The Art and Science of the Spear

We had some of the kids up from Katherine way (Clyde Fenton school) recently come and visit our sports biomechanics laboratory in Darwin. We gave them the full elite athlete treatment , including some MOCAP analysis of them throwing the traditional Australian spear. Great fun all round! Thanks Jim for taking them through the lab!

STEMfit Cup presentation the Holland Park State School

Congratulations to Matthew S., Olivia G., Evelina P & Lucas H. from Holland Park State School in Brisbane Australia, who together with team champions Mr. Gibney and Dr. Charlie were awarded with their Gold medals and the inaugural STEMfit Cup for 2021. In a very competitive field with entrants from Scotland, NewZealand, Outback Australia and

Announcing the STEMfit Cup 2021 medalists

Congratulations to all our entrants in this years inaugural STEMfit Cup, where primary schools students had to compete on the athletic track and also with a STEM sports project. A big congratulations to all teams who entered from Ngukurr and Brisbane -Australia, New Zealand, Scotland and Japan. With the various challenges of heat, rain ,

ISEA STEMfit Cup 2021 Project entries

As a part of the ISEA STEMfit Cup, our contestant teams had to participate in athletic events as well as complete a STEM project analysing human movements. neither extreme heat (Ngukurr), rain (HPSS), snow (Scotland) or COVID lockdown (New Zealand, Scotland) could deter our contestants. Here is a sneak peak at the video project entries

ISEA International STEMfit Cup 2021, meet the judges

The ISEA international STEMfit Cup is now well underway and the entries are in. Tomorrow we announce our winners and medalists. Who are our judges you might ask?Lets meet our Judges… Dr Sue Hooper AM As an Olympian and academic, Dr Sue Hooper AM has been passionate about junior and elite sport in Australia. She

Jim’s Hat Trick at NT Science Week Awards night

Earlier this week Dr Jim attended the inaugural NT Science Week awards, celebrating Science and STEM in the NT. The night was hosted by local ABC radio local legend Joel Spry. On hand to present the awards were Martian Redhead, Director of Business Innovation, NT anda representative from the Minister for Education and Prof. David

Ready, set..Science…The Movie!

Fresh back from Dr. Jim and Dr. Charlie’s trip to Arnham land and Katherine regions , it was straight to the editing room to put together this little movie about our trip , as told by jnr STEM ambassador Matthew. We hope you enjoy! With special thanks to Inspired NT and TVHouse

National Science Week peoples choice award…..help us win!

Hi Everyone. We would love your vote for STEMfit…just one click CLICK HERE Our STEMfit National Science week videos from 2020 have been nominated as the best National Science week NT project for 2020. Introduced by Dr. Jim, they feature Master Matthew taking us through sport and science from a school students perspective, Dr. Charlie

Ready, Set…Katherine!

Our STEMfit Ready , Set… Science Roadshow found time to go back to where it all began, spending time with with STEMfit co-counder and school Principal Jeff Parker. These days Jeff is the school principal at Clyde-Fenton school in Katherine, so after a quick dip at Mataranka Springs it was straight into the classrooms and

Alo Ngukurr!

We are a few days in on our Ready , Set…. Science roadshow to remote NT. Our first school is a Ngukurr on the Roper river in Arnhem land. Its only 8hrs from Darwin  and Junior STEM ambassador Matthew recons it a great ride, especially if you get to ride shotgun at 130km/h (this is