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The five Frontier Zones

Every team is anchored to one zone for the whole of STEAM Week. Read what each zone actually involves, the skills you will grow, and project ideas written for your age group — then pick the one that pulls you in.

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AI & Robotics

Mind & Machine

Teach machines to think, sense and act.

  • How a machine takes in information through sensors
  • How rules and training turn that information into a decision
  • Coding
  • Logic
  • Sensors
  • Problem solving
Frontier Zone 01Learn more →
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Climate & Sustainability

Planet & Power

Engineer a cleaner, fairer planet.

  • Where energy comes from and where it gets wasted
  • How to measure waste, water or power use with simple tools
  • Measuring
  • Design
  • Data
  • Persuasion
Frontier Zone 02Learn more →
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Space Science

Beyond Earth

Explore worlds beyond our own.

  • Why rockets go up and how orbits keep things falling around us
  • What a planet or moon is really like, and how we find out
  • Physics
  • Modelling
  • Maths
  • Engineering
Frontier Zone 03Learn more →
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Life Sciences

Body & Biotech

Decode biology and design new medicine.

  • How bodies and cells work, and what goes wrong
  • How DNA carries instructions from parent to child
  • Observation
  • Fair testing
  • Hygiene & safety
  • Data
Frontier Zone 04Learn more →
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Data & Design

Smart Places

Build the intelligent cities of tomorrow.

  • How data gets collected about a place, and who it leaves out
  • Designing spaces that are safe and easy for everyone to use
  • Data
  • Design thinking
  • Mapping
  • Interviewing
Frontier Zone 05Learn more →

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