Junior STEM
Junior STEM Resources

Intended for Year 4-6 students, our resources are designed to spark curiosity in the world of gold and inspire young minds with links to hands-on activities and interactive learning tools.

Celebrating Family Ties

This activity sheet is a take home task for students to interview their parents about their family background. Discover interesting details about students’ family’s history.

Australian Gold Rush Advent Calendar

The Gold Rush Advent Calendar activity engages students with questions related to Australia’s gold rush history. Participants are tasked with answering questions about mining methods, historical figures, and the impact of gold mining on different communities.

Australian Gold Rush Y Chart

The worksheet is designed for students to describe the experience of gold mining using three senses: what it “felt like,” “looked like,” and “sounded like.” Students can fill out the chart based on their knowledge or research of gold miners during the Australian Gold Rush.

Gold Terms Glossary

The Gold Terminology Glossary can be used to familiarise yourself with key terms and concepts used in the gold industry, perfect for students or educators.

Gold Measurements

The Gold Measurements Sheet can be used to learn about the units and standards used in the gold industry, perfect for understanding weight, purity, and value calculations in gold mining.

Sustainability Initiative – Tree Planting

This worksheet introduces students to a sustainability initiative by Regis Resources. Through a series of discussion questions, students explore the environmental, social, and ecological benefits of the tree planting project and its role in promoting sustainability at the site.

Golden – The Rise of Industrial Gold

This comprehensive report delves into how gold’s unique properties are harnessed in various applications, proving gold’s significance far beyond traditional uses. 

Minerals Council of Australia: 30 Things

Mining provides the resources for modern life, technology and business. MCA’s 30 Things educational resources provides an insight into the many things in our everyday life and the lives of the future that are made possible by the resources we mine.

Working Deep Down Underground

An educational yet engaging rhyming picture book that can share with your family what goes on down the hole! Perfect for those working in the industry, or those wanting to educate their kids where metals and minerals come from.

Working Deep Down In The Pit

An educational yet engaging rhyming picture book that helps explain the machines, processes and why behind open pit mining!  Perfect for those working in the industry, or those wanting to educate their kids where metals and minerals come from.