Partner/Supplier: Cre8tive Nations

Project: Cre8tive Dreamtime

Product: Year 7 School Program teaching STEM First Nations connections. Five workstations teaching how the Boomerang is the first piece of Aerospace Engineering and the connections to modern day drone rotors, Didgeridoo being the first wood wind instrument and example of the first engineering in the world. 250-300 students per workshop. 9 workshops across Australia. 7 SCIPS – Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Newcastle, Sydney and 2 QMI in Brisbane and Cairns.

Purpose: To increase the cultural maturity of communities across Australia by teaching about First Nations STEM connections in classrooms across Australia. To increase cultural awareness and STEM first nations contexts to teachers to be able to embed indigenous perspectives into classrooms.

Collaborators: National Roll out sponsored by Cummins. NFP vehicle, School Community Industry partnership Scheme (SCIPS) and Queensland Manufacturing Institute (QMI – Queensland programs)

Impact: 1500-2000+ students across Australia learning first nations STEM connections and increasing cultural maturity to the 1500 parents who receive parent permissions.

Media Release: https://www.cummins.com/news/releases/2023/04/21/students-explore-australias-first-nation-manufacturing-and-engineering