Snowy STEM Academy events
The Snowy STEM Academy runs events nationally and locally across the year. See where you’ll be able to find the Snowy STEM Academy in person, attend online events for students and classrooms of all ages and where you can see us in the heart of the Snowy Mountains.
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Upcoming events
National Science Week: 9-17 August 2025
The Snowy STEM Academy hosts events for students to immerse themselves in the wonders of the Snowy Scheme and how STEM is used within it.
This year, we have multiple programs on offer locally and nationally.
The Power Beneath: A 3D Experience of Snowy 2.0
Explore Snowy 2.0 with your own eyes, Australia’s largest-ever hydro project and one of the most ambitious engineering feats of our time.
Perfect for high school students, this program dives into the 28km of tunnels carved beneath the Snowy Mountains and the enormous underground caverns… big enough to fit the Sydney Opera House!
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How Snowy 2.0 unearthed an ancient mystery
When digging a tunnel for the Snowy 2.0 project, one of the last things you might expect to find is a coral reef!
This hands-on experience gets year 5-9 students involved in unearthing the mysteries within the Earth’s crust. Geology and geotechnology are integral in the designing and building of infrastructure, and by decoding the layers of rock that we build on and in, students will unpack the mysteries of ancient worlds and how they affect us today. With sampling experiences and discussion on experimental design, this session will have your class decoding the universe to help build tomorrow.
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Give your students a jump start to Power Up the Future!
What could the future of Australia’s energy look like?
The Powering Up the Future national STEM competition offers exciting prizes, with winners receiving up to $3,000 worth of prizes for themselves and their school!
The guided session takes you through sustainable energy sources and prompts activities and ideas to get the creative juices flowing for their competition submission. Registering for this session will allow you to watch this video at a time that works for you and your class as many times as you like.
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Local events: are run in person at the Snowy Hydro Discovery Centre, Cooma NSW
National events: Are pre-recorded webinars sent to your inbox so you can engage at a time and place that works for you. Each experience will also equip you with an explainer and a paired hands on experience.
Powering Up the Future competition: 4 August – 28 September 2025
How would you help to build a future powered by sustainable energy?
The Powering Up the Future national STEM competition wants you to
Invent a bold new idea, technology, or system that helps save or reuse energy to lower emissions.
Your idea could be something to power your classroom, reduce wasted energy at home, or rethink how your town receives and uses power. Big or small, local or global—if it helps build a world that runs on sustainable energy, we want to see how you could Power Up the Future
More events coming soon!
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