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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Dedicated S.T.E.M. Education Program Introduced ToSpatial Industry Exi!ition Open Day

Locate"#and Destination Spatialloo$ %or&ard to &elcoming students' teacersand tose passionate a!out Science' Tecnology' Engineering and Matematics tote Exi!ition Open Day on "( Marc )("# at te *ris!ane +on,ention andExi!ition +entre "(am to #pm.

During te Exi!ition Open Day' scools' teacers and students %rom primary touni,ersity are in,ited to engage &it te Destination Spatial S.T.E.M educationalprogram. Tere &ill !e -(minute sessions /"# minute per topic0 designed to getminds tin$ing and inspired' &ile supporting tese $ey areas o% education %or tespatial industry.

Tere is no carge to attend. *oo$ings are recommended %or large groupso&e,er &al$ins are &elcome.

Topics &ill include1

An introduction to 2ueensland 3lo!e

4eig!ourood sa%ety

5o& a6ard ready sould you !e7

Landscapes in te Australian +urriculum 8ear 91 2Topo : 2ueensland;sonline topograpic mapping tool.

8our < Day plan7 Preparing %or a 6om!ie apocalypse.

Sould &e !uild te next amusement par$ on your street7

Locate"#as !een de,eloped to inspire not only tose &or$ing &itin teindustry !ut also yout &o are interested in Science' Tecnology' Engineeringand Matematics. 2ueensland=s Department o% 4atural Resources and Mines as

recently ired a dedicated spatial educator to de,elop lesson plans designed tomoti,ate young people to consider careers in Spatial as &ell as assist teacers incontent to support teir students.

Destination Spatialis an industry initiati,e designed to promote spatial careersand &ill a,e a stand at Locate"#&it guidance a!out spatial careers %orstudents' teacers and parents.

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Te Educational Program as !een de,eloped and &ill!e deli,ered !y Mic$ La&' Senior Pro>ect O?cer'2ueensland Spatial In%ormation +ouncil' Department o%4atural Resources and Mines' 2ueensland.

Mic$ as !een in,ol,ed in geospatial education at tescool le,el %or nearly "# years. Originally a classroomteacer' Mic$ esta!lised geospatial programs at t&o2ueensland scools !e%ore managing ESRI Australia=s3IS inscools program. Mic$ ten esta!lised is o&ngeospatial educational consultancy' +ontourEducation' &ic %ocuses on ma$ing geospatial

tecnology as easy as possi!le to integrate into te Australian classroom. Mic$no& as a role &it 2ueensland=s Department o% 4atural Resources and Minesad,ocating %or geospatial tecnologies and de,eloping resources %or teacers andstudents to !ring tese exciting tools into 2ueensland classrooms.

For more in%ormation a!out te program or i% your scool@class is interested insecuring a larger group ,isit toLocate"#%or te S.T.E.M program' please contactMic$ La& on( BC( )9( or Micael.La&ld.go,.au.

For media enuiries' please contact Sara *ro&n' Media Manager' Locate"#

+on%erence and Exi!ition Open Day on (C( "" (( orsara!ig!ro&ncairmedia.com.au .

mailto:Michael.Law@qld.gov.aumailto:sarah@bigbrownchairmedia.com.aumailto:Michael.Law@qld.gov.aumailto:sarah@bigbrownchairmedia.com.au

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