The annual It Takes A Spark! STEM conference is back on 16 September 2025.
This year, the theme is ‘Curiosity, Creativity and Community – innovating together’ – highlighting how STEAM learning empowers curiosity, creativity and working together in communities to innovate and solve challenges.
Most conferences currently being offered on STEM, STEAM and Entrepreneurship tend to be targeted towards teachers and involve a series of speakers and the occasional mini-workshops. This conference is designed to be different. This conference is designed by students and teachers for students and teachers.
The purpose of the It Takes A Spark conference is to bring together students and teachers to:
- connect with inspiring role models
- share their current school based activities and projects using an authentic sharing and experiential model
- create networks of teachers and student teams
- solve social justice design challenges.
The participation of the students is as important as teachers because the event’s intent is to ignite, empower and nurture both to be leaders of STEM and Entrepreneurship within their schools.
Teachers will have both formal and informal opportunities to speak to other teachers who have enacted programs and activities in their schools and get their questions answered.
The Digi-Design workshops and Problem Solver design challenges are all hands-on so students and teachers will experience first-hand what it is like to be part of great STEM and entrepreneurial learning. This will spark new ideas about curriculum and pedagogy.
Who the conference is for
The It Takes A Spark! STEM conferrence is for:
- Year 4 to 10 students: those who are already (or aspire to be) STEM Leaders in your school OR students’ schools wish to spark an interest in, and engagement in STEM
- Teachers: those who have little experience and those who have a lot, looking to be inspired, participate in hands-on professional learning and network with peers
- Heads of Learning Areas / Curriculum: who wish to connect and elevate their STEM discipline
- Principals and Deputy Principals: to witness what is possible by embedding STEM authentically in your school.
The event is also a 6 hour Professional Learning day for teachers – certificate provided.
To see the full agenda for the one day conference, please visit www.spark-educonferences.com.au/wa-spark-2025/
