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Unlocking Potential: How STEM Learning Experiences Shape Young Minds

STEM learning experiences, encompassing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, are crucial for primary school students as they lay the foundation for critical thinking, problem-solving, and innovation. Engaging with STEM subjects at an early age helps children develop a curiosity about the world around them and an understanding of how things work. These experiences can foster a lifelong love of learning and exploration, encouraging students to ask questions, seek answers, and develop solutions to real-world problems.

STEM education is vital for preparing students for the future job market. As technology continues to advance rapidly, many future careers will require STEM skills. By cultivating these skills early, primary school students will be better equipped to navigate a technology-driven world and seize opportunities in emerging fields. STEM learning experiences often incorporate teamwork and collaboration, teaching students how to work effectively with others, communicate their ideas, and integrate different perspectives to solve problems. These soft skills are just as important as technical knowledge in today’s job market.
Through our guided tours, we aim to introduce students to industry through real life experiences.

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Visitor Centre: Your tour starts here!
You’ll get fitted out in your Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) before boarding the bus to head on site for your tour.
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Blast Furnace #5
The Blast Furnace turns our raw ingredients of iron ore, coke & limestone into liquid iron, which is what we need to make steel. The raw materials are weighed & charged into the top of the furnace & then hot air is blasted into the bottom of the furnace. The air supplies heat & oxygen for the chemical reaction to occur between the raw materials & produces liquid iron for the next step in steel making.
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BOS (Basic Oxygen Steel Making)
The BOS converts iron into steel - a mixture of iron with just the right amount of carbon and other elements. Around 70 - 100 tonnes of scrap steel go into the steel making vessel with about 250 tonnes of molten iron and this is then blasted with oxygen.
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Slab Caster
The liquid steel from the BOS is cast into a solid shape called a slab in a water-cooled casting machine. The slabs are cut to length with computer-controlled gas torches.
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Hot Strip Mill
Slabs are transported to the Hot Strip Mill where they are re-heated using gas from the Coke Ovens. The slabs are passed through the mill many times reducing the thickness down to around 2 – 4 mm and at the end of the process can coil up to 1km in length.
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Plated Products
Slabs are also transported to the Plate Mill where they are converted into steel plate for ship-building, silos & a variety of industrial and renewable energy uses that require strength & durability.
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Coated Products
Hot rolled coils are transported to the Paint Line by rail. They are cleaned in an acid bath & cold rolled to the required thickness. From here they may be coated with metals such as a zinc-aluminium alloy (ZINCALUME® steel) or painted in a range of COLORBOND® steel colours.
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Visitor Centre: Your tour starts here!
Join us to watch a brief overview on the Port of Port Kembla before we board the bus to head out on your tour.
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Greenhouse Park
First stop provides a spectacular panorama view of the Port & the steelworks, providing a great opportunity for a brief overview of the tour ahead. You’ll also learn about some local history of the site.
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Grain Terminal
Once inside the port you’ll learn about the state’s largest grain export terminal. Both Graincorp & Quattro operate out of Port Kembla & have the capability to receive & dispatch products by ship, rail & road & export a variety of grains from the New South Wales market.
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Car Carrier Terminal
Australian Amalgamated Terminals (AAT) manage 4 berths within two terminals in Port Kembla’s Inner harbour. The main terminal is designed as a multi-purpose facility, equipped to manage the large volume of motor vehicles and general cargo moving through the port.
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Coal Terminal
Port Kembla is the second largest coal Export port in NSW. Port Kembla Coal Terminal services the states Southern & Western coalfields & is a key coal exporting facility on Australia’s east coast.
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Port Kembla Gas Terminal
When completed the Port Kembla Energy Terminal will have, the capacity to supply 500TJ a day – enough to meet nearly all of NSW’s gas needs on a peak day. The new terminal will support domestic gas supply as we transition to renewable energy.
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Port Kembla Heritage Park
Port Kembla is full of history both industrial & military. There are various memorials & pieces of history to learn about at Heritage Park as well as a spectacular view of the Steelworks, the harbour & the Illawarra coast line.
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Hill 60
Port Kembla’s highest point overlooking the Five Islands & Red Point. Hill 60 is a heritage listed site, originally the site of an aboriginal settlement and with significant cultural history. Hill 60 was also used by the army during World War II to make a coastal gun emplacement known as Illowra Battery.
Steelworks Tour
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Visitor Centre: Your tour starts here!
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Blast Furnace #5
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BOS (Basic Oxygen Steel Making)
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Slab Caster
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Hot Strip Mill
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Plated Products
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Coated Products
Working Port Tour
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Visitor Centre: Your tour starts here!
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Greenhouse Park
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Grain Terminal
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Car Carrier Terminal
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Coal Terminal
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Port Kembla Gas Terminal
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Port Kembla Heritage Park
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Hill 60