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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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3D Modelling
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
3D Modelling (the process of using advanced software to generate detailed 3D models) is having an ever increasing impact…
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Augmented Consciousness VCE Psychology
Year 12
Consciousness can be thought of as operating on a continuum, and altered states can occur naturally (e.g. sleep…
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Automation
Year 8
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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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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Bushfood Innovations
Year 9
Year 10
This program introduces students to the processes behind product development, innovation and packaging, while…
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Coming 2025
Cyber City
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12
Coming later in 2025, this program’s centre piece is a scaled, connected and functional representation of a smart city…
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Online
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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Game Maker
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
First showcased by Epic Games in 1998, Unreal Engine has become the “world’s most successful videogame engine”. Apart…
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Game of Drones Systems Engineering
Year 12
In the Game of Drones, you win when you fly! Drones are currently used in a large variety of industries as well as for…
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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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Humanoid Robots
Year 9
Year 10
Humanoid robots have yet to take over the world as many have predicted (in both fiction and nonfiction), but they are…
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Molecular Genetics of Disease VCE 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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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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Perceptual Distortion VCE 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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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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Peter Doherty Science Awards Masterclass
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Students deepen their understanding of the scientific method by working through a deceptively fruitful investigation to…
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Photosynthesis & Respiration VCE Biology
Year 12
As our climate continues to change and our planet tries to adapt to industrialisation and human endeavour, understanding…
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Prototyping Projects
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Year 12
Rapid prototyping is a critical innovation skill in many of today’s industries where businesses need to adapt quickly to…
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Questions in Science
Year 8
Year 9
Do your students struggle for inspiration when trying to develop meaningful and answerable scientific questions?
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Robot Missions
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Search and retrieval operations are one of the many industry applications for ground and aerial robotics. Similar…
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Online
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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Coming 2025
STEM Academies
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
Coming soon is the first of our four STEM Academies which will be rolled out individually over time, each one with a…
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TAFE Taster Design Challenge
Year 9
Year 10
Year 11
This industry design challenge is ideal for students considering a VET course or career in Hospitality, Cookery, Baking…
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On-campus
Transformation & Gene Regulation VCE 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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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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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.