STEMpals by Curiosity Factory

The Curiosity Factory is an Australian based Not-For-Profit that empowers our next generation to be scientific literate and curious so that it can effectively tackle future challenges. Curiosity Factory's STEMpal program inspires Australia's next STEM generation one letter at a time. We do this through a pen pal program that pairs grade 5 & 6 students with their very own STEM professional to exchange letters across the year. STEMpals has paired over 1000+ students and enabled the exchange of over 3600 letters. The program taps into the science that a positive early science experience can change your STEM engagement for the rest of your life. Demystifying who scientists are and showing STEM is truely all around you. Curiosity Factory is now partnering with STEM business so we can provide our programs at low cost to schools in rural, regional and low social economic areas.