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Teachers

Learning Opportunities
Professional Development

Available for teachers across a variety of content, pedagogy and technology areas, professional learning sessions will be regularly
available each term and promoted through our eNews.

Sessions can also be undertaken within onsite core program delivery and teachers are encouraged to reach out to co-design programs to address their specific skill or knowledge needs.

Design thinking
Tailoring our Programs to suit

As educators, we all want to prepare our students to thrive in a complex future where rapid advances in technology and environmental challenges are changing the way we live and work. We want to make sure our students are creative problem solvers with well-developed 21st century skills. We want to amplify their voice and choice in their own education so they can become the effective lifelong learners
the future demands. Design thinking has already transformed global industries. It can also help effect professional practice change in your classrooms and school environments to meet these vital goals.

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Partner School access

Students and teachers from our partner schools in the Ballarat area have access the to Ballarat Tech School throughout the year for specialised programs. 

There is no cost and trasport is provided, If you are not already accessing our programs, please reach out.

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What we offer
Our Programs

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3D Modelling

Deep
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

Career
Consciousness can be thought of as operating on a continuum, and altered states can occur naturally (e.g. sleep...
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Automation

Deep
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

Special
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

Deep
The contemporary use of Australian bushfood flavours has enabled unique product development and innovation in the local...
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Cyber City

2025
Coming later in 2025, this program’s centre piece is a scaled, connected and functional representation of a smart city...
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Game Design Online

Your School
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

Deep
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

Career
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

Special
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

Deep
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

Career
Following the extraordinary discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA and the subsequent completion of...
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PC Builder

Deep
The personal computer is perhaps the most common and essential tool of almost any home or workplace in today’s society...
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Perceptual Distortion VCE Psychology

Career
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

Special
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

Your School
This program has been specifically designed to use a simple investigation, centred on the familiar concept of juicing...
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Photosynthesis & Respiration VCE Biology

Career
As our climate continues to change and our planet tries to adapt to industrialisation and human endeavour, understanding...
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Prototyping Projects

Deep
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

Deep
Do your students struggle for inspiration when trying to develop meaningful and answerable scientific questions? Empower...
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Redox & Renewables

2025
Coming later in 2025, this future focused VCE Chemistry program is an important pathway for students to develop an...
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Robot Missions

Deep
Search and retrieval operations are one of the many industry applications for ground and aerial robotics. Similar...
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Soil Science Online

Your School
The program integrates the scientific disciplines of physics, biology, chemistry and mathematics. Evaluating the...
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STEM Academies

Special
The first of our four STEM Academies (which will be rolled out individually over time, each one with a specific focus on...
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STEM in Action

Wide
Students explore a variety of STEM concepts and activities as they move through three, one hour rotations. The day is...
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STEM Island

Wide
Students arrive at the Tech School, to hear about a baffling mystery that has the local community stumped. Although the...
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STEM Showdown

Wide
Competing in teams, students face off in a variety of quick paced challenges that engage them in hands-on activities to...
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TAFE Taster Design Challenge

Special
This industry design challenge is ideal for students considering a VET course or career in Hospitality, Cookery, Baking...
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Transformation & Gene Regulation VCE Biology

Career
Students will get hands-on experience in modern molecular biology techniques. They will work with a plasmid containing...
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VCE Psychology Unit 3/4 - Online Revision

Your School
This is a revision program for some of the trickier parts of the VCAA Psychology Study Design. It incorporates written...
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Keep in the Loop
Events and News

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Boys in STEM Family Welcome Evening

Event
We are very excited to invite parents, guardians, families, teachers, and mentors of the 2025 Boys in STEM to a Welcome Evening.
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Girls in STEM Family Welcome Evening

Event
We are very excited to invite parents, guardians, families, teachers, and mentors of the 2025 Girls in STEM to a Welcome Evening.
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2025 Student Leaders

News
We are thrilled to be launching our 2025 Girls and Boys in STEM programs this year! Our new student leaders have completed their handover from last...
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International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025

News
We are very excited for and proud of our Girls in STEM Student Leader Alumni and staff who featured in the Department of Educations awareness campaign...
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Girls in STEM Showcase 2024

News
What an incredible event celebrating the hard work and achievements of our amazing Girls in STEM participants! This showcase marked the end of our...
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Systems Engineering Event 2024

News
On Thursday, 29th August, Ballarat Tech School hosted an inspiring Systems Engineering event. Throughout the day, our dedicated Systems Engineering...
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TAFE Taster 2024

News
Flashback to our incredible TAFE Taster Design Challenge from the Term 2 school holidays! Students showed off their cooking and creativity...
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2024 Peter Doherty Science Awards Night

Event
Come and join us for our annual Peter Doherty Science Awards Night!
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Boys in STEM Term 4 Showcase

Event
All Boys in STEM families, teachers, friends and industry partners are invited to a special celebration to showcase all the learnings from the 2024...
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Girls in STEM Term 4 Showcase

Event
All Girls in STEM families, teachers, friends and industry partners are invited to a special celebration to showcase all the learnings from the 2024...
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Adam Spencer on AI

Event
We are incredibly excited to welcome back to Ballarat the legendary mathematician, thought leader and media personality Adam Spencer to chat to us...
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Boys in STEM: Term 2 2024

News
Here is a look at what the Boys in STEM got up to in Term 2! Day 1 In brand new randomised groups, the students worked through problem solving...
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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.

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