Cristy Burne – AUTHOR AND STEM CREATIVE

story, science, technology and creativity

Aussie STEM Stars resources

Fiona Wood: Inventor of spray-on skin
Fiona Wood cover 3D

Written by Cristy Burne
Published by Wild Dingo Press, 1 September 2020
ISBN: 9781925893281 (paperback)

– SHORTLISTED 2021 Speech Pathology
Australia Book of the Year Awards
– SHORTLISTED 2020 Australian
Book Design Awards

About the book
An authorised biography of burns surgeon,
spray-on skin inventor and Australian of
the Year Professor Fiona Wood.
Suzy Urbaniak: Volcano hunter and STEAM warrior
Fiona Wood cover 3D

Written by Cristy Burne
Published by Wild Dingo Press, 1 February 2023
ISBN: 9781925893786 (paperback)

About the book
An authorised biography of geologist
and educator Suzy Urbaniak: a limbo dancer,
crepe-baker, risk-taker and question asker.

Winner of the 2016 Prime Minister’s Prize
for her out-of-the-box teaching, Suzy is all
about passion, innovation, and doing things
your own way.

Teaching notes

Classroom ideas about FIONA WOOD: INVENTOR OF SPRAY-ON SKIN linked to the curriculum

STEAM education ideas for your classroom

Classroom ideas about SUZY URBANIAK: VOLCANO HUNTER AND STEAM WARRIOR linked to the curriculum

STEAM education ideas for your classroom

Check out the other Aussie STEM Stars

There’s a whole series. Which hero are you?

Learn more about teaching the CoRE Learning Model at your school

The CoRE Learning Model. was developed over an almost 20 year period, by Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching Award winner, Suzy Urbaniak.

The learning is for the students, by the students

Buy the Ben and Bella Burnsafe storybooks

Support the Fiona Wood Foundation by purchasing and teaching the Ben and Bella Burnsafe Superheroes Storybook and Teacher Guide Series.

Each stand-alone book includes a supporting teacher’s guide mapped to the Early Years Framework (Kindy) and the West Australian P-2 Curriculum.

The three storybooks and three supporting teacher guides, including postage, are $50.

Activity sheet

Can you take the Aussie STEM Stars illustration challenge?

Fun at home or in the classroom.


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