Future of Work
A rotation of hands-on, high-tech activities that give students a taste of tomorrow's careers.
Our Future of Work program is designed to spark curiosity, collaboration, and creativity, helping students see the wide range of career paths available to them.
Choose from five different themes (Energy, Food, Health, Space, or Water) to match your students' interests, or contact us to find the perfect fit for your year level.
75 Students
Years 7 - 8
9:30am - 2pm
Powered Up Game Design
Design and code your own video game that explores energy and sustainability. Explore how real-world power systems can shape gaming mechanics.
Virtual Reality
Mission: Turbine
Step into the shoes of a wind turbine technician in this two-player VR challenge. Problem-solve and communicate in pairs to get the system back online.
Solar Smart Drones
Explore how machine learning, AI and drone technology are being used to make solar panel maintenance safer and more efficient.
Clean Energy Engineers
Build and program a LEGO® Spike Prime robot to navigate and activate a wind turbine. See how robotics can safely provide clean energy to communities.
Food Miles Explorer
Discover where foods come from by creating an interactive story map in ArcGIS that traces the farm to table journey and the environmental impact.
Cooking Up a Podcast
Create your own podcast using professional recording equipment and sound production software, exploring storytelling through food.
Smart Sensing
Create and code a sensor with a micro:bit to monitor plant growth and Smart Farm conditions, discovering how tech supports sustainable farming.
Robot Harvesters
Build and program a LEGO® Spike Prime robot to collect and sort crops. See how robotics and engineering can make farming safer and more efficient.
3D Models for Movement
Learn the basics of CAD (computer-aided design) by learning skills used to create prosthetic limbs, exploring how design can help people gain mobility back.
Mindful Story Lab
Use AI tools to write a creative story and generate illustrations for a picture book that introduces young people to mental health and wellbeing.
AI in Medicine
Discover how AI and machine learning can identify medical conditions, supporting earlier disease detection and better healthcare outcomes.
Bionic Builders
Build and program a robotic limb with LEGO® Spike Prime. See how tech and engineering can replicate human movement and support daily life.
Stranded Astronaut
Create your own space survival video game, where players are astronauts stranded on Mars and need to secure food, water and shelter until rescue arrives.
Smart Spacesuits
Use micro:bits to design and build a wearable device that can monitor temperature and light to help astronauts explore the surface of Mars safely.
Life on Mars
Use Twinmotion to design a safe, liveable habitat for humans to live on Mars, testing different environment conditions, vehicles and sustainable infrastructure.
Robot Rover
Build and program your own Mars Rover with LEGO® Spike Prime. See how engineering makes it possible to explore another planet's difficult terrain.
Aqua Arcade
Design and code your own video game with water-themed challenges, learning game development skills while exploring how real-world water systems work.
Flowing Conversations
Use professional recording equipment and sound production software to create a podcast talking about the people and careers that keep our water systems running.
Drone Detection
Train your own AI-powered drone to detect issues in water networks, exploring how machine learning helps ensure reliable water access.
Pipeline Patrol
Build and program a LEGO® Spike Prime robot to navigate water pipes and clear blockages. See how robotic engineering can make water network maintenance safer and more efficient.
