The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) Our space agency (SANSA) was first launched on 9 December 2010 – but South Africa has a rich history of space tradition – dating as fat back...
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Category: STEM
Why robotics for young children? In 2015, Marina Bers, a Professor at Tufts University in Boston, published a whitepaper out the learning outcomes of an eight week robotics curriculum for kids aged be...
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Innovation in STEM (iSTEM) To quote Dr Ron Beyers (previously interviewed in 2013): “May I introduce you to a new philosophical approach?” I give you the idea of iSTEM (Innovation in Sc...
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Introducing FIRST SA graduate: Heiko Kabutz The STEM blog of South Africa is all about STEM, STEMed, robotics and other industrial technology in South Africa. I have had the privilege of personall...
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ECSA is a statutory body The Engineering Profession Act (EPA), 46 of 2000 (which can be downloaded in PDF format here: EPA 46 of 2000), “…provides for the establishment of a juristic perso...
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The employment world is changing but our schools and education system has remained the same for about 30 years Last week I published a post about education. More specifically: the “Education S...
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South African Matric Results 2017 The South Affrican 2017 Matric Results were released this week. With this in mind, I have asked long time teacher and current principal of Regio Centurion In...
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The Industrial Automation Industry in South Africa Industrial Automation entails MANY different aspects: from field devices (instrumentation) to PLC programming; from PLC hardware to enterprise level ...
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So many events so little time! This post has one simple purpose – to spread the news on upcoming STEM, robotics and industry events for 2018. I may not have all the information on every event,...
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Why is Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics important? Because your future (and the future of your children) depend on STEM skills How do you prepare for a job that doesnt yet exist? This ...
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