| NSW Department of Education iSTEM education.nsw.gov.au Table of contents iSTEM.......................................................................................................0 Table of contents......................................................................................1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 3 Work, health and safety and other policies................................................................................................... 4 Further advice.......................................................................................................................................... 4 Rationale...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Aim........................................................................................................................................................... 6 Contributions............................................................................................................................................ 6 Course structure and requirements.............................................................................................................. 8 Core topics............................................................................................................................................... 9 Elective topics.......................................................................................................................................... 9 Specialised topics.................................................................................................................................... 9 Documenting the engineering design process........................................................................................... 10 Outcomes............................................................................................................................................... 10 Core 1 – STEM fundamentals.................................................................................................................... 12 Outcomes............................................................................................................................................... 12 Content.................................................................................................................................................. 13 Core 2 – STEM project-based learning...................................................................................................... 17 Outcomes............................................................................................................................................... 17 Content.................................................................................................................................................. 18 Elective topic – Computer-aided design (CAD).......................................................................................... 22 Outcomes............................................................................................................................................... 22 Content.................................................................................................................................................. 23 Elective topic – Critical problem solving..................................................................................................... 26 Outcomes............................................................................................................................................... 26 Content.................................................................................................................................................. 27 Elective topic – Project-based learning (extension)....................................................................................30 Outcomes............................................................................................................................................... 30 Content.................................................................................................................................................. 31 Specialised topic – Advanced manufacturing...................................................