This Science Week, get ready to be inspired by some incredible Australian scientists! 

In this interactive learning session, you will join Future You’s Professor Lisa A. Williams and the National Library Education team to explore diversity and personal qualities in STEM fields. 

We will take to the air and into space, hearing from Katherine Bennell-Pegg, the first Australian to qualify as an astronaut under Australia’s space program, and Future You Pathfinder, aerospace engineer Renee Wooton. What motivates them? What are the best parts of their jobs? How did they get to where they are today?

The session will include engaging activities designed to broaden your understanding of what it takes to be a scientist, as well as to identify and celebrate your personal strengths. 

The content in this learning session is suitable for students in Year 4 to Year 6 and links with the Australian Curriculum V9 Science as a Human Endeavour. 

This session is a zoom webinar. Your camera will be hidden. Students and their teachers will be able to ask plenty of questions and contribute their ideas via the Q&A function. 

This is a partnership between the National Library of Australia and Future You, because teamwork makes science dreams work!