Geostationary Satellite Year 4 STEM Kit 1

Level: Developing

The Earthwatch Alpha Adventure Delta 1 of 10 Geostationary Satellite STEM kit is tailored for Year 4 homeschool students, educators, and parents aiming to enhance children’s learning. This kit comes in a drawer-style box with neatly arranged accessories and includes a workbook aligned with the Australian STEM curriculum. The workbook features a marking key to facilitate precise assessment, promoting a well-structured, curriculum-aligned learning journey that encourages skill development and practical exploration.

Included in your kit

• a sustainable wooden model for building
• Voltmeter to measure battery condition
• a workbook containing
  • an engaging storyline
  • step-by-step building instructions
  • stimulating calculations, exercises, and questions to spark curiosity

Additional resources include a marking key, an Australian STEM curriculum alignment page, stickers and badges, a reusable cotton bag with anti-static properties for accessory storage and other electronic components, a paper ruler for hands-on measurements and investigations, all neatly stored in a drawer-style box designed for reuse and easy stacking with other kits in the series to keep your STEM Voyage organized.

Learning Outcome

Science
AC9S4U03 - Physical sciences - Identify how forces can be exerted by one object on another and investigate the effect of frictional, gravitational and magnetic forces on the motion of objects
AC9S4U02 – Science Understanding – Earth and Space Sciences
Describe how Earth's rotation on its axis causes regular changes, including night and day.

AC9S4H02 - Use and influence of science
Consider how people use scientific explanations to meet a need or solve a problem

Technologies and Engineering
AC9TDE4K02 – Engineering Principles and Systems - Identify engineered systems and experiment with how their components interact to meet requirements and achieve solutions.
AC9TDE4P01 - Investigating and defining - Explore needs or opportunities for designing, and test materials, components, tools, equipment and processes needed to create designed solutions

AC9TDE4P04 – Evaluating - Use given or co-developed design criteria including sustainability to evaluate design ideas and solutions

Mathematics
AC9M4N05 – Number - Solve problems involving multiplying or dividing natural numbers by multiples and powers of 10 without a calculator, using the multiplicative relationship between the place value of digits

AC9M4M01 – Measurement - Interpret unmarked and partial units when measuring and comparing attributes of length, mass, capacity, duration and temperature, using scaled and digital instruments and appropriate units

AC9M4A01 - Algebra - Find unknown values in numerical equations involving addition and subtraction, using the properties of numbers and operations