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Program Offerings

Our learning programs are based on the STEM principles:

  • Focus on real-world applications
  • Guided by an integrated design process
  • Immersion in hands-on inquiry and exploration
  • Involvement in productive teamwork
  • Application of STEM knowledge and principles
  • Opportunity for multiple outcomes, answers and application
  • Exposure to industry pathways, mentors and narratives
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Special Projects VCE VM
Year 12
VCE VM
With the huge diversity of resources available at the Tech School, we are putting the call out to VM teachers to reach…
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Transformation & Gene Regulation Biology
Year 12
Students will get hands-on experience in modern molecular biology techniques. They will work with a plasmid containing…
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Photosynethesis & Respiration Biology
Year 12
In this program, students get hands-on experience as they investigate the processes of photosynthesis and respiration in…
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Molecular Genetics of Disease Biology
Year 12
In this program students will use gel electrophoresis, together with a family’s medical history, to diagnose a…
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Augmented Consciousness Psychology
Year 12
In this program, students use beer goggles and drowsy goggles to simulate altered consciousness states. This allows them…
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Perceptual Distortion Psychology
Year 12
Can you trust your senses? Can your perception of reality be altered? In this program we look at how your nervous system…
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Game of Drones Systems Engineering
Year 12
Game of Drones gives students hands on experience learning to code, test and fly drones whilst discussing what the…
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Get into Games
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Get into Games (GIG) is scheduled to return to the Ballarat Tech School in 2024 with new panelists, new workshops and a…
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Boys in STEM
Year 8
Year 9
The Boys in STEM program is focused on providing young men with a similar opportunity to our highly successful and well…
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Industry Design Challenge
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
During this two day program students from multiple schools will work in small design teams to plan, prototype and…
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Girls in STEM
Year 8
Year 9
The Girls in STEM program is centred around “you can’t be what you can’t see” and provides young women with access to…
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Peter Doherty Science Award
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
The Peter Doherty Science Award was established in 2009 as a joint initiative of the Committee for Ballarat and…
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Game Maker
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
In this program, students learn the basic controls to manipulate objects in scenes, utilising in-engine video tutorials…
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3D Modelling
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
In this program, students will learn to manipulate 3D objects and their meshes in Blender, a free 3D modelling software…
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PC Builder
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
In this program, students will learn about the different components of a computer, the job of each one and why they are…
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Soil Science
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12
Understanding our soils and how to maximise them for production without depleting them as a resource, is critical to the…
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Prototyping Projects
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
This program is designed to give teachers the opportunity to co-design the inclusion of rapid prototyping in their…
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Bushfood Chocolate
Year 9
Year 10
This program introduces students to the processes behind product development, innovation and packaging, while…
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Robot Missions
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
In this one day program, students work in pairs to assemble their VEX IQ robot and explore sensors to replicate a known…
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Humanoid Robots
Year 9
Year 10
Working in pairs, students will learn to program a NAO robot to speak and listen, constructing branching conversations…
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Automation
Year 9
Year 10
The process of automation has changed how we do business in today’s world and it continues to reshape the skills and…
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A Question of Science
Year 8
Year 9
This program is specifically designed to help students develop their Scientific Inquiry skills, beginning with the art…
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Laser Cutting with Cardboard
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Explore the world of rapid prototyping with laser cutters and cardboard, as students apply creativity, problem solving…
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Online
VCE Psychology Unit 3/4 - Online Revision
Year 11
Year 12
By participating in this program, students will: 1. Learn and apply response skills to a variety of questions. 2. Link…
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Game Design Online
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12
VCE VM
Students work through a series of guided tasks to create a playable 2D game in Unreal Engine learning about simple…
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Soil Science Online
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
VCE VM
The program integrates the scientific disciplines of physics, biology, chemistry and mathematics. Evaluating the…
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The Ballarat Tech School is a Victorian State Government initiative.

All Enquiries

ballarattechschool@federation.edu.au
03 5327 8080

Campus Location

MB John Building, Level 1 FedUni SMB Campus,
136 Albert St, Ballarat Central VIC 3350

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The Ballarat Tech School acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land and waters where our campus is located, the Wadawurrung People. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging and extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander First Nations Peoples.