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STEMatagories Challenge

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Explore the power of curiosity, inquiry and shared learning by playing the Puffing Billy Railway STEMatagories games.

Who: Any Victorian Schools, Years 3 to 6 

How to Play:

Simply find a word that meets each description (STEMatagory) that starts with the letter of the alphabet that is released on Wednesday 19th of August.

The Puffing Billy Railway website will have a live link to the entry portal that will only be open during the event time.

The STEMatagories will be:

  1. A source of energy that can be burned and used to heat water
  2. Something living that could be found along the Puffing Billy Railway corridor
  3. A material that can be found within a Puffing Billy Railway carriage (includes any part of the carriage or passengers and their belongings)
  4. A part of a steam train (Any part of the train from the locomotive to the guard’s van)
  5. A job or task that is required for the successful operation of Puffing Billy Railway
  6. A feeling (physical or emotional) that could be experienced by a passenger during a ride on Puffing Billy Railway

Try to think of more than one answer. Select the one you feel others may not pick as the more entries with the same word, the less points it will receive. The Maximum points possible is 600!

To find out more, or enter, visit the Puffing Billy Railway website now!