AAMT e-news

for the Australian mathematics education community

11 May 2015

Australian STEM Video Game Challenge

The Australian STEM Video Game Challenge is a free national competition open to all Australian students in Years 5–12. Registrations are now open (close 19 June) and submissions are due 21 August. Students are encouraged to work collaboratively to design and build an original video game based on STEM concepts or themes. Entries can be from individuals or from teams of up to four.

Go to http://stemgames.org.au

Kronosaurus Korner School Challenge

Marine-fossil museum Kronosaurus Korner is launching a new national mathematics/science competition for teams in Years 5–9. Competition submissions are due 6 November 2015.

For more information and to register your school, please email curator@kronosauruskorner.com.au.

Financial literacy grants

The Financial Literacy Australia (FLA) Grants program supports the advancement of financial literacy in Australia. Applications for the 2015 project grants round are currently open; expressions of interest close 29 May.

For more information, go to http://finlit.org.au/2015-grants-round-now-open

AAMT conference Indigenous scholarship

AAMT's Indigenous scholarship to attend and present at the AAMT conference has been awarded to Lillian Miller (Qld) who will run a workshop on Mandlany, a resource of mathematical activities, aligned with the Australian Curriculm, which focus on Indigenous language.

You can find the draft program on the conference website at
www.cvent.com/d/74q5tv/12K?cpc=ZNNBZ9T2VL5

[webinar] Maths at Sea at the Polly Woodside

Thursday 14 May 2015, 4.30–5.30 pm EST

Presenter: Sarah O’Donnell, Australian National Trust

Streamed live from the Polly Woodside tall ship in Melbourne.

For information about this and other webinars and to register, go to www.aamt.edu.au/Communities/Webinars

Teach in the UK?

Point to Point Education acts as agent for schools in the UK to recruit teaching staff. If you are interested in having new and different professional experiences you can find out more at http://pointtopointeducation.com.au

[featured resource] Avanti Mental Maths

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www.aamt.edu.au/Webshop/Entire-catalogue/Avanti-Mental-Maths