Meet more of Snowy Hydro’s women in STEM

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Key information

Learning area: STEM careers
Suitable for: high school classrooms
Topics: engineering, science
Duration: 60-150 minutes for all projects
Preparation: providing research sheets to students
Materials: none

Resources

This folder contains all teacher and student resources for this unit. By downloading this folder, you won’t need to download the individual files below.

After watching the videos showcasing STEM careers, conduct a guided research project.
Choose and research a particular person’s contribution to their field.

Did you know that our TBMs are named after women, with three of our four Tunnel Boring Machines named after significant women in STEM?

With research templates to suit different research styles, use these to research a woman in STEM and make a pitch to have a hypothetical Tunnel Boring Machine named after them!

To learn more about our TBMs you can view the Going Underground resource.