Courses for 2025 (Secondary Grades 7-9)
QVSA Round 1 student nominations are now open! A full list of courses across the week is included below. If you would like to talk to someone about how the QVSA operates or how these amazing STEM enrichment courses work contact your regional coordinator. If you are seeking to register interest for upcoming courses please email Breeha Sinnamon bsinn11@eq.edu.au.
Most Round 1 programs are 10 weeks in duration and are scheduled for one 60 minute lesson per week, except those listed as 5-week Skill Builders. The 10-week programs are split across the holidays (6 weeks at the end of term one and 4 weeks at the beginning of the term two) – Round 1 begins 24th February and ends 16th May.
2025 Round Dates:
Round dates for 2025
Round 1: 24th Feb. to 16th May (Term 1 Wk 5 to Term 2 Wk4)
Round 2: 26th May to 15th Aug. (Term 2 Wk 6 to Term 3 Wk5)
Round 3: 25th Aug. to 14th Nov. (Term 3 Wk 7 to Term 4 Wk6)
Round 1 Courses include:
Grand Challenges
Monday:
- Pests in the West
- Kiss the Ground
Tuesday:
- Reef Health
- Audio Warfare
- Portable Living Spaces
- Women in STEM
Wednesday:
- Advancements in Mining Innovation
- Save the Bees
- Apps for Earth
Thursday:
- Sensational Sharks
- Let it Grow
- Biomedical Engineering
- Say it with STEM
Friday
Skill Builders
Monday:
Tuesday:
- Intro to micro:bits
- Lego Robotics
Wednesday:
- Intro to micro:bits
- Maqueen Machines
- Lego Robotics
- Future Farming
- Biomechanics
- Einstein Science
Thursday:
- Advanced Lego Robotics
- Beat the Heat
- The Heist: Forensics
Friday:
- Beat the Heat
- Einstein Science
- Lego Robotics
Digital Learning & STEM introductory courses:
Monday:
- Digital Learner's Licence & Mars Helicopter
- Digital Learner's Licence & Coding 101
Tuesday:
- Digital Learner's Licence and Indigenous Seasons
Please contact your regional coordinator or email bsinn11@eq.edu.au for more course information, class times and registration details.